Ken Reitz, who won the previous night's game with a grand slam, homered again with two men on base to pace the Cardinals to a 7-5 victory over the Expos. Lou Brock had four hits and for the 127th time stole two bases in one game to raise his career total to 871.

After Reitz' homer accounted for a 5-2 lead, the Cards tacked on what proved to be their winning margin in the eighth on a single by Bake McBride, a stolen base, single by Garry Templeton, double by Brock and infield out by Hector Cruz. As a result, Del Unser's two-run homer in the ninth proved of no help to the Expos. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Montreal Expos 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       28, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   5  8  2
Cardinals    0  1  4    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   7 14  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .282      McBride cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .257
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .210        Scott cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .343
Valentine rf          4   0   2   1     0   0   .327      Templeton ss          5   1   1   1     0   1   .301
Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Brock lf              4   1   4   0     1   0   .316
Cromartie lf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .296        Mumphrey lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .351
Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Cruz rf               4   1   0   1     1   1   .296
Unser cf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .345        Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .237      Hernandez 1b          5   2   1   0     0   1   .313
Stanhouse p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Reitz 3b              4   1   3   3     0   1   .280
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Rader c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .417
  Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Tyson 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .202
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rasmussen p           3   0   2   0     1   0   .250
  Dawson ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .233
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .179

Totals               35   5   8   4     1   2             Totals               37   7  14   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 20,518
Left on Base: Expos 4, Cardinals 10
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Perez, Carter, Brock
Doubles: Valentine (10), Cromartie (18), Hernandez (13), Brock (8)
Home Runs: Unser (3), Reitz (5)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (6), McBride 2 (6)
Caught Stealing: Brock (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (1)
GIDP: Speier (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanhouse L(3-7)        2     6   5   4   2   0   1  15   4.79
Atkinson                2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.25
Brown                   3     3   0   0   1   4   0  13   3.19
Kerrigan                1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   3.41
Totals                  8    14   7   6   3   6   1  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(3-6)        9     8   5   4   1   2   1  36   4.12
Totals                  9     8   5   4   1   2   1  36

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


EXPOS 1ST: Cash singled to right; Speier singled to center [Cash
to third]; Valentine doubled to right [Cash scored, Speier to
third]; Perez grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Speier scored]; Carter popped to
catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride flied to left in foul territory;
Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Brock singled to
left; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Unser flied out to right; Parrish popped to third in
foul territory; Stanhouse popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez doubled to left; Reitz singled to right
[Hernandez to third]; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Hernandez scored]; Tyson grounded out (second to first) [Reitz
to second]; Rasmussen walked; McBride singled to second [Reitz
to third, Rasmussen to second]; Templeton popped to second; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash flied out to center; Speier grounded out (third
to first); Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Cruz
walked; Hernandez reached on an error by Perez [Brock scored (no
RBI), Cruz to third, Hernandez to second]; Reitz homered [Cruz
scored, Hernandez scored (unearned)]; ATKINSON REPLACED
STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Rader was called out on strikes; Tyson was
called out on strikes; Rasmussen singled to right; McBride
grounded out (second to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez singled to center; Cromartie forced Perez
(pitcher to shortstop); Carter popped to first in foul
territory; Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Brock
singled to center; Brock stole second; Brock was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); MACKANIN
BATTED FOR ATKINSON; Mackanin flied out to right; Cash grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: BROWN REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); Hernandez was
called out on strikes; Reitz singled to left; Rader grounded out
(second to first) [Reitz to second]; Tyson grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 6TH: Speier grounded out (first unassisted); Valentine
singled to right; Perez struck out; Cromartie grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals
5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Rasmussen singled to left; McBride singled to
center [Rasmussen to third]; McBride stole second; Templeton
struck out; Brock walked; Cruz was called out on strikes;
Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter struck out; Unser flied out to left; Parrish
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz was called out on strikes; Rader lined to
first; Tyson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 8TH: DAWSON BATTED FOR BROWN; Dawson reached on an error
by Brock [Dawson to second]; Cash singled to left [Dawson to
third]; Speier grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Dawson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cash out at
second]; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED DAWSON (PITCHING); Rasmussen
grounded out (pitcher to first); McBride singled to center;
McBride stole second [McBride to third (error by Carter)];
Templeton singled to center [McBride scored]; Brock doubled to
center [Templeton to third]; Cruz grounded out (second to first)
[Templeton scored, Brock to third]; Hernandez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 9TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); MUMPHREY
REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); ANDERSON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING
RF); Perez popped to first in foul territory; Cromartie doubled
to center; Carter flied out to center [Cromartie to third];
Unser homered [Cromartie scored]; Parrish walked; GARRETT BATTED
FOR KERRIGAN; Garrett lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 5, Cardinals 7.