Ed Kranepool hit a homer in the eighth inning to tie the score and then drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth to give the Mets a 5-4 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Expos came back to win the second game, 4-2. Ellis Valentine drove in three Expos' runs in the lidlifter and followed with two more RBIs in the nightcap. New York Mets 5, Montreal Expos 4 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 28, 1976 (Night game) at Shea StadiumExpos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 10 1 Mets 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 10 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .229 Boisclair cf 3 2 1 0 2 1 .285 Foli ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .263 Millan 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .288 Dawson cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .277 Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .181 Valentine rf 4 0 3 3 0 0 .277 Milner lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Williams 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Kranepool 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .292 Parrish 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .230 Kingman rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .239 Foote c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Staiger 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Frias 2b 3 1 1 0 0 2 .200 Phillips ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .255 Keener p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hodges c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Kirby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Espinosa p 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Dunning p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 B. Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 10 4 2 7 Totals 33 5 10 3 6 3 Time of Game: 2:25 Left on Base: Expos 7, Mets 9 DP: Expos 2, Mets 0 Errors: Foote, Staiger Doubles: Parrish (26), Dawson (3) Home Runs: Kranepool (10) Stolen Bases: Valentine (14), Jorgensen (7) Caught Stealing: Frias (1) Sacrifice Hits: Keener (1), Frias (3) Sacrifice Flies: Foli (7) GIDP: Kingman (11) Hit by Pitch: Millan (7,by Keener) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keener 4 4 3 1 5 1 0 21 10.38 Kirby 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.72 Dunning 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 4.34 Kerrigan L(2-6) 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.88 Totals 8.2 10 5 3 6 3 1 40 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa 7 9 4 2 1 4 0 30 3.89 Lockwood W(10-7) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 2.70 Totals 9 10 4 2 2 7 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Keener (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Jerry Crawford EXPOS 1ST: Unser flied to left; Foli grounded out (third to first); Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Boisclair grounded out (first unassisted); Millan flied to center; Milner singled to right [Milner out at second (right to second to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. EXPOS 2ND: Valentine singled to right; Williams grounded out (third to first) [Valentine to second]; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first) [Valentine to third]; Foote flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool popped to third in foul territory; Kingman walked; Staiger singled to left [Kingman to second]; Phillips singled to right [Kingman to third, Staiger to second]; Hodges struck out; Espinosa forced Phillips (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. EXPOS 3RD: Frias singled to left; Keener out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Frias to second]; Unser walked; Frias was caught stealing third but was safe at third (error by Staiger; assist by Hodges) [Unser to second]; Foli hit a sacrifice fly to right [Frias scored (unearned)]; Dawson singled to shortstop [Unser stayed at second]; Valentine singled to right [Unser scored (unearned), Dawson to third]; Valentine stole second; Williams struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Boisclair walked; Millan was hit by a pitch [Boisclair to second]; Milner flied to center; Kranepool popped to third in foul territory; Kingman walked [Boisclair to third, Millan to second]; Staiger forced Kingman (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 0. EXPOS 4TH: Parrish doubled to right; Foote popped to shortstop; Frias struck out; Keener was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Hodges popped to shortstop; Espinosa walked; Boisclair walked [Espinosa to second]; Millan singled to center [Espinosa scored, Boisclair scored (error by Foote) (unearned) (no RBI), Millan scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Milner grounded out (second to first); 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. EXPOS 5TH: Unser flied to right; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. METS 5TH: KIRBY REPLACED KEENER (PITCHING); Kranepool singled to right; Kingman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kranepool out at second]; Staiger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. EXPOS 6TH: Valentine flied to right; Williams flied to center; Parrish singled to right [Parrish out at second (right to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. METS 6TH: Phillips singled to right; Hodges lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Phillips out at first]; Espinosa flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. EXPOS 7TH: Foote singled to left; Frias out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Foote to second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR KIRBY; Garrett flied to right; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. METS 7TH: DUNNING REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Boisclair struck out; Millan flied to center; Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Mets 3. EXPOS 8TH: Foli singled to center; Dawson doubled to left [Foli to third]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Valentine singled to center [Foli scored, Dawson scored, Valentine to second (on throw to home)]; Williams flied to left; Parrish reached on a fielder's choice [Valentine out at third (third unassisted)]; Foote struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Mets 3. METS 8TH: Kranepool homered; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Staiger flied to center; Phillips was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 4, Mets 4. EXPOS 9TH: Frias struck out; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR DUNNING; Jorgensen walked; Jorgensen stole second; Unser struck out; Foli popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Mets 4. METS 9TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Hodges flied to left; B. BALDWIN BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; B. Baldwin flied to right; Boisclair singled to right; DWYER BATTED FOR MILLAN; Dwyer singled to right [Boisclair to third]; Milner walked [Dwyer to second]; Kranepool singled to right [Boisclair scored, Dwyer to third, Milner to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 4, Mets 5. |
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