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The first pitcher in Expos' history to win four games in the month of April, Ross Grimsley achieved that feat by beating the Astros, 6-3. Tony Perez drove in two of the Expos' runs with a double and two others scored on consecutive balks called on Astro reliever Tom Dixon by first base umpire Joe West. Wilbur Howard hit a triple and homer to produce two of the Astros' tallies. [The Sporting News] Montreal Expos 6, Houston Astros 3Game Played on Friday, April 28, 1978 (Night game) at AstrodomeExpos 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 1
Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 9 0
Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cromartie lf 2 3 1 0 2 1 .220 Puhl rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .289
Mejias lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Cash 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .338 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Unser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296
Dawson cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Howe 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .315
Carter c 2 1 0 1 1 0 .270 Howard lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .350
Perez 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .219 Ferguson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .203
Frias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .321 Bannister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Walling ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300
Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Pentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Grimsley p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .077 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600
Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dixon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sexton ph,ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .500
Totals 31 6 8 3 4 4 Totals 35 3 9 3 1 1
Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 11,474
Left on Base: Expos 4, Astros 6
DP: Expos 2, Astros 2
Errors: Cash
Doubles: Perez (4), Parrish (9)
Triples: Howard (1)
Home Runs: Howard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dawson (1)
GIDP: Perez (1), Metzger (4), Cabell (3)
Hit by Pitch: Carter (1,by Niekro)
Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Grimsley W(4-0) 9 9 3 2 1 1 1 36 1.53
Totals 9 9 3 2 1 1 1 36
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro L(1-3) 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 15 7.50
Dixon 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 10 4.70
Bannister 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3.78
Pentz 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5.79
Totals 9 8 6 6 4 4 0 37
Hit by Pitch: Niekro (1)
Balks: Dixon 2 (2)
Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi
EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie walked; Cash singled to center [Cromartie
to second]; Dawson walked [Cromartie to third, Cash to second];
Carter was hit by a pitch [Cromartie scored, Cash to third,
Dawson to second]; Perez grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cash scored (no RBI), Dawson to third,
Carter out at second]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl singled to right; Cabell flied out to left;
Cedeno forced Puhl (third to second); Watson walked [Cedeno to
second]; Howe popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0.
EXPOS 2ND: Parrish flied out to center; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grimsley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Howard grounded out (second to first); Ferguson
singled to left; Metzger grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Ferguson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Expos 2, Astros 0.
EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie walked; Cash singled to right [Cromartie to
third, Cash out at second (right to shortstop)]; Dawson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Carter walked; Perez doubled to left
[Cromartie scored, Carter scored]; Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: GONZALEZ BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Gonzalez made an out to
second; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Cabell flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 4, Astros 0.
EXPOS 4TH: DIXON REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Parrish doubled
to left; Speier hit into a double play (right to third to
second) [Parrish out at third]; Grimsley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Howe singled to left; Howard
tripled to right [Howe scored]; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Astros 1.
EXPOS 5TH: Cromartie singled to right; Cash singled to right
[Cromartie to second]; Dawson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Cromartie to third, Cash to second]; Dixon balked
[Cromartie scored, Cash to third]; Dixon balked [Cash
scored]; Bill Virdon argued the balk called by 1B umpire Joe
West; Carter made an out to third; Perez singled to left;
Valentine singled to left [Perez to second]; Parrish flied out
to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Metzger flied out to right; SEXTON BATTED FOR DIXON;
Sexton singled to left; Puhl lined to center; Cabell singled to
second [Sexton to second]; Cedeno popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 1.
EXPOS 6TH: BANNISTER REPLACED METZGER (PITCHING); SEXTON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Speier popped to third; Grimsley struck
out; Cromartie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 6TH: Watson flied out to center; Howe grounded out (third
to first); Howard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 6, Astros 1.
EXPOS 7TH: Cash flied out to right; Dawson struck out; Carter
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Ferguson flied out to left; WALLING BATTED FOR
BANNISTER; Walling reached on an error by Cash [Walling to
first]; Sexton singled to left [Walling to second]; Puhl singled
to right [Walling scored (unearned), Sexton to third]; Cabell
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Puhl
out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 2.
EXPOS 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Perez struck out;
Valentine popped to second; Parrish lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING LF); UNSER
REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 1B); FRIAS REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B);
Cedeno flied out to center; Watson struck out; Howe grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 2.
EXPOS 9TH: Speier lined to right; Grimsley flied out to left;
Mejias popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6,
Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Howard homered; Ferguson flied out to left; ALOU
BATTED FOR PENTZ; Alou flied out to center; Sexton popped to
pitcher; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Astros 3.
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