The Expos, with Gary Carter driving in five runs, posted their 11th victory in 16 games against the Cardinals, 9-5. Carter hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and had a two-run single in the ninth when the Expos scored four runs. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 9, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Monday, September 26, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  1    1  0  0    3  0  4  -   9 13  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  2  0  -   5 10  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   2   0     1   0   .289      Brock lf              4   0   1   1     1   0   .272
Speier ss             5   0   2   1     0   0   .233      Mumphrey cf           5   1   0   0     0   1   .289
  Frias pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .246      Templeton ss          4   1   2   2     1   0   .323
Dawson cf             4   2   2   0     1   0   .283      Simmons c             5   1   0   0     0   0   .320
Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .289      Hernandez 1b          5   1   1   0     0   2   .293
  Mejias pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .232      Reitz 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .267
Valentine rf          4   1   1   2     0   0   .300        Bosetti pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Unser pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Duncan 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .364
Carter c              4   2   3   5     1   0   .281      Dwyer rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .375
Cromartie lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  White pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Rader ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Parrish 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .240        Phillips 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .199
Twitchell p           3   0   0   0     0   3   .149      Rasmussen p           1   0   0   0     1   1   .141
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Iorg ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .237
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   1     0   0   .200        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .416
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   9  13   9     4   4             Totals               37   5  10   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  4,397
Left on Base: Expos 10, Cardinals 9
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Tyson
Doubles: Dawson (25), Speier (30), Carter (26)
Home Runs: Carter (30), Templeton (8)
Stolen Bases: Carter (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Twitchell (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (2), Stanhouse (1)
Hit by Pitch: Parrish (4,by Rasmussen), Cromartie (4,by Hrabosky), Dwyer (1,by Twitchell)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               7     6   4   4   2   2   1  30   4.32
McEnaney                0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.99
Stanhouse W(10-10)      1.2   3   0   0   1   2   0   9   3.49
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   4   1  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               7     8   5   2   4   3   1  34   3.48
Metzger                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.58
Eastwick L(5-9)         0     4   4   4   0   0   0   4   3.72
Hrabosky                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.57
Totals                  9    13   9   6   4   4   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Twitchell (5), Rasmussen (5), Hrabosky (3)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Jim Quick


EXPOS 1ST: Cash walked; Speier flied out to right; Dawson walked
[Cash to second]; Perez flied out to left; Valentine flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Mumphrey flied out to
center; Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter flied out to center; Cromartie singled to
center; Parrish singled to left [Cromartie to second]; Twitchell
was called out on strikes; Cash singled to first [Cromartie to
third, Parrish to second]; Speier forced Cash (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Hernandez struck
out; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson doubled to left; Perez flied to right in foul
territory [Dawson to third]; Valentine hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Dawson scored]; Carter walked; Carter stole second;
Cromartie flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Dwyer popped to third in foul territory; Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rasmussen was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish was hit by a pitch; Twitchell out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Parrish to second]; Cash
lined to right [Parrish to third]; Speier doubled to right
[Parrish scored]; Dawson popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals
0.

EXPOS 5TH: Perez popped to shortstop; Valentine flied out to
center; Carter doubled to left; Cromartie grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hernandez
lined to third; Reitz singled to left; Dwyer singled to right
[Reitz to third]; Tyson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish struck out; Twitchell was called out on
strikes; Cash singled to center [Cash out at second (center to
second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Rasmussen walked; Brock forced Rasmussen (pitcher
to third to second); Mumphrey forced Brock (second unassisted);
Templeton hit an inside the park homer to right [Mumphrey
scored]; Simmons popped to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Speier reached on an error by Tyson [Speier to
first]; Dawson grounded out (third to first) [Speier to second];
Perez was walked intentionally; Valentine forced Speier (third
unassisted) [Perez to second]; Carter homered (unearned) [Perez
scored (unearned), Valentine scored (unearned)]; Cromartie
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 5, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz
singled to center; Dwyer was hit by a pitch [Reitz to second];
Tyson flied out to right; IORG BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Iorg
singled to shortstop [Reitz to third, Dwyer to second]; Brock
singled to left [Reitz scored, Dwyer to third, Iorg to second];
Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 8TH: METZGER REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Parrish popped to
first; Twitchell was called out on strikes; Cash flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton walked; MCENANEY REPLACED TWITCHELL
(PITCHING); Simmons forced Templeton (shortstop to second);
Hernandez singled to right [Simmons to second]; STANHOUSE
REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Reitz singled to left [Simmons
scored, Hernandez to second]; BOSETTI RAN FOR REITZ; Dwyer flied
out to center; RADER BATTED FOR TYSON; Rader singled to center
[Hernandez scored, Bosetti to third]; FREED BATTED FOR METZGER;
Freed popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 5, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 9TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED RADER (PLAYING 2B); DUNCAN REPLACED
BOSETTI (PLAYING 3B); EASTWICK REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Speier
singled to third; FRIAS RAN FOR SPEIER; Dawson singled to center
[Frias to second]; Perez singled to left [Frias to third, Dawson
to second]; MEJIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Valentine singled to center
[Frias scored, Dawson to third, Mejias to second]; UNSER RAN FOR
VALENTINE; HRABOSKY REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Carter singled
to left [Dawson scored, Mejias scored, Unser to second];
Cromartie was hit by a pitch [Unser to third, Carter to second];
WHITE RAN FOR CROMARTIE; Parrish forced Unser (pitcher to
catcher) [Carter to third, White to second]; Stanhouse hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Carter scored, White to third]; Cash
flied out to right; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 9, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MEJIAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WHITE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Brock walked; Mumphrey struck out;
Templeton singled to shortstop [Brock to second]; Simmons flied
out to center; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 9, Cardinals 5.