Jackie Brown scattered four hits and posted his first N. L. shutout, pitching the Expos to a 2-0 victory over the Astros. The Expos touched J.R. Richard for a run in the second inning when Tony Perez and Warren Cromartie singled and Gary Carter hit a sacrifice fly. Singles by Cromartie, Andre Dawson and Wayne Garrett added the other run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      15, 1977 (Night game) at Astrodome
Expos        0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .196
Speier ss             4   0   2   0     0   1   .247      Cabell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .332      Cruz rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .287      Ferguson c            2   0   0   0     2   2   .255
Cromartie lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .294      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Carter c              2   0   0   1     0   1   .268      Howe 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Dawson cf             3   0   1   0     1   2   .272      Howard lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Garrett 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .162      Gonzalez ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Brown p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .118        Sperring ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                          Richard p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .121
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
                                                            Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   2     1   8             Totals               30   0   4   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  9,932
Left on Base: Expos 5, Astros 6
DP: Expos 0, Astros 1
Errors: Brown, Watson
Doubles: Cruz (12)
Triples: Speier (2)
Stolen Bases: Watson (4), Richard (1)
Caught Stealing: Dawson (1), Cedeno (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Carter (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Carter (3)
GIDP: Valentine (8)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(4-4)            9     4   0   0   3   4   0  33   3.15
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   4   0  33

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard L(5-6)          7     7   2   2   1   7   0  28   3.28
Pentz                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.57
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   8   0  34

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Montague


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier struck
out; Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell flied out to
center; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez singled; Cromartie singled [Perez to third,
Cromartie to second (on throw to 3b)]; Carter hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Perez scored]; Dawson struck out; Garrett grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Ferguson walked; Watson forced Ferguson (shortstop
to second); Watson stole second; Howe walked; Howard forced Howe
(third to second) [Watson to third]; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Brown struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); Speier tripled; Valentine made an out to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Richard singled; Richard stole second; Richard was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Brown [Richard to
third]; Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell struck out; Cruz flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez struck out; Cromartie grounded out (shortstop
to first); Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Ferguson walked; Watson flied out to center; Howe
flied out to left; Howard grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson walked; Dawson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Garrett reached on an error by Watson
[Garrett to first]; Brown struck out; Cash grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Gonzalez flied out to left; Richard flied out to
right; Cedeno singled; Cedeno was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Speier singled; Valentine grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Speier out at second]; Perez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
doubled; Ferguson was called out on strikes; Watson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 7TH: SPERRING REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING SS); Cromartie
singled; Carter out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Cromartie to second]; Dawson singled [Cromartie to third];
Garrett singled [Cromartie scored, Dawson to second]; Brown
forced Dawson (pitcher to third) [Garrett to second]; Cash
forced Brown (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
singled; Sperring grounded out (third to first) [Howard to
second]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR RICHARD; Johnson flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Speier flied out
to left; Valentine flied out to left; Perez flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno grounded out (second to first); Cabell flied
out to right; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 9TH: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Carter
flied out to center; Dawson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Watson grounded
out (third to first); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.