Jerry White singled in the ninth inning, stole second and scored on a single by Stan Papi to give the Expos a 5-4 victory over the Cubs. Gary Carter drove in two earlier runs for the Expos with a homer and double, while Jerry Morales rapped a round-tripper for the Cubs. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Game Played on Thursday, September 15, 1977 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Cubs         1  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  5  3
Expos        2  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  1  -   5 10  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   1   0   0     1   1   .260      Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .288
Biittner lf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .299      Papi 3b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .286
  Cardenal pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Dawson cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .276
Buckner 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .295      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .295
Morales cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .290        Frias pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Valentine rf          3   0   2   1     0   0   .304
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Mejias pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Ontiveros 3b          2   1   0   0     2   1   .293        Unser ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Trillo 2b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Carter c              4   1   3   2     0   0   .280
  Kelleher 2b         2   1   1   1     1   0   .240      Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Gordon c              4   0   0   1     0   1   .000      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   2   .228
Bonham p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .230        White rf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .500
  Gross rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Twitchell p           2   0   0   0     1   0   .167
  Clines ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .300        McEnaney p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               32   4   5   3     5   6             Totals               37   5  10   4     1   7

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance:  7,369
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Expos 7
DP: Cubs 1, Expos 1
Errors: De Jesus, Murcer, Gordon, Papi
Doubles: Biittner (25), Valentine (26), Carter (25)
Triples: Kelleher (2)
Home Runs: Morales (11), Carter (26)
Stolen Bases: Papi (1), Cash (21), White (1)
GIDP: Buckner (13), Cash (14)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham                  7.2   8   4   4   1   5   1  33   4.37
Sutter L(7-3)           1     2   1   1   0   2   0   5   1.37
Totals                  8.2  10   5   5   1   7   1  38

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               8.1   5   4   3   5   6   1  35   4.47
McEnaney W(3-5)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.00
Totals                  9     5   4   3   5   6   1  37

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Nick Colosi


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; Biittner singled to right [De Jesus
to second]; Buckner grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [De Jesus to third, Biittner out at second];
Morales reached on an error by Papi [De Jesus scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Morales to second]; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash singled to center; Papi singled to center [Cash
to second]; Dawson popped to first in foul territory [Cash to
third]; Papi stole second [Papi to third (error by Gordon), Cash
scored]; Perez struck out; Valentine doubled to third [Papi
scored]; Carter flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Expos 2.

CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros flied out to left; Trillo singled to
shortstop; Gordon forced Trillo (second to shortstop); Bonham
forced Gordon (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: KELLEHER REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING 2B); Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); Speier was called out on
strikes; Twitchell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Expos 2.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus popped to catcher in foul territory; Biittner
doubled to center; Buckner struck out; Morales struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash reached on an error by Murcer [Cash to first];
Cash stole second; Papi flied out to center; Dawson struck out;
Perez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Expos 2.

CUBS 4TH: Murcer popped to third; Ontiveros walked; Kelleher
tripled to center [Ontiveros scored]; Gordon grounded out (third
to first) [Kelleher scored]; Bonham was called out on strikes; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Valentine popped to second; Carter homered; Cromartie
popped to third in foul territory; Speier struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Expos 3.

CUBS 5TH: De Jesus popped to third in foul territory; Biittner
grounded out (second to first); Buckner flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Twitchell walked; Cash grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Twitchell out at second]; Papi
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Expos 3.

CUBS 6TH: Morales homered; Murcer flied out to right; Ontiveros
walked; Kelleher flied out to left; Gordon struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson struck out; Perez grounded out (third to
first); Valentine singled to left; MEJIAS RAN FOR VALENTINE;
Carter singled to left [Mejias to second]; Cromartie forced
Mejias (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Expos 3.

CUBS 7TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bonham grounded
out (shortstop to first); De Jesus struck out; Biittner walked;
CARDENAL RAN FOR BIITTNER; Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Speier reached
on an error by De Jesus [Speier to first]; On a bunt Twitchell
forced Speier (pitcher to shortstop); Cash lined to right; Papi
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 3.

CUBS 8TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer lined
to right; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Dawson flied out to center; Perez singled to third;
FRIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; UNSER BATTED FOR MEJIAS; Unser flied out to
left; Carter doubled to center [Frias scored]; SUTTER REPLACED
MURCER (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED BONHAM (PLAYING RF); Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Expos 4.

CUBS 9TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); UNSER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); WHITE REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING RF); Kelleher
walked; On a bunt Gordon popped to catcher in foul territory;
MCENANEY REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); CLINES BATTED FOR GROSS;
Clines grounded out (third to first) [Kelleher to second]; De
Jesus lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 4.

EXPOS 9TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); White singled to
shortstop; McEnaney struck out; Cash struck out; White stole
second; Papi singled to center [White scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.