After being held to six hits in the first eight innings, the Expos rallied for five runs in the ninth and shocked the Cardinals, 8-7. The Cards hit three triples and seven doubles in building up a 7-3 lead with one of the Expos' runs coming on a homer by Warren Cromartie.

Opening the Expos' rally in the ninth, Andre Dawson tripled and scored on a single by Wayne Garrett. When Del Unser also singled, Rawly Eastwick replaced Eric Rasmussen, but the reliever gave up a single by Dave Cash, two-run double by Chris Speier and intentional pass to Ellis Valentine before departing. Clay Carroll took over and walked Tony Perez to force in the tying run. Gary Carter then hit a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in the winning marker. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Game Played on Sunday, July      17, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Cardinals    1  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   7 12  1
Expos        0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  5  -   8 12  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mumphrey rf           4   2   1   1     1   1   .305      Cash 2b               5   1   4   0     0   0   .288
Templeton ss          5   2   3   3     0   1   .315      Speier ss             5   1   1   2     0   1   .238
Scott cf              5   0   1   1     0   2   .304      Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     1   2   .315
Rader c               5   0   2   1     0   2   .310      Perez 1b              3   0   0   1     2   1   .261
Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .313        Frias pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Reitz 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Carter c              4   0   0   1     0   0   .287
Iorg lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Cromartie lf          4   2   2   1     0   0   .308
  Cruz lf             0   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Dawson cf             4   2   2   1     0   2   .295
Tyson 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .244      Garrett 3b            2   1   1   2     1   0   .271
Rasmussen p           4   2   2   1     0   1   .156      Twitchell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
                                                            Alcala p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .053
                                                            Parrish ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
                                                            Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mejias ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .300
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Unser ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .278

Totals               38   7  12   7     3   7             Totals               35   8  12   8     4   8

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 30,521
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Expos 8
DP: Cardinals 1, Expos 0
Errors: Templeton
Doubles: Templeton (11), Tyson (9), Rasmussen 2 (4), Scott (15), Reitz (26), Rader (6), Cash (21), Speier (15)
Triples: Rader (1), Templeton (8), Mumphrey (7), Dawson 2 (5)
Home Runs: Cromartie (2)
Stolen Bases: Cash (11)
Caught Stealing: Templeton (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Garrett (2), Carter (5)
GIDP: Cash (11)
Hit by Pitch: Hernandez (1,by Twitchell)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               8    10   6   6   2   8   1  36   3.87
Eastwick L(4-6)         0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   3.14
Carroll                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.09
Totals                  8.1  12   8   8   4   8   1  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               1.1   6   5   5   1   2   0  12   4.55
Stanhouse               0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.46
Alcala                  2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   6.11
Kerrigan                3     0   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.45
McEnaney                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.99
Atkinson W(6-2)         1.1   4   2   2   2   0   0   9   3.77
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   7   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Twitchell (3)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg


CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey struck out; Templeton doubled to left;
Scott was called out on strikes; Rader tripled to right
[Templeton scored]; Hernandez was hit by a pitch; Reitz grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash singled to right; Cash stole second; Speier
struck out; Valentine popped to first in foul territory; Perez
walked; Carter flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg flied out to left; Tyson doubled to center;
Rasmussen doubled to left [Tyson scored]; Mumphrey walked;
Templeton tripled to right [Rasmussen scored, Mumphrey scored];
Scott doubled to right [Templeton scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED
TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Rader was called out on strikes; Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie homered; Dawson struck out; Garrett walked;
MACKANIN BATTED FOR STANHOUSE; Mackanin struck out; Cash singled
to second [Garrett to second]; Speier grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: ALCALA REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); Reitz popped
to second; Iorg singled to left; Tyson popped to catcher in foul
territory; Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine was called out on strikes; Perez struck
out; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Templeton
struck out; Scott popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie singled to right; Dawson tripled to left
[Cromartie scored]; Garrett hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dawson
scored]; PARRISH BATTED FOR ALCALA; Parrish struck out; Cash
doubled to left; Speier flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING); Rader flied
out to left; Hernandez flied out to left; Reitz flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Valentine flied out to center; Perez popped to third
in foul territory; Carter popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Iorg grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rasmussen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos
3.

EXPOS 6TH: CRUZ REPLACED IORG (PLAYING LF); Cromartie flied out
to center; Dawson struck out; Garrett lined to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Mumphrey flied out to left; Templeton grounded
out (first unassisted); Scott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: MEJIAS BATTED FOR KERRIGAN; Mejias singled to center;
Cash grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Mejias out at second]; Speier lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED MEJIAS (PITCHING); Rader was
called out on strikes; Hernandez flied out to center; Reitz
doubled to right; ATKINSON REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Cruz
walked; Tyson forced Cruz (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Valentine struck out; Perez reached on an error by
Templeton [Perez to second]; Carter flied out to center;
Cromartie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Expos 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Rasmussen doubled to right; Mumphrey tripled to
left [Rasmussen scored]; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey
scored]; Templeton was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Scott flied out to center; Rader doubled to right;
Hernandez was walked intentionally; Reitz forced Hernandez
(third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Dawson tripled to right; Garrett singled to center
[Dawson scored]; UNSER BATTED FOR ATKINSON; Unser singled to
right [Garrett to second]; EASTWICK REPLACED RASMUSSEN
(PITCHING); Cash singled to center [Garrett to third, Unser to
second]; Speier doubled to right [Garrett scored, Unser scored,
Cash to third]; Valentine was walked intentionally; CARROLL
REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Perez walked [Cash scored, Speier
to third, Valentine to second]; FRIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Carter hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Speier scored]; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 7, Expos 8.