The Giants crammed all their scoring in the first three innings, including a homer by Gary Thomasson, and defeated the Expos, 4-2. Derrel Thomas walked, stole second and scored on a single by Bill Madlock before Willie McCovey doubled for another run in the first inning. Thomasson hit his homer in the second and Darrell Evans singled to drive in what proved to be an insurance marker in the third. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     23, 1977 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Giants       2  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  9  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             3   1   0   0     2   1   .182      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .360
Andrews 2b            4   1   0   0     1   2   .191      Foli ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .170
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   1     1   0   .291      Valentine rf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .283
Evans lf              4   0   2   1     1   0   .395      Perez 1b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .255
  Herndon cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .319      Cromartie lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .319
Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Carter c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .325
Thomasson cf,lf       3   1   1   1     1   0   .324      Dawson cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .200
Sadek c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .188      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Montefusco p          3   0   1   0     1   2   .182        Terpko p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Warthen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morales ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
                                                            Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               32   4   8   4     8   6             Totals               34   2   9   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 19,377
Left on Base: Giants 9, Expos 7
DP: Giants 0, Expos 2
Errors: Parrish
Doubles: McCovey (4), Foli 2 (4), Cash (5), Cromartie (6), Dawson (2)
Home Runs: Thomasson (2)
Stolen Bases: Thomas (1), Sadek (1), Clark (1)
Caught Stealing: Clark (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (2)
GIDP: McCovey 2 (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(2-1)       9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36   2.10
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown L(1-1)            2.1   4   4   4   2   3   1  13   3.63
Terpko                  2.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  10   4.91
Warthen                 2     0   0   0   4   0   0   9   3.38
Kerrigan                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   1.08
Totals                  9     8   4   4   8   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Terry Tata


GIANTS 1ST: Thomas walked; Thomas stole second; Andrews struck
out; Madlock singled to center [Thomas scored]; Evans flied out
to left; McCovey doubled to center [Madlock scored]; Clark
grounded out (catcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Foli doubled to center;
Valentine popped to first in foul territory; Perez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Expos 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson homered; Sadek flied out to center;
Montefusco struck out; Thomas was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish flied out to right; Cromartie flied out to
center; Carter walked; Dawson forced Carter (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Expos 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews walked; Madlock grounded out (third to
first) [Andrews to second]; Evans singled [Andrews scored];
TERPKO REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); McCovey struck out; Clark
singled to center [Evans to second]; Thomasson grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Terpko struck out; Cash doubled to right; Foli popped
to catcher in foul territory; Valentine flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

GIANTS 4TH: On a bunt Sadek singled; On a bunt Montefusco struck
out; Sadek stole second; Thomas popped to shortstop; Andrews
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish made
an out to second; Cromartie doubled to right; Carter grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos
0.

GIANTS 5TH: Madlock walked; Madlock was out trying to advance to
second (catcher to shortstop); Evans singled; McCovey grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Evans out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson popped to catcher in foul territory; JORGENSEN
BATTED FOR TERPKO; Jorgensen struck out; Cash grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

GIANTS 6TH: WARTHEN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Clark flied
out to center; Thomasson made an out to shortstop; Sadek walked;
Montefusco walked [Sadek to second]; Thomas walked [Sadek to
third, Montefusco to second]; Andrews flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Foli flied out to right; Valentine singled; Perez
flied out to right; Parrish popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Madlock made an out to shortstop; Evans walked;
McCovey grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Cromartie flied out to left; Carter popped to third
in foul territory; Dawson doubled; MORALES BATTED FOR WARTHEN;
Morales singled to center [Dawson scored]; Cash forced Morales
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 1.

GIANTS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Clark reached
on an error by Parrish [Clark to first]; Clark stole second;
Thomasson walked; Sadek flied out to center; Clark was picked
off and caught stealing third (pitcher to third); Montefusco
singled [Thomasson to second]; Thomas grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Foli doubled to left; Valentine singled to right
[Foli to third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Foli
scored]; Parrish singled to second [Valentine out at third
(second to third)]; Cromartie flied to left in foul territory; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Andrews was called out on strikes; Madlock made an
out to shortstop; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 2.

EXPOS 9TH: HERNDON REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Carter struck out; Dawson
grounded out (first unassisted); GARRETT BATTED FOR KERRIGAN;
Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Expos 2.