Jack Clark's leadoff homer in the 12th gave the Giants the second game, a 5-4 nod over the Expos, and a sweep of a doubleheader. Jim Barr's four-hit hurling and a two-run, inside-the-park homer by Derrel Thomas made 3-0 winners of Frisco in the opener. Tim Foli's squeeze bunt with Bill Madlock at third in the seventh inning produced the Giants' first run in the first game. Thomas' eighth-inning inside job followed a walk to Rob Andrews.

In the second game, Clark homered in the 12th off Will McEnaney after the Giants had tied the score in the eighth on a two-run homer by Darrell Evans. The Expos scored all their runs off Lynn McGlothen in third, and all were unearned. The start of the twin-bill was delayed almost an hour because the umpiring crew was late in arriving from San Diego because of a flight cancellation. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Montreal Expos 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      24, 1977 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   3  5  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Whitfield lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .239      Thomas cf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .248
Valentine rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .313      Madlock 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .306
  Mejias rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Thomasson rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .264      McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .284
Carter c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .283      Foli ss               2   0   1   1     0   0   .217
Cromartie lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Hill c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Dawson cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Andrews 2b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .270
Garrett 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Barr p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .130
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .280

Totals               27   0   4   0     1   4             Totals               24   3   5   3     2   4

Time of Game: 1:50
Left on Base: Expos 2, Giants 3
DP: Expos 1, Giants 3
Errors: Foli
Doubles: Valentine (24), Madlock (17)
Triples: Perez (4)
Home Runs: Thomas (2)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Twitchell (2), Barr 2 (8), Thomasson (2), Foli (2)
GIDP: Valentine (14), Carter (5), Thomasson (4)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(2-6)        8     5   3   3   2   4   1  30   4.45
Totals                  8     5   3   3   2   4   1  30

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(9-7)             9     4   0   0   1   4   0  29   4.79
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   4   0  29

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Montague


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

GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Madlock flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez flied out to left; Carter struck out; Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson struck out; McCovey struck out; Foli
singled to left; Hill grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson grounded out (second to first); Garrett
singled to center; Twitchell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Garrett to second]; Cash flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Barr made
an out to shortstop; Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Speier walked; Valentine lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Speier out at first]; Perez tripled to
center [Perez out at home (center to third)]; Tony Perez
rounded 3B too far; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomas grounded out (second to first); Madlock
singled to right; Thomasson grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Madlock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter grounded out (second to first); Cromartie
flied out to right; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey flied out to center; Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Twitchell
struck out; Cash flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Andrews singled to right; Barr out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Andrews to second]; Whitfield struck
out (catcher to first); Thomas grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Speier grounded out (first unassisted); Valentine
doubled to center; Perez reached on an error by Foli [Valentine
stayed at second, Perez to first]; Valentine stole third; Carter
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: MEJIAS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING RF); Madlock
doubled to left; Thomasson out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Madlock to third]; McCovey was walked
intentionally; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Madlock scored, McCovey to second]; Hill flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Cromartie was called out on strikes; Dawson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Garrett grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Andrews walked; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Andrews to second]; Whitfield grounded out
(second to first) [Andrews to third]; Thomas hit an inside the
park homer to left [Andrews scored]; Madlock grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 3.

EXPOS 9TH: UNSER BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Unser made an out to
second; Cash flied out to center; Speier flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 3.