Tony Perez and Del Unser hit homers for the Expos in a 6-3 victory over the Braves. Perez' drive came in the third inning after a walk to Warren Cromartie and broke a 1-1 tie. Unser added his round-tripper in the fourth. Larry Parrish accounted for the Expos' last two runs with a single in the sixth inning and sacrifice fly in the seventh. Patt Rockett knocked in two runs for the Braves with a double in the ninth before Joe Kerrigan came in to save the game for Jackie Brown. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    20, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Braves       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 10  1
Expos        0  1  2    1  0  1    1  0  x  -   6 12  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Matthews lf           5   1   3   0     0   0   .284      Cash 2b               3   0   0   0     2   0   .280
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Cromartie lf          3   1   1   0     2   1   .283
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   1     0   1   .278      Dawson cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .283
Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Perez 1b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .279
Pocoroba c            3   1   3   0     1   0   .283      Carter c              4   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Moore 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .246        Frias pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Gilbreath 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .243        Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Rockett ss            4   0   1   2     0   1   .259      Unser rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .259
Capra p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .107      Parrish 3b            3   1   2   2     0   0   .253
  Paciorek ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Speier ss             3   0   3   1     1   0   .237
  Collins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brown p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .140
  Davey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Theiss p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nolan ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .327
  Royster pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .201

Totals               34   3  10   3     2   2             Totals               32   6  12   6     5   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 18,535
Left on Base: Braves 7, Expos 9
DP: Braves 2, Expos 1
Errors: Pocoroba
Doubles: Matthews (20), Pocoroba (18), Rockett (5), Speier 2 (25), Carter (20)
Home Runs: Perez (12), Unser (11)
Stolen Bases: Cromartie (6)
Caught Stealing: Pocoroba (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (4), Parrish (2)
GIDP: Office (7), Perez (10), Cromartie (12)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra L(2-10)           4     6   4   4   1   3   2  19   5.64
Collins                 1.1   2   1   1   2   0   0   7   4.95
Davey                   0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   5.40
Theiss                  2     4   1   1   1   1   0  10   3.68
Totals                  8    12   6   6   5   5   2  39

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(9-10)           8.2  10   3   3   2   2   0  36   4.15
Kerrigan SV(10)         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.19
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   2   0  37

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


BRAVES 1ST: Matthews doubled; Office grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Matthews to third]; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Matthews scored]; Montanez flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Cromartie
singled; Cromartie stole second [Cromartie to third (error by
Pocoroba)]; Dawson struck out; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba singled; Pocoroba was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Moore singled; Gilbreath flied out
to right; Rockett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter popped to first; Unser popped to third;
Parrish singled; Speier doubled [Parrish scored]; Brown struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Capra popped to shortstop; Matthews popped to first;
Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (second to first); Cromartie
walked; Dawson popped to shortstop; Perez homered [Cromartie
scored]; Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Montanez
flied out to left; Pocoroba doubled; Moore grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Unser homered; Parrish grounded out (pitcher to
first); Speier doubled; Brown grounded out (third to first);
Cash popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Gilbreath flied out to center; Rockett struck out;
PACIOREK BATTED FOR CAPRA; Paciorek singled; Matthews singled
[Paciorek to second]; Office grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: COLLINS REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Cromartie
walked; Dawson flied out to left; Perez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Cromartie out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Burroughs popped to second; Montanez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pocoroba walked; Moore grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Carter doubled; Unser flied out to center; Parrish
singled [Carter scored]; Speier walked [Parrish to second];
DAVEY REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Parrish to third, Speier to second]; Cash was
walked intentionally; Cromartie struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Rockett
flied out to center; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR DAVEY; Asselstine
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: THEISS REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); Dawson
singled; Perez popped to second; Carter singled [Dawson to
second]; FRIAS RAN FOR CARTER; Unser singled [Dawson to third,
Frias to second]; Parrish hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dawson
scored]; Speier singled [Frias to third, Unser to second]; Brown
forced Speier (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 1, Expos 6.

BRAVES 8TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED FRIAS (PLAYING C ); Matthews
singled; Office grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Matthews out at second]; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 6.

EXPOS 8TH: Cash walked; Cromartie grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cash out at second]; Dawson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 6.

BRAVES 9TH: Montanez flied out to center; Pocoroba singled;
Moore popped to shortstop; Gilbreath singled [Pocoroba to
second]; Rockett doubled [Pocoroba scored, Gilbreath scored];
NOLAN BATTED FOR THEISS; Nolan walked; ROYSTER RAN FOR NOLAN;
KERRIGAN REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Matthews grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Expos 6.