The Expos completed their three-game sweep over the Phillies with a 5-2 victory. Trailing in the sixth inning, 2-1, the Expos rallied for three runs. Warren Cromartie singled and scored on Dave Cash's double. After Gary Carter was walked intentionally, Ellis Valentine singled home Cash and Larry Parrish followed with another single to score Carter.

Expo starter Steve Rogers was forced out of the game in the seventh with a blister on his pitching hand. Reliever Darold Knowles got his first hit in almost two years when he singled in the seventh. Knowles reached second when Greg Luzinski misplayed the ball and scored on a single by Cromartie. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Sunday, April     23, 1978 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Phillies     0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  2
Expos        1  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  x  -   5  9  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .216      Cromartie lf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .167
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     1   1   .265        Mejias lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Schmidt 3b            4   1   2   1     1   1   .319      Cash 2b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .288
Luzinski lf           5   0   1   0     0   3   .289        Frias 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Johnstone 1b          2   0   0   1     2   0   .000      Dawson cf             3   1   0   0     1   2   .255
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .310      Carter c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .275
Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   2   .200      Perez 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .240
Johnson 2b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .000        White pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lonborg p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Valentine rf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .395
  Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Parrish 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .356
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .311
                                                          Rogers p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Knowles p           1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               31   2   5   2     8  11             Totals               32   5   9   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 17,922
Left on Base: Phillies 11, Expos 5
DP: Phillies 0, Expos 1
Errors: Luzinski, Johnstone, Parrish
Doubles: McBride (3), Luzinski (4), Cash (4)
Stolen Bases: McBride (2)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (1), Cromartie (1)
GIDP: Lonborg (1)
Hit by Pitch: McBride (1,by Rogers)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(1-2)          5.2   6   4   4   2   5   0  25   4.82
Brusstar                1.1   3   1   0   0   1   0   5   5.06
Garber                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.18
Totals                  8     9   5   4   2   6   0  34

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(2-2)           6.2   5   2   2   7  11   0  31   3.46
Knowles SV(1)           2.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   9   3.18
Totals                  9     5   2   2   8  11   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Rogers (1)
Balks: Garber (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride doubled to center; Bowa struck out;
Schmidt walked; Luzinski struck out; Johnstone walked [McBride
to third, Schmidt to second]; Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (first to pitcher); Cash
popped to pitcher; Dawson walked; Carter singled to center
[Dawson to third]; Perez singled to left [Dawson scored, Carter
to third]; Valentine popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Expos 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone walked; Johnson walked [Boone to second];
Lonborg forced Johnson (pitcher to shortstop) [Boone to third,
Lonborg to first]; McBride struck out; Bowa grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rogers struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski doubled to right
[Schmidt to third]; Johnstone grounded out (second to first)
[Schmidt scored, Luzinski to third]; Maddox struck out; Boone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie lined to right; Cash lined to shortstop;
Dawson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Expos 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnson walked; On a bunt Lonborg grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to second) [Johnson out at
second]; McBride was hit by a pitch; McBride stole second; Bowa
walked; Schmidt singled to left [McBride scored, Bowa to
second]; Luzinski struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter grounded out (second to first); Perez struck
out; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); Maddox
walked; Maddox was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first); Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish struck out; Speier struck out; Rogers
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Expos 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Lonborg
struck out; McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Cromartie singled to center; Cash doubled to left
[Cromartie scored]; Dawson struck out; Carter was walked
intentionally; Perez flied out to center; Valentine singled to
center [Cash scored, Carter to second]; Parrish singled to right
[Carter scored, Valentine to second]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED LONBORG
(PITCHING); Speier singled to center [Valentine out at home
(center to catcher), Parrish to second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa singled to center; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski struck out; KNOWLES REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING);
Johnstone walked [Bowa to second]; Maddox forced Johnstone
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Knowles singled to left [Knowles to second (error by
Luzinski)]; Cromartie singled to center [Knowles scored
(unearned)]; Cromartie was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Cash grounded out (second to first); Dawson struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING LF); FRIAS
REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); Boone reached on an error by Parrish
[Boone to first]; Johnson flied out to left; MARTIN BATTED FOR
BRUSSTAR; Martin flied out to center; McBride flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Carter grounded
out (third to first); Perez reached on an error by Johnstone
[Perez to first]; WHITE RAN FOR PEREZ; Garber balked [White to
second]; Valentine grounded out (third to first); Parrish
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
2, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: UNSER REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 1B); Bowa flied out
to left; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 5.