Gary Carter and Chris Speier hit two-run homers and reliever Bill Atkinson choked off a late Philadelphia surge as the Expos edged the Phillies, 8-7. Carter's clout came in the fourth inning and followed a double by Dave Cash. Speier's smash came in the fifth and was preceded by Larry Parrish's double.

The Expos added three more runs in the sixth, with Parrish singling in two. Their final tally came in the ninth on a double by Pepe Frias and single by Andre Dawson. The Phillies' pair of ninth-inning markers were driven in a on single by Larry Bowa and sacrifice fly by Bob Boone before Atkinson retired the side. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7
Game Played on Wednesday, April     12, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    2  2  3    0  0  1  -   8 11  2
Phillies     0  0  0    1  2  0    2  0  2  -   7 13  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Valentine rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .350      McBride rf            4   2   2   0     1   0   .353
  Cromartie ph,lf     4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Bowa ss               3   1   1   1     1   0   .313
Cash 2b               4   2   2   0     0   0   .364        Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias 2b            1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Harrelson ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dawson cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .200      Schmidt 3b            4   2   2   2     0   0   .353
Carter c              5   1   1   2     0   2   .300      Luzinski lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Perez 1b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .200      Hebner 1b             5   0   2   2     0   0   .538
  Mejias pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Maddox cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .375
Parrish 3b            4   1   3   2     0   1   .538      Boone c               3   0   0   1     1   0   .111
Unser lf,rf,1b        2   0   0   0     1   0   .357      Sizemore 2b           4   1   0   0     1   1   .125
Speier ss             4   1   1   2     0   1   .400      Lonborg p             1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Rogers p              2   0   0   1     1   0   .250        McCarver ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Bahnsen p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  11   8     3   7             Totals               38   7  13   6     4   1

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 19,110
Left on Base: Expos 5, Phillies 10
DP: Expos 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Perez, Speier
Doubles: Cash 2 (2), Parrish (3), Perez (1), Frias (1), McBride (2), Luzinski (1)
Home Runs: Carter (2), Speier (1)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (2)
Caught Stealing: Dawson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Unser (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (1), Boone (1)
GIDP: Carter (1), Bowa (1)
Hit by Pitch: Dawson (1,by Brusstar)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(1-1)           5.1   6   3   3   4   1   0  25   4.76
Bahnsen                 2.2   6   4   3   0   0   0  15   7.20
Knowles                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1  13.50
Atkinson SV(1)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    13   7   6   4   1   0  44

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(0-1)          5     4   4   4   0   4   2  19   7.20
Brusstar                1     2   3   3   3   2   0   9  13.50
Reed                    2     3   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Garber                  1     2   1   1   0   1   0   4   4.50
Totals                  9    11   8   8   3   7   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Brusstar (1)

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


EXPOS 1ST: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
grounded out (third to first); Dawson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; Bowa grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [McBride out at second]; Schmidt
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter struck out; Perez grounded out (third to
first); Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
grounded out (second to first); Maddox flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Speier
grounded out (catcher to first); Rogers grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Sizemore
struck out; Lonborg singled to center; McBride forced Lonborg
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies
0.

EXPOS 4TH: CROMARTIE BATTED FOR VALENTINE; Cromartie struck out;
Cash doubled to left; Dawson struck out; Carter homered [Cash
scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: CROMARTIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); UNSER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bowa walked; Schmidt flied out
to left; Luzinski singled to right [Bowa to second]; Hebner
singled to left [Bowa scored, Luzinski to second]; Maddox popped
to second; Boone flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish doubled to left; Unser out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Parrish to third]; Speier homered
[Parrish scored]; Rogers grounded out (third to first);
Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore walked; MCCARVER BATTED FOR LONBORG;
McCarver singled to right [Sizemore to second]; McBride forced
McCarver (pitcher to shortstop) [Sizemore to third, McBride to
first]; Bowa singled to left [Sizemore scored, McBride to
third]; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to center [McBride scored];
Bowa stole second; Luzinski popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 4, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 6TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Cash doubled
to left; Dawson was hit by a pitch; Carter grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cash to third, Dawson to second]; Perez
was walked intentionally; Parrish singled to right [Cash scored,
Dawson scored, Perez to third, Parrish to second]; Unser was
walked intentionally; Speier struck out; Rogers walked [Perez
scored, Parrish to third, Unser to second]; Cromartie struck
out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner flied out to center; Maddox singled to
center; Boone walked [Maddox to second]; BAHNSEN REPLACED ROGERS
(PITCHING); Sizemore flied out to left; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
BRUSSTAR; Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 7, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 7TH: REED REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Cash flied out to
center; Dawson singled to left; Carter grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Dawson out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); McBride doubled
to center; Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt singled to center
[McBride scored]; Luzinski popped to first in foul territory;
Hebner reached on an error by Perez [Schmidt to second, Hebner
to first]; Maddox singled to second [Schmidt scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Hebner to third]; Boone popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Perez doubled to center; MEJIAS RAN FOR PEREZ;
Parrish singled to right [Mejias to third]; Unser popped to
shortstop; Speier reached on a fielder's choice [Mejias out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Parrish to second]; Bahnsen grounded
out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
7, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); UNSER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sizemore flied out to center; CARDENAL
BATTED FOR REED; Cardenal popped to shortstop; McBride singled
to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR BOWA; Johnson popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 5.

EXPOS 9TH: HARRELSON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); GARBER
REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Cromartie flied out to center;
Frias doubled to left; Dawson singled to left [Frias scored];
Dawson was picked off and caught stealing second (catcher to
first to second); Carter struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 8, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski doubled to left
[Schmidt to third]; KNOWLES REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Hebner
singled to left [Schmidt scored, Luzinski to third]; ATKINSON
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Maddox lined to third; Boone hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Luzinski scored]; Sizemore forced Hebner
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 8, Phillies
7.