Although held to just five hits, the Mets used them to their advantage and defeated the Expos, 5-3. The Expos used six pitchers. Fred Holdsworth, who started, was tagged for two runs in the fourth inning on a walk to Lenny Randle, triple by Lee Mazzilli and sacrifice fly by Ed Kranepool.

Gary Carter homered for the Expos in the fifth, but the Mets came back with a pair in the next inning when Randle walked, Bruce Boisclair doubled and Steve Henderson drove them home with a single. The Expos counted twice in the seventh, but the Mets pulled away when Henderson drove in a run with a single in the eighth for his third RBI of the game. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 6, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  0
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  2    0  1  x  -   5  5  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Randle 3b             2   2   0   0     2   0   .304
Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Mazzilli cf           3   2   1   1     1   0   .240
Dawson cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .278      Boisclair rf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .296
Perez 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Henderson lf          3   0   2   3     1   1   .316
Valentine rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Kranepool 1b          2   0   0   1     1   0   .282
  Mejias pr,rf        1   1   0   0     0   0   .239      Stearns c             4   0   0   0     0   3   .260
Carter c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .277      Youngblood 2b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Parrish 3b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .252      Flynn ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Speier ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Todd p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .077
  Unser ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .263        Apodaca p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Holdsworth p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Schatzeder p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .130

Totals               32   3   7   3     0   4             Totals               27   5   5   5     5   9

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  4,702
Left on Base: Expos 3, Mets 4
DP: Expos 1, Mets 2
Errors: Todd
Doubles: Dawson (19), Parrish (18), Boisclair (15)
Triples: Mazzilli (3)
Home Runs: Carter (24)
Stolen Bases: Randle (30), Henderson (6)
Caught Stealing: Flynn (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Unser (2), Kranepool (4)
GIDP: Valentine (16), Speier (11)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holdsworth L(2-1)       5.1   4   4   4   3   5   0  22   4.35
McEnaney                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.10
Kerrigan                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.20
Atkinson                1.2   1   1   1   1   2   0   7   3.57
Schatzeder              0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   7.71
Brown                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.51
Totals                  8     5   5   5   5   9   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Todd W(3-4)             6.1   7   3   1   0   3   1  25   4.10
Apodaca SV(5)           2.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.65
Totals                  9     7   3   1   0   4   1  33

Wild Pitches: Atkinson (4)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Joe West


EXPOS 1ST: Cash lined to shortstop; Cromartie flied out to
center; Dawson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli flied
out to right; Boisclair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez singled to left; Valentine grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second];
Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets
0.

METS 2ND: Henderson struck out; Kranepool grounded out (second
to first); Stearns was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Speier singled
to right; Holdsworth forced Speier (pitcher to shortstop); Cash
forced Holdsworth; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Youngblood flied out to center; Flynn grounded out
(pitcher to first); Todd was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Dawson
doubled to left; Perez flied out to left; Valentine was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Randle walked; Mazzilli tripled to right [Randle
scored]; Boisclair struck out; Henderson walked; Kranepool hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Mazzilli scored, Henderson to second (on
throw to home)]; Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter homered; Parrish singled to left; Speier
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Parrish out at
second]; Holdsworth struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Youngblood flied out to left; Flynn singled to second;
Todd was called out on strikes while Flynn was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Mets 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Cromartie flied
out to right; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Randle walked; Randle stole second; Mazzilli flied out
to left; Boisclair doubled to right [Randle to third]; Henderson
singled to left [Randle scored, Boisclair scored, Henderson to
second (on throw to home)]; MCENANEY REPLACED HOLDSWORTH
(PITCHING); Kranepool grounded out (second to first) [Henderson
to third]; KERRIGAN REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Stearns struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Perez singled to left; Valentine reached on an error
by Todd [Perez to second, Valentine to first]; MEJIAS RAN FOR
VALENTINE; Carter flied out to left; Parrish doubled to left
[Perez scored (unearned), Mejias to third]; UNSER BATTED FOR
SPEIER; APODACA REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Unser hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Mejias scored (unearned)]; MORALES BATTED FOR
KERRIGAN; Morales flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FRIAS REPLACED
UNSER (PLAYING SS); ATKINSON REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING);
Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Flynn grounded out
(pitcher to first); Apodaca struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Mets 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Cash popped to second; Cromartie made an out to
pitcher; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets
4.

METS 8TH: Randle lined to right; Mazzilli walked; Atkinson threw
a wild pitch [Mazzilli to second]; Boisclair struck out;
Henderson singled to center [Mazzilli scored]; SCHATZEDER
REPLACED ATKINSON (PITCHING); Henderson stole second; Kranepool
walked; BROWN REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Stearns struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Perez flied out to right; Mejias grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carter flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 5.