Breaking a tie, the Expos scored twice in the ninth inning to defeat the Braves, 6-4. The Expos opened the scoring in the third when Dave Cash doubled and Ellis Valentine homered. The Braves came back with a solo shot by Willie Montanez in the fourth and two-run blow by Jeff Burroughs in the sixth to tie the score at 3-3. Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 4Game Played on Friday, August 5, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumExpos 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 6 12 2 Braves 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 8 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .284 Office cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Bonnell 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .303 Valentine rf 4 1 2 3 1 1 .308 Montanez 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .294 Mejias pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Burroughs rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .280 Perez 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 .282 Matthews lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .286 Dawson cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Pocoroba c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Cromartie lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .292 Gilbreath 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Carter c 4 0 1 1 0 3 .278 Rockett ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .240 Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Capra p 2 0 1 0 1 1 .130 Twitchell p 1 1 0 0 1 1 .115 Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Stanhouse p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Theiss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Collins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 12 6 5 8 Totals 35 4 8 4 4 7 Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: 8,100 Left on Base: Expos 9, Braves 9 DP: Expos 0, Braves 0 Errors: Speier 2, Rockett Doubles: Cash (23), Cromartie (33), Carter (17), Bonnell (6), Burroughs (12), Matthews (14) Home Runs: Valentine (19), Montanez (15), Burroughs (28) Caught Stealing: Cromartie (3), Perez (3) Sacrifice Hits: Speier (3), Pocoroba (4) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Twitchell 5.1 4 3 3 1 3 2 22 5.01 Stanhouse W(7-8) 3 4 1 1 3 4 0 16 4.18 McEnaney 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.17 Kerrigan SV(8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.06 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 7 2 40 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Capra 8 9 4 4 4 8 1 36 5.49 Campbell L(0-4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 4.34 Theiss 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Collins 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.17 Totals 9 12 6 6 5 8 1 42 Passed Balls: Pocoroba (11) Wild Pitches: Capra 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Andy Olsen EXPOS 1ST: Cash walked; Speier flied out to center; Valentine walked [Cash to second]; Perez struck out; Dawson forced Cash (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Office flied out to left; Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie grounded out (third to first); Carter struck out; Garrett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Matthews reached on an error by Speier [Matthews to second]; Pocoroba made an out to second; Gilbreath flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 3RD: Twitchell was called out on strikes; Cash doubled; Pocoroba allowed a passed ball [Cash to third]; Speier struck out; Valentine homered [Cash scored]; Perez singled; Dawson flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Rockett grounded out (third to first); Capra was called out on strikes; Office grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie singled; Cromartie was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Carter struck out; Garrett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez homered; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 5TH: Twitchell walked; Cash singled [Twitchell to second]; Speier struck out; Valentine struck out; Perez singled [Twitchell scored, Cash to third]; Perez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Pocoroba grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath reached on an error by Speier [Gilbreath to first]; Rockett struck out; Capra walked [Gilbreath to second]; Office singled [Gilbreath out at home (left to catcher), Capra to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. EXPOS 6TH: Dawson grounded out (third to first); Cromartie singled; Carter struck out; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Bonnell doubled; Montanez grounded out (second to first) [Bonnell to third]; Burroughs homered [Bonnell scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Matthews was called out on strikes; Pocoroba walked; Gilbreath forced Pocoroba (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 3. EXPOS 7TH: Stanhouse reached on an error by Rockett [Stanhouse to first]; Cash flied out to center; Speier grounded out (second to first) [Stanhouse to second]; Capra threw a wild pitch [Stanhouse to third]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: Rockett flied out to center; Capra singled; Office forced Capra (second to shortstop); Bonnell singled [Office to third]; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 3. EXPOS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Dawson made an out to pitcher; Cromartie doubled; Capra threw a wild pitch [Cromartie to third]; Carter doubled [Cromartie scored]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Stanhouse flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 4, Braves 3. BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs doubled; Matthews doubled [Burroughs scored]; Pocoroba out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Matthews to third]; Gilbreath struck out; Rockett walked; NOLAN BATTED FOR CAPRA; Nolan was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 4, Braves 4. EXPOS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Cash singled; Speier out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cash to second]; Valentine singled [Cash scored, Valentine to second (on throw to home)]; MEJIAS RAN FOR VALENTINE; THEISS REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Perez was walked intentionally; Debut game for Duane Theiss; Dawson singled to right [Mejias scored, Perez out at third (right to catcher to third), Dawson to second (on throw to 3b)]; COLLINS REPLACED THEISS (PITCHING); Cromartie flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 6, Braves 4. BRAVES 9TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Office grounded out (third to first); Bonnell walked; MCENANEY REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Montanez forced Bonnell (first to shortstop); KERRIGAN REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 6, Braves 4. |
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