Andre Dawson's homer followed an eighth-inning single by Tony Perez as the Expos rallied to nip the Padres, 5-4. San Diego scored four times in the sixth to break open the duel between Wayne Twitchell and Bob Owchinko, but Montreal rallied with three in the top of the seventh to cut the Padre lead to one. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, San Diego Padres 4
Game Played on Thursday, July      28, 1977 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    3  2  0  -   5 10  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  5  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .274      Richards cf           1   1   0   0     3   0   .253
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     1   0   .243      Almon ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .256
Valentine rf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .309      xHendrick rf          3   1   1   2     0   0   .000
Perez 1b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .270      Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .288
Carter c              4   1   2   0     1   1   .281      Turner lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .261
Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Tenace c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Dawson cf             4   2   3   2     0   0   .290      Champion 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Parrish 3b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .253      Ashford 3b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .221
Twitchell p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .120      Owchinko p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Morales ph          1   0   0   1     0   0   .182
  Atkinson pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Kerrigan p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               36   5  10   3     5   4             Totals               28   4   5   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  7,010
Left on Base: Expos 9, Padres 2
DP: Expos 1, Padres 1
Errors: Carter, Turner, Ashford
Doubles: Speier (18), Hendrick (13)
Home Runs: Dawson (12)
Caught Stealing: Perez (2), Richards (4), Turner (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Owchinko (8)
GIDP: Cromartie (9), Almon (11)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               5.1   5   4   4   2   3   0  23   4.58
Holdsworth              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.00
Kerrigan W(2-3)         1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.54
Stanhouse SV(2)         2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.31
Totals                  9     5   4   4   3   4   0  33

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(3-7)         8    10   5   3   4   4   1  37   4.78
Spillner                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.33
Totals                  9    10   5   3   5   4   1  41

Wild Pitches: Owchinko (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Jim Quick


EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
flied out to right; Hendrick reached on catcher's interference
by Carter; Ivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez singled to left; Perez was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Carter singled to left; Cromartie
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Carter out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Turner popped to first in foul territory; Tenace
grounded out (shortstop to first); Champion was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson grounded out (third to first); Parrish singled
to center; On a bunt Twitchell struck out; Cash flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Ashford flied out to left; Owchinko flied out to
center; Richards walked; Richards was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Speier doubled to left; Valentine flied out to
center; Perez grounded out (third to first); Carter was walked
intentionally; Cromartie flied to right in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Almon flied out to right; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first); Ivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson singled to third; Owchinko threw a wild pitch
[Dawson to second]; Parrish flied out to right; Twitchell was
called out on strikes; Cash lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Turner lined to first; Tenace grounded out (pitcher
to first); Champion made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Speier flied out to center; Valentine flied out to
center; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Ashford singled to left; Owchinko out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Ashford to second]; Richards walked;
Almon singled to left [Ashford scored, Richards to second];
Hendrick doubled to center [Richards scored, Almon scored]; Ivie
singled to third [Hendrick to third]; Turner singled to center
[Hendrick scored, Ivie to third]; HOLDSWORTH REPLACED TWITCHELL
(PITCHING); Turner was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter singled to center; Cromartie made an out to
second; Dawson singled to left [Carter to second]; Parrish
walked [Carter to third, Dawson to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR
HOLDSWORTH; Morales reached on an error by Ashford [Carter
scored (RBI), Dawson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Parrish scored
(error by Turner) (unearned) (no RBI), Morales to third];
ATKINSON RAN FOR MORALES; Cash grounded out (third to first);
Speier walked; Valentine made an out to second; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H,
2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED ATKINSON (PITCHING); Champion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Owchinko flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Padres 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Perez singled to right; Carter struck out; Cromartie
flied out to center; Dawson homered [Perez scored]; Parrish
singled to center; Kerrigan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 5, Padres 4.

PADRES 8TH: Richards walked; STANHOUSE REPLACED KERRIGAN
(PITCHING); Almon grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Richards out at second]; Hendrick grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Padres 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Cash walked; SPILLNER REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING);
Speier grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cash to second];
Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cash to third];
Perez was walked intentionally; Carter grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Padres 4.

PADRES 9TH: Ivie flied out to center; Turner struck out; Tenace
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Padres 4.