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.

The Expos led, 2-1 in the sixth inning of the second game when George Foster led off with a single. Parrish, after fielding Johnny Bench's grounder, threw the ball away trying for the forceout at second, putting runners on first and third. A walk to Dave Concepcion loaded the bases. Foster scored and the runners moved up on Don Werner's long fly. After Bench was out at the plate on Junior Kennedy's grounder, Parrish let catcher Gary Carter's attempted pickoff throw to third get past him for an error, enabling Concepcion and Kennedy to score.

The Reds' Pete Rose sat out the second contest, ending his consecutive game streak at 678. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 19, Cincinnati Reds 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1978 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Expos        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.