Tying the Montreal club record for scoring, the Expos crushed the Reds, 19-5, in the opener of a doubleheader as Andre Dawson, Ellis Valentine and Tony Perez cracked homers to spark a 20-hit attack. The Reds capitalized on a pair of errors by Larry Parrish to score three unearned runs in the nightcap and gain a split, 4-2. Montreal Expos 19, Cincinnati Reds 5 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, May 7, 1978 (Day game) at Riverfront StadiumExpos 1 1 4 0 0 1 5 2 5 - 19 20 0 Reds 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 11 3 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cromartie lf 4 1 3 2 1 0 .247 Rose 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .322 Unser 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Griffey rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .339 Cash 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .322 Morgan 2b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .292 Papi 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Auerbach 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Dawson cf 6 3 2 2 0 2 .253 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .312 Carter c 5 1 3 1 0 0 .267 Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .323 Mejias pr,lf 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 Bench c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Perez 1b 5 3 3 3 0 1 .227 Werner c 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 Frias 2b 1 1 1 2 0 0 .667 Concepcion ss 4 2 3 2 0 0 .300 Valentine rf 4 2 1 2 1 1 .329 Lum cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reece c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .500 Moskau p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Parrish 3b 5 2 1 0 0 1 .298 Collins ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Atkinson p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Speier ss 3 2 1 1 2 1 .301 Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Twitchell p 3 0 0 0 1 3 .000 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .167 Geronimo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 47 19 20 16 6 10 Totals 36 5 11 5 4 4 Time of Game: 3:09 Left on Base: Expos 8, Reds 8 DP: Expos 0, Reds 0 Errors: Auerbach, Murray 2 Doubles: Perez (5), Reece (1), Griffey (8) Triples: Parrish (1), Frias (1) Home Runs: Dawson (4), Valentine (3), Perez (1), Morgan (5), Concepcion (2) Caught Stealing: Morgan (3) Sacrifice Flies: Speier (2) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Twitchell W(2-2) 7 9 3 3 3 4 1 31 4.94 Atkinson 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 9 2.45 Totals 9 11 5 5 4 4 2 40 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moskau L(0-1) 4 7 6 6 1 5 2 20 13.50 Capilla 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 9 9.82 Murray 2 6 7 3 2 2 1 15 4.15 Tomlin 1 6 5 5 1 1 0 10 7.20 Totals 9 20 19 15 6 10 3 54 Passed Balls: Werner (1) Wild Pitches: Twitchell (3) Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Cash flied out to right; Dawson homered; Carter singled to center; Perez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey doubled to left; Morgan popped to second; Foster walked; Driessen forced Foster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 0. EXPOS 2ND: Valentine flied out to right; Parrish tripled to right; Speier hit a sacrifice fly to right [Parrish scored]; Twitchell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench lined to left; Concepcion singled to center; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to second]; Lum struck out; Moskau singled to right [Concepcion out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Reds 0. EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie walked; Cash grounded out (first unassisted) [Cromartie to second]; Dawson was called out on strikes; Carter singled to left [Cromartie scored, Carter to second (on throw to home)]; Perez doubled [Carter scored]; Valentine homered [Perez scored]; Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey singled to left; Morgan homered [Griffey scored]; Foster popped to second; Driessen popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 2. EXPOS 4TH: Speier was called out on strikes; Twitchell was called out on strikes; Cromartie singled to left; Cash flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 2. REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Concepcion singled to left; Lum flied out to left; COLLINS BATTED FOR MOSKAU; Collins singled to left [Concepcion to second]; Rose singled to center [Concepcion scored, Collins to second]; Griffey lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 3. EXPOS 5TH: CAPILLA REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Dawson struck out; Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 3. REDS 5TH: Morgan walked; Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foster struck out; Driessen walked; Bench lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 6, Reds 3. EXPOS 6TH: Valentine was called out on strikes; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier walked; Twitchell walked [Speier to second]; Cromartie singled to center [Speier scored, Twitchell to second]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 7, Reds 3. REDS 6TH: Concepcion lined to left; Lum popped to third in foul territory; KENNEDY BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Kennedy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 7, Reds 3. EXPOS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED KENNEDY (PITCHING); Dawson singled to center; Carter lined to center; Perez singled to left [Dawson to second]; Valentine walked [Dawson to third, Perez to second]; Parrish reached on an error by Murray [Dawson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Perez scored (error by Murray), Valentine scored (unearned) (no RBI), Parrish to third]; Speier walked; Twitchell struck out; Cromartie singled to shortstop [Parrish scored (unearned), Speier to second]; Cash singled to left [Speier scored (unearned), Cromartie to second]; Dawson lined to center; 5 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Expos 12, Reds 3. REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey singled to center; Morgan struck out; Foster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 12, Reds 3. EXPOS 8TH: AUERBACH REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); WERNER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Carter singled to shortstop; MEJIAS RAN FOR CARTER; Perez homered [Mejias scored]; Valentine grounded out (third to first); Parrish struck out; Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 14, Reds 3. REDS 8TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); UNSER REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING 1B); PAPI REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 3B); FRIAS REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); REECE REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING C ); ATKINSON REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING); WHITE REPLACED TWITCHELL (PLAYING RF); Driessen popped to third in foul territory; Werner walked; Concepcion homered [Werner scored]; Lum grounded out (second to first); GERONIMO BATTED FOR MURRAY; Geronimo singled to shortstop; Rose grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 14, Reds 5. EXPOS 9TH: TOMLIN REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); White singled to shortstop; Unser grounded out (second to first) [White to second]; Papi singled to center [White to third]; Dawson forced Papi (third to second) [White scored, Dawson to second (error by Auerbach)]; Werner allowed a passed ball [Dawson to third]; Mejias walked; Frias tripled to center [Dawson scored, Mejias scored]; Reece doubled to right [Frias scored]; Atkinson singled to center [Reece scored]; Speier singled to right [Atkinson to second]; White struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 19, Reds 5. REDS 9TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Auerbach flied out to center; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 19, Reds 5. |
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