Batting with the bases loaded, Mike Champion cleared the sacks with a double in the fourth inning for the Padres' big blow in a 6-4 victory over the Expos. Jerry Turner homered in the first for the Padres' initial run. Champion's double broke a 1-1 tie. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 6, Montreal Expos 4
Game Played on Friday, May       6, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Expos        1  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   4 11  1
Padres       1  0  0    3  1  0    0  1  x  -   6 10  3


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   2   1   0     1   0   .289      Richards cf           4   1   3   0     1   0   .237
Speier ss             4   0   2   0     1   1   .256      Almon ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Valentine rf          5   0   3   0     0   0   .324      Turner lf             4   2   2   1     0   0   .230
Perez 1b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .284        Rettenmund lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Cromartie lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .313      Winfield rf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .316
Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Ivie 3b               3   2   1   0     1   0   .256
Unser cf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .259      Tenace 1b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .233
Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .213      Champion 2b           4   0   2   4     0   0   .245
Brown p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Davis c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .316
  Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Roberts c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Griffin p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               36   4  11   2     3   5             Totals               31   6  10   6     4   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  9,992
Left on Base: Expos 9, Padres 8
DP: Expos 0, Padres 2
Errors: Terpko, Almon 2, Winfield
Doubles: Valentine (4), Cromartie 2 (11), Speier (3), Turner (2), Champion (7)
Home Runs: Turner (3)
Stolen Bases: Richards (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Almon 2 (4), Fingers (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (3)
GIDP: Valentine (2), Perez (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown L(1-2)            4     4   4   4   2   2   1  18   4.64
Terpko                  2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   4.76
Kerrigan                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.38
Atkinson                1     3   1   1   1   2   0   7   0.93
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   5   1  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin W(2-1)          7.1   9   4   2   3   4   0  34   3.13
Fingers SV(4)           1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.22
Totals                  9    11   4   2   3   5   0  40

Wild Pitches: Terpko (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Andy Olsen


EXPOS 1ST: Cash walked; Speier struck out; Valentine doubled to
left [Cash to third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cash
scored]; Cromartie flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to center; Almon grounded out
(third to first); Turner homered; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter flied out to left; Unser singled to right;
Parrish was called out on strikes; Brown flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie flied out to right; Tenace grounded out (third
to first); Champion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (second to first); Speier walked;
Valentine grounded into a double play (second to first) [Speier
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Davis flied out to right; Griffin struck out;
Richards singled to pitcher; Richards stole second; Almon
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Padres 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Cromartie doubled to right; Carter flied out to left; Unser
walked; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1,
Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Turner doubled to left; Winfield grounded out (third
to first); Ivie walked; Tenace walked [Turner to third, Ivie to
second]; Champion doubled to left [Turner scored, Ivie scored,
Tenace scored]; Davis popped to first in foul territory; Griffin
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 4.

EXPOS 5TH: GARRETT BATTED FOR BROWN; Garrett flied out to right;
Cash flied out to left; Speier singled to left; Valentine
singled to center [Speier to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 5TH: TERPKO REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Richards singled
to right; Almon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Richards to second]; Turner flied out to left; Winfield singled
to left [Richards scored]; Winfield was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Terpko [Winfield to third]; Ivie flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 5.

EXPOS 6TH: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Carter made
an out to shortstop; Unser made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 6TH: Tenace walked; Terpko threw a wild pitch [Tenace to
second]; Champion grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to
third]; Davis grounded out (third to first); Griffin was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Padres 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Parrish flied out to right; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR
TERPKO; Jorgensen flied out to left; Cash singled to center;
Speier doubled to left [Cash to third]; Valentine reached on an
error by Almon [Cash scored (unearned) (no RBI), Speier to
third, Valentine to first]; Perez grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 5.

PADRES 7TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Richards
singled to right; Almon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Richards to second]; Turner flied out to center;
Winfield grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Padres 5.

EXPOS 8TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING LF); Cromartie
doubled to right; Carter popped to third in foul territory;
Unser singled to left [Cromartie scored]; FINGERS REPLACED
GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Parrish singled to shortstop [Unser scored
(error by Almon) (error by Winfield) (unearned) (no RBI),
Parrish to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR KERRIGAN; Morales struck
out; Cash grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 4, Padres 5.

PADRES 8TH: ATKINSON REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Ivie singled
to left; Tenace singled to center [Ivie to second]; Champion
singled to left [Ivie scored, Tenace to second]; HENDRICK BATTED
FOR DAVIS; Hendrick struck out; Fingers out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Tenace to third, Champion to second];
Richards was walked intentionally; Almon was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 4, Padres 6.

EXPOS 9TH: ROBERTS REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING C ); Speier flied
out to right; Valentine singled to second; Perez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Valentine out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Padres 6.