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.

After both clubs picked up a run in the eighth, Cash opened the Expos' ninth with a single and Chris Speier sacrificed. Valentine followed with a single, driving in Cash, and took second on the throw. Valentine hurt his leg on the slide and gave way to Sam Mejias, who crossed the plate with an insurance run when Andre Dawson singled. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Friday, August    5, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Expos        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.