Pitching his second straight shutout, Steve Rogers defeated the Braves, 6-0, to extend the Expos' winning streak to five games. The Expos sent Rogers on the way to his victory by scoring twice off Andy Messersmith in the first inning on a walk, error, double by Ellis Valentine and sacrifice fly by Tony Perez. Chris Speier hit his first homer of the season in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      8, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2
Expos        2  0  0    1  0  0    2  1  x  -   6  9  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .233      Cash 2b               4   1   2   1     1   0   .281
Bonnell cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .363      Speier ss             3   2   1   1     2   0   .250
Montanez 1b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .296      Valentine rf          5   0   1   1     0   0   .314
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .285
Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .287      Cromartie lf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .294
Correll c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .270        Mejias cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Pocoroba ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .291
Moore 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Parrish 3b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .268
Chaney 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Dawson cf,lf          4   0   0   1     0   0   .230
Messersmith p         1   0   0   0     1   1   .091      Rogers p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .105
  Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
  Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     3   7             Totals               33   6   9   6     5   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 15,425
Left on Base: Braves 8, Expos 10
DP: Braves 0, Expos 2
Errors: Royster, Chaney, Parrish
Doubles: Montanez (3), Valentine (12), Perez 2 (9), Parrish (8), Cash (13), Cromartie (21)
Home Runs: Speier (1)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (6), Cromartie 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rogers (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (6)
GIDP: Bonnell (4), Chaney (4)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(4-2)      6     6   3   2   4   4   0  30   4.13
Kline                   2     3   3   3   1   2   1  10   6.75
Totals                  8     9   6   5   5   6   1  40

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(8-4)           9     6   0   0   3   7   0  35   1.77
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   7   0  35

Wild Pitches: Messersmith (1)
Balks: Kline (2)

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


BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop
to first); Montanez singled; Burroughs singled [Montanez to
second]; Matthews forced Burroughs (third to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash walked; Speier reached on an error by Chaney
[Cash to second, Speier to first]; Valentine doubled to left
[Cash scored, Speier to third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Speier scored (unearned)]; Cromartie walked; Valentine
stole third and Cromartie stole second; Carter flied out to
right; Parrish struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Correll flied out to center; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chaney lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Dawson reached on an error by Royster [Dawson to
first]; Rogers out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Dawson to second]; Cash grounded out (third to first); Speier
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Messersmith struck out; Royster flied out to right;
Bonnell reached on an error by Parrish [Bonnell to first];
Montanez walked [Bonnell to second]; Burroughs struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
doubled to right; Cromartie grounded out (second to first)
[Perez to third]; Carter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews walked; Correll struck out; Moore struck
out; Chaney grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish doubled to left; Dawson flied out to left;
Rogers grounded out (shortstop to first) [Parrish to third];
Cash singled to right [Parrish scored]; Speier walked [Cash to
second]; Valentine forced Speier (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Messersmith walked; Royster struck out; Bonnell
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Messersmith out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Perez flied out to center; Cromartie singled to
right; Cromartie stole second; Carter struck out; Parrish struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs grounded out (catcher unassisted); Matthews singled to
center; Correll flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson flied out to center; Rogers struck out; Cash
doubled to left; Speier walked; Messersmith threw a wild pitch
[Cash to third, Speier to second]; Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Moore singled; Chaney forced Moore (third to
second); OFFICE BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Office struck out;
Royster made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: KLINE REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Perez doubled;
Cromartie doubled to left [Perez scored]; Carter struck out;
Parrish was walked intentionally; Kline balked [Cromartie to
third, Parrish to second]; Dawson grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cromartie scored, Parrish to third]; Rogers struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 5.

BRAVES 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING CF); DAWSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bonnell made an out to second;
Montanez doubled to left; Burroughs flied out to left; Matthews
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Cash flied out to left; Speier homered; Valentine
flied out to center; Perez grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 6.

BRAVES 9TH: POCOROBA BATTED FOR CORRELL; Pocoroba singled; Moore
forced Pocoroba (shortstop to second); Chaney grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Moore out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 6.