Bouncing back from a 13-0 beating in the previous night's game, the Phillies got a grand-slam homer from Richie Hebner and defeated the Expos, 8-3. The Expos started off as if they were going to slug the Phils again when Andre Dawson hit a three-run homer in the first inning, but Jim Lonborg proved too tough the rest of the way.

After Greg Luzinski rapped a pair of run-scoring singles to cut into the Expos' lead, the Phillies loaded the bases in the fifth on a pass to Bake McBride, single by Larry Bowa and another walk to Mike Schmidt. Luzinski popped up, but Hebner followed with the first grand slam of his major league career. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 8, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Thursday, August    18, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Phillies     1  0  1    0  4  0    1  1  0  -   8 12  0
Expos        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            4   3   2   1     1   1   .292      Cash 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .280
Bowa ss               4   2   3   0     0   0   .286      Cromartie lf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .286
Schmidt 3b            2   1   1   0     3   0   .289      Dawson cf             4   1   1   3     0   2   .287
Luzinski lf           5   0   2   2     0   2   .322      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Hebner 1b             5   1   1   4     0   1   .289      Unser rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .252
Johnstone rf          4   1   0   0     1   2   .302      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   2   .232
Boone c               4   0   1   0     1   2   .286      Twitchell p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .161
Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .280        Frias ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Lonborg p             3   0   1   1     0   1   .088        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
                                                            Blackwell ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   8  12   8     6   9             Totals               31   3   5   3     3   8

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 18,296
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Expos 4
DP: Phillies 0, Expos 0
Doubles: McBride (15), Schmidt (19)
Home Runs: Hebner (14), McBride (11), Dawson (14)
Stolen Bases: Cash (16)
Caught Stealing: Unser (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (11), Lonborg (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(8-3)          9     5   3   3   3   8   1  34   3.58
Totals                  9     5   3   3   3   8   1  34

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(2-9)        5     7   6   6   3   5   1  25   4.94
Stanhouse               2     4   1   1   2   2   0  11   4.20
McEnaney                2     1   1   1   1   2   1   8   4.14
Totals                  9    12   8   8   6   9   2  44

Wild Pitches: Twitchell (4)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride doubled to left; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [McBride to third]; Schmidt walked;
Luzinski singled to center [McBride scored, Schmidt to second];
Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Schmidt to third, Luzinski to
second]; Hebner grounded out (catcher to first); Johnstone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash walked; Cash stole second; Cromartie walked;
Dawson homered [Cash scored, Cromartie scored]; Perez lined to
right; Carter flied out to center; Unser grounded out (pitcher
to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone popped to third in foul territory; Sizemore
grounded out (first unassisted); Lonborg grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 3.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Speier struck out; Twitchell
singled to center; Cash forced Twitchell (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: McBride grounded out (third to first); Bowa
singled to right; Schmidt doubled to left [Bowa to third];
Luzinski singled to center [Bowa scored, Schmidt to third];
Hebner popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnstone popped to
second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Dawson
struck out; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone struck out; Sizemore popped to catcher in
foul territory; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter grounded out (third to first); Unser walked;
Unser was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Parrish
singled to left; Speier forced Parrish (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride walked; Bowa singled to right [McBride to
second]; Schmidt walked [McBride to third, Bowa to second];
Luzinski popped to second; Hebner homered [McBride scored, Bowa
scored, Schmidt scored]; Johnstone struck out; Boone struck out;
4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: FRIAS BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Frias struck out; Cash
singled to center; Cromartie flied out to left; Dawson forced
Cash (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos
3.

PHILLIES 6TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED FRIAS (PITCHING); Sizemore
singled to right; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Sizemore to second]; McBride struck out; Bowa singled
to shortstop [Sizemore to third]; Schmidt walked [Bowa to
second]; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Perez flied out to left; Carter struck out; Unser
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Hebner grounded out (third to first); Johnstone
walked; Boone singled to center [Johnstone to third]; Sizemore
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Boone to second]; Lonborg
singled to center [Johnstone scored, Boone out at home (center
to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Parrish struck out; Speier struck out; BLACKWELL
BATTED FOR STANHOUSE; Blackwell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 7, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED BLACKWELL (PITCHING); McBride
homered; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt flied
out to right; Luzinski struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 8, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Cash grounded
out (first unassisted); Cromartie flied out to right; Dawson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Hebner struck out; Johnstone flied out to right;
Boone walked; Sizemore forced Boone (third to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 8, Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING 1B); Perez singled to
center; Carter flied out to left; Unser flied out to left;
Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 8, Expos 3.