Steve Carlton, seeking his second Cy Young Award, brought his record with the Phillies to 23-9 by shutting out the Expos, 1-0. In the second inning, Richie Hebner walked, advanced to second on a balk by Fred Holdsworth and scored the game's lone run on a single by Garry Maddox. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 1, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 24, 1977 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .318      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Speier ss             5   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Dawson cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .281
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .292
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Valentine rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Hebner 1b             2   1   1   0     1   1   .287      Carter c              2   0   1   0     2   0   .277
  Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Cromartie lf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .281
Maddox cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .290      Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
McCarver c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .317      Holdsworth p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Carlton p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .274        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Morales ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .200
                                                            Frias pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .246

Totals               29   1   5   1     3   5             Totals               30   0   4   0     7   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 23,098
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Expos 11
DP: Phillies 0, Expos 2
Doubles: Luzinski (34), Hebner (16), Carlton (4), Valentine (28)
Triples: Dawson (9)
Caught Stealing: Martin (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Parrish (3)
GIDP: McCarver (3)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (3,by Stanhouse)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(23-9)         9     4   0   0   7   4   0  38   2.59
Totals                  9     4   0   0   7   4   0  38

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holdsworth L(2-3)       7     4   1   1   3   3   0  26   4.22
McEnaney                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.89
Stanhouse               1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.53
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   5   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Stanhouse (4)
Balks: Holdsworth (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Terry Tata


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa
popped to shortstop; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Speier struck out; Dawson
tripled to center; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to center; Hebner walked;
Holdsworth balked [Hebner to second]; Maddox singled to right
[Hebner scored]; McCarver grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine doubled to left; Carter popped to first;
Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted) [Valentine to third];
Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore popped to third; Carlton flied out to
center; McBride walked; Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Holdsworth grounded out (third to first); Cash
walked; Speier flied out to right; Dawson lined to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Luzinski doubled to left; Luzinski was picked off second
(catcher to shortstop); Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez flied out to right; Valentine grounded out
(second to first); Carter walked; Cromartie walked [Carter to
second]; Parrish grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox flied out to right; McCarver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Holdsworth lined to center; Cash grounded out (second
to first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Carlton lined to second; McBride singled to
shortstop; Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson flied out to center; Perez walked; Valentine
flied out to center; Carter singled to left [Perez to second];
Cromartie flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Expos 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski struck out; Hebner doubled to right;
Maddox grounded out (second to first) [Hebner to third];
McCarver walked; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Parrish flied out to center; MACKANIN BATTED FOR
HOLDSWORTH; Mackanin struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); Carlton
doubled to right; McBride struck out; Bowa flied out to left;
STANHOUSE REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Schmidt popped to second
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Speier flied out to center; Dawson singled to center;
Perez struck out; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
was hit by a pitch; MARTIN RAN FOR HEBNER; Maddox struck out
while Martin was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HUTTON REPLACED
LUZINSKI (PLAYING 1B); Carter walked; Cromartie walked [Carter
to second]; Parrish out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Carter to third, Cromartie to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR
STANHOUSE; Morales was walked intentionally; FRIAS RAN FOR
MORALES; Cash flied out to right; Speier flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 0.