The Expos made it four victories in a row by defeating the Braves, 4-2. Jackie Brown pitched a five-hitter for his first complete game of the season. Larry Parrish doubled in the fourth inning and scored the deciding run on Dave Cash's single. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Monday, June      6, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  5  1
Expos        0  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            3   0   0   0     1   1   .237      Cash 2b               3   1   1   1     2   0   .277
Bonnell cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .378      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     2   0   .248
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .287      Valentine rf          4   0   2   0     1   0   .317
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .283      Perez 1b              2   0   1   1     1   0   .280
Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Pocoroba c            3   1   1   1     1   0   .297      Carter c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .299
Moore 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Parrish 3b            3   2   1   0     0   0   .267
Chaney 2b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .260      Dawson cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
LaCorte p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Brown p               3   0   1   1     0   1   .091
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .429
  Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   5   2     4   4             Totals               30   4   9   4     6   2

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  8,924
Left on Base: Braves 5, Expos 11
DP: Braves 2, Expos 2
Errors: Moore
Doubles: Chaney (5), Parrish (7)
Home Runs: Pocoroba (4), Carter (10)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (8), Cash 2 (5), Dawson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1)
GIDP: Matthews (3), Moore (4), Perez (7), Valentine (7)
Hit by Pitch: Perez (2,by Leon), Parrish (3,by Leon)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCorte L(1-6)          3.2   8   4   3   1   1   1  19  12.12
Leon                    1.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   8   4.25
Kline                   2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.00
Campbell                1     1   0   0   2   0   0   5   2.65
Totals                  8     9   4   3   6   2   1  39

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(2-4)            9     5   2   2   4   4   1  34   3.39
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   4   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Leon 2 (5)
Balks: Kline (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - John Kibler


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Bonnell lined to
shortstop; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Speier singled; Valentine
singled [Speier to third]; Perez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs walked; Matthews grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Burroughs out at second];
Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie flied out to left; Carter homered; Parrish
reached on an error by Moore [Parrish to second]; Dawson struck
out; Brown singled [Parrish scored (unearned)]; Cash walked
[Brown to second]; Speier made an out to shortstop; 2 R (1 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Moore grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Chaney struck out; LaCorte grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine singled; Perez singled to center [Valentine
out at third (center to second to third), Perez to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Cromartie grounded out (first to pitcher) [Perez
to third]; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster struck out; Bonnell made an out to second;
Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish doubled; Dawson made an out to second; Brown
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash singled [Parrish scored];
Cash stole second; LEON REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Speier
walked; Valentine walked [Cash to third, Speier to second];
Perez was hit by a pitch [Cash scored, Speier to third,
Valentine to second]; Cromartie flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs lined to center; Matthews walked; Matthews
stole second; Pocoroba walked; Moore grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Pocoroba out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); Parrish was
hit by a pitch; Dawson flied out to right; Brown struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Chaney flied out to left; OFFICE BATTED FOR LEON;
Office flied out to left; Royster walked; Bonnell singled
[Royster to second]; Montanez singled [Royster to third, Bonnell
to second]; Burroughs forced Montanez (shortstop to second); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: KLINE REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Cash grounded out
(second to first); Speier flied out to center; Valentine made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Pocoroba
grounded out (second to first); Moore grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Perez walked; Cromartie forced Perez (second to
shortstop); Kline balked [Cromartie to second]; Carter flied out
to right; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Chaney doubled; NOLAN BATTED FOR KLINE; Nolan flied
out to center; Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonnell
singled [Chaney scored]; Montanez grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Dawson singled;
Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dawson to
second]; Cash walked; Dawson stole third and Cash stole second;
Speier walked; Valentine grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Burroughs flied out to right; Matthews flied out to
center; Pocoroba homered; Moore flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 4.