With the bases loaded, Cesar Cedeno beat the throw to the plate on a grounder by Art Howe in the 10th inning to enable the Astros to defeat the Expos, 6-5. Tony Perez hit two homers and drove in three runs for the Expos, who were stopped on their five-game winning streak. Houston Astros 6, Montreal Expos 5Game Played on Friday, August 26, 1977 (Night game) at AstrodomeExpos 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 0 Astros 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 - 6 9 2 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .291 Puhl lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Cromartie lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .283 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .281 Dawson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .282 Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Perez 1b 4 2 2 3 1 0 .282 Cruz rf 2 0 0 1 2 0 .292 Carter c 5 0 1 0 0 2 .276 Watson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Unser rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Ferguson c 2 1 0 0 3 1 .249 Parrish 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .249 Howe 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .261 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .239 Sperring ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .202 Brown p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .135 Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Alcala p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .074 Gardner pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Metzger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Lemongello p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .074 Larson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Howard ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .233 Sambito p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Herrmann ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .292 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 5 11 5 2 9 Totals 34 6 9 6 8 4 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 10,040 Left on Base: Expos 8, Astros 9 DP: Expos 2, Astros 1 Errors: Cabell, Sperring Doubles: Unser (12), Cromartie (38), Cabell (31), Herrmann (7), Cedeno (26) Home Runs: Perez 2 (14) Stolen Bases: Cedeno (44) Caught Stealing: Ferguson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (7) GIDP: Perez (11), Puhl (3) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brown 4 3 4 4 5 1 0 18 4.27 Alcala 4.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 17 5.09 McEnaney 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.04 Stanhouse L(9-10) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 6 4.03 Totals 9.1 9 6 6 8 4 0 43 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemongello 4.2 7 5 5 2 4 2 23 4.01 Larson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.72 Sambito 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 16 2.47 McLaughlin W(4-6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.03 Totals 10 11 5 5 2 9 2 43 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Paul Pryor EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Cromartie flied out to left; Dawson reached on an error by Sperring [Dawson to first]; Perez walked [Dawson to second]; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl made an out to shortstop; Cabell walked; Cedeno forced Cabell (third to second); Cedeno stole second; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 0. EXPOS 2ND: Unser doubled; Parrish singled [Unser to third]; Speier walked [Parrish to second]; Brown struck out; Cash singled [Unser scored, Parrish to third, Speier to second]; Cromartie grounded out (second to first) [Parrish scored, Speier to third, Cash to second]; Dawson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson walked; Howe struck out while Ferguson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0. EXPOS 3RD: Perez homered; Carter struck out; Unser flied out to center; Parrish struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Sperring grounded out (third to first); Lemongello singled; Puhl grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Lemongello out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 0. EXPOS 4TH: Speier struck out; Brown flied out to center; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell doubled; Cedeno flied out to right [Cabell to third]; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cabell scored]; Watson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 1. EXPOS 5TH: Cromartie doubled; Dawson flied out to center [Cromartie to third]; Perez homered [Cromartie scored]; Carter singled to center [Carter out at second (center to shortstop)]; LARSON REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); Unser flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Ferguson walked; Howe walked [Ferguson to second]; Sperring walked [Ferguson to third, Howe to second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR LARSON; Howard singled [Ferguson scored, Howe scored, Sperring to second]; ALCALA REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Puhl flied out to left; Cabell singled [Sperring scored, Howard to second]; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Howard to third, Cabell to second]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Watson forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. EXPOS 6TH: SAMBITO REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Parrish flied out to right; Speier struck out; Alcala struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 6TH: Ferguson flied out to right; Howe singled; Sperring forced Howe (third to second); Sambito struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. EXPOS 7TH: Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Cromartie made an out to shortstop; Dawson singled; Perez reached on an error by Cabell [Dawson to third, Perez to first]; Carter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Cabell grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. EXPOS 8TH: Unser singled; Parrish made an out to second; Speier flied out to center; Alcala struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Watson struck out; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. EXPOS 9TH: Cash singled; Cromartie singled [Cash to second]; Dawson struck out; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cromartie out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); BOSWELL BATTED FOR SPERRING; Boswell singled; HERRMANN BATTED FOR SAMBITO; GARDNER RAN FOR BOSWELL; MCENANEY REPLACED ALCALA (PITCHING); Herrmann doubled to right [Gardner scored, Herrmann out at third (right to second to catcher to third)]; Puhl singled; STANHOUSE REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Cabell forced Puhl (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 5. EXPOS 10TH: METZGER REPLACED GARDNER (PLAYING SS); MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED HERRMANN (PITCHING); Carter made an out to first; Unser grounded out (second to first); Parrish flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 5. ASTROS 10TH: Cedeno doubled; Cruz was walked intentionally; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cedeno to third, Cruz to second]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Howe reached on a fielder's choice [Cedeno scored, Cruz to third, Ferguson to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 5, Astros 6. |
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