Taking advantage of sandlot play on the part of the Cardinals, the Expos breezed to an 11-2 victory. The Expos scored seven unearned runs, five of them coming in the third inning on just one hit. That inning began when shortstop Garry Templeton threw a grounder by Larry Parrish into the stands for a two-base error. Ross Grimsley was hit by a pitch and Dave Cash moved the runners along with a sacrifice. Chris Speier was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Del Unser grounded to Keith Hernandez, but the first baseman's throw home was high and Parrish scored. A single by Gary Carter drove in Grimsley. When right fielder Jim Dwyer's throw went through the infield and was mishandled by pitcher John Urrea, two more runs scored. Carter went to third on the error and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Ellis Valentine. Templeton's second error of the game led to two more unearned runs in the fourth frame. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 11, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       25, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  5    2  3  0    0  1  0  -  11 11  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  9  3


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               2   0   0   1     0   0   .289      Dwyer lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
  Frias 2b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .600        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Speier ss             1   1   1   0     0   0   .288      Templeton ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Papi ph,ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Unser 1b              5   2   1   1     0   1   .245        Iorg lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Carter c              4   2   2   1     0   0   .236      Simmons c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .320
  Reece c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Swisher c           2   1   1   1     0   0   .167
Valentine rf          2   1   1   2     0   1   .277      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
  Mejias rf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Morales rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .217
Cromartie lf          5   0   2   2     0   0   .276      Mumphrey cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Dawson cf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .253      Tyson 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Parrish 3b            3   2   1   1     0   1   .259      Urrea p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Garrett 3b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .194        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grimsley p            1   1   0   0     0   1   .115        Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
                                                            Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freed ph,lf,1b      2   0   1   0     0   0   .267

Totals               36  11  11   9     0   5             Totals               35   2   9   2     1   0

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  8,948
Left on Base: Expos 4, Cardinals 7
DP: Expos 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Garrett, Templeton 2, Urrea
Doubles: Cromartie (10), Frias (2), Swisher (1), Freed (4)
Stolen Bases: Dawson (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Cash (1), Grimsley 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (1)
GIDP: Scott (2)
Hit by Pitch: Grimsley (1,by Urrea), Speier (1,by Urrea)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(7-2)         9     9   2   2   1   0   0  36   2.53
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   0   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Urrea L(2-6)            4     6  10   3   0   1   0  23   4.85
Littell                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.28
Frazier                 2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Hamilton                2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   6.57
Totals                  9    11  11   4   0   5   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Urrea 2 (4)
Wild Pitches: Urrea (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson


EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Speier singled to right;
Unser forced Speier (first to shortstop); Carter forced Unser
(pitcher to shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton
popped to shortstop; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine struck out; Cromartie grounded out (second
to first); Dawson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to second; Reitz flied out to
left; Morales singled to left [Simmons to second]; Mumphrey
flied out to right; Tyson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Parrish reached on an error by Templeton [Parrish to
second]; Grimsley was hit by a pitch; Cash out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Parrish to third, Grimsley to second];
Speier was hit by a pitch; Unser reached on a fielder's choice
[Parrish scored (unearned), Grimsley to third, Speier to
second]; Carter singled to left [Grimsley scored (unearned),
Speier scored (error by Urrea) (unearned) (no RBI), Unser scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Carter to third]; Valentine hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Carter scored (unearned)]; Cromartie grounded out
(shortstop to first); 5 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Urrea grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer
singled to right; Templeton flied out to right; Hernandez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
5, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson reached on an error by Templeton [Dawson to
first]; Dawson stole second; Parrish singled to center [Dawson
scored (unearned)]; Grimsley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Parrish to second]; Urrea threw a wild pitch [Parrish to
third]; Cash grounded out (second unassisted) [Parrish scored
(unearned)]; PAPI BATTED FOR SPEIER; Papi grounded out (third to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: PAPI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FRIAS REPLACED
CASH (PLAYING 2B); Simmons flied out to left; Reitz popped to
catcher in foul territory; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Unser singled to first; Carter singled to center
[Unser to second]; Valentine singled to center [Unser scored,
Carter to third]; LITTELL REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Cromartie
doubled to right [Carter scored, Valentine scored]; Dawson lined
into a double play (shortstop to second) [Cromartie out at
second]; Parrish was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 10, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Tyson
singled to left; SCOTT BATTED FOR LITTELL; Scott grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tyson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 10, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 6TH: SWISHER REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); FRAZIER
REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Grimsley struck out; Debut game
for George Frazier; Frias grounded out (pitcher to first);
Papi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
10, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: MEJIAS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING RF); GARRETT
REPLACED PARRISH (PLAYING 3B); Dwyer walked; Templeton popped to
shortstop; Hernandez flied out to center; Swisher doubled to
left [Dwyer scored]; Reitz singled to left [Swisher to third];
Morales singled to left [Swisher scored, Reitz to second];
Mumphrey forced Morales (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 10, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Unser struck out; Carter grounded out (first to
pitcher); Mejias singled to catcher; Cromartie singled to left
[Mejias to second]; Dawson forced Cromartie (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 10, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: REECE REPLACED CARTER (PLAYING C ); Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first); FREED BATTED FOR FRAZIER;
Freed doubled to left; Dwyer lined into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Freed out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
10, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 8TH: FREED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HAMILTON REPLACED
DWYER (PITCHING); Garrett singled to right; Grimsley out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Garrett to second]; Frias
doubled to left [Garrett scored]; Papi flied out to center;
Unser popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 11,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton grounded out (second to first);
Hernandez singled to center; Swisher popped to first; Reitz
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
11, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 9TH: IORG REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING LF); FREED CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Reece struck out; Mejias grounded out
(first unassisted); Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 11, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Morales reached on an error by Garrett [Morales
to first]; Mumphrey flied out to right; Tyson popped to first in
foul territory; Freed popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 11, Cardinals 2.