The Expos rewarded Tom Walker with a victory for his fine relief pitching by defeating the Mets, 4-2, to complete a sweep of the four-game series. Wayne Twitchell, who started for the Expos, gave up the Mets' runs on homers by Ed Kranepool and Mike Vail.

Walker pitched the last five innings and allowed only one hit. The Expos caught up with the Mets in the fifth when Dave Cash doubled, Ellis Valentine tripled and Gary Carter homered. Their fourth run counted in the seventh when Valentine doubled and Tony Perez singled. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 4, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Sunday, July      3, 1977 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Mets         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  3  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  3  0    1  0  x  -   4  8  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .311      Cash 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .284
Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Boisclair ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Valentine rf          3   2   2   1     1   0   .322
Vail rf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .322      Perez 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .265
Milner 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .266      Carter c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .296
Stearns c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Kranepool lf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .280      Dawson cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Mazzilli cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Garrett 3b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .219
Millan 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Flynn 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .189        Walker p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Swan p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .120
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   3   2     2   6             Totals               32   4   8   4     3   3

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 23,499
Left on Base: Mets 2, Expos 8
DP: Mets 0, Expos 1
Errors: Randle
Doubles: Garrett (3), Cash (17), Valentine (21)
Triples: Valentine (2)
Home Runs: Kranepool (9), Vail (3), Carter (13)
Stolen Bases: Milner (5), Dawson (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Walker (2)
GIDP: Vail (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(4-6)             6.1   8   4   4   3   3   1  31   3.86
Apodaca                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.66
Baldwin                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.91
Totals                  8     8   4   4   3   3   1  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               4     2   2   2   1   6   2  15   4.26
Walker W(1-1)           5     1   0   0   1   0   0  16   4.34
Totals                  9     3   2   2   2   6   2  31

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


METS 1ST: Randle was called out on strikes; Harrelson flied out
to left; Vail was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Speier flied out to center;
Valentine walked; Perez singled to left [Valentine to third];
Carter made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Expos 0.

METS 2ND: Milner made an out to second; Stearns grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kranepool homered; Mazzilli was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie struck out; Dawson struck out; Garrett
doubled to right; Twitchell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Expos 0.

METS 3RD: Millan grounded out (third to first); Swan struck out;
Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash flied out to right; Speier popped to catcher in
foul territory; Valentine reached on an error by Randle
[Valentine to second]; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 0.

METS 4TH: Harrelson flied out to center; Vail homered; Milner
walked; Milner stole second; Stearns struck out; Kranepool lined
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter singled to left; Cromartie flied out to left;
Dawson forced Carter (shortstop to second); Dawson stole second;
Garrett walked; MORALES BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Morales flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 0.

METS 5TH: WALKER REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Mazzilli made an
out to first; Millan flied out to center; Swan flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Cash doubled to left; Speier grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cash to third]; Valentine tripled to right [Cash
scored]; Perez flied out to right; Carter homered [Valentine
scored]; Cromartie grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 6TH: Randle made an out to shortstop; Harrelson flied out
to center; Vail flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
walked; Walker out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Garrett to second]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 7TH: Milner walked; Stearns flied out to left; Kranepool
popped to shortstop; Mazzilli lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine
doubled to center; Perez singled to center [Valentine scored];
APODACA REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Carter flied out to center;
Cromartie lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

METS 8TH: HODGES BATTED FOR MILLAN; Hodges grounded out (second
to first); YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR APODACA; Youngblood grounded
out (third to first); Randle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED HODGES (PLAYING 2B); BALDWIN REPLACED
YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Dawson grounded out (second to first);
Garrett made an out to second; Walker grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

METS 9TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Boisclair singled to
shortstop; Vail grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Boisclair out at second]; Milner flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.