Led by Ellis Valentine, who rapped five hits including a homer and drove in three runs, the Expos defeated the Phillies, 7-4, to bring Steve Rogers his 11th victory. However, Rogers was chased in the eighth inning, ending his string of six consecutive complete games. Warren Cromartie homered for the Expos in the second inning and Valentine connected for the circuit with a man on base in the third. Valentine accounted for his third RBI of the game with a single in the fifth. Rogers was sailing along with a 7-0 lead before the Phillies whacked him for three runs in the eighth.

Jerry Martin singled and Greg Luzinski homered to account for the first two tallies. The third was produced when Richie Hebner was hit by a pitch, Jose Cardenal walked and Ted Sizemore singled, sending Rogers to the showers. In the ninth, after Larry Bowa homered, the Phillies went on to load the bases, but Mike Garman struck out Bob Boone to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Friday, July      7, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  1  2    0  2  0    1  1  0  -   7 15  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   4 11  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .276      McBride rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .274
  Frias 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .429      Bowa ss               5   1   2   1     0   0   .303
Dawson cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .242      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .296
Valentine rf          5   1   5   3     0   0   .302        Martin cf           2   1   2   0     0   0   .306
  Mejias pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   2     2   0   .247
Perez 1b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .273      Hebner 3b             4   1   0   0     0   1   .255
  Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Cardenal 1b           2   0   2   0     3   0   .307
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Boone c               4   0   0   0     1   1   .254
Cromartie lf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .265      Sizemore 2b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .222
Carter c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .225      Ruthven p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   1   .255        Johnson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Rogers p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .115        Lerch p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .160
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        McCarver ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Schmidt ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               38   7  15   6     1   4             Totals               36   4  11   4     6   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 45,193
Left on Base: Expos 6, Phillies 12
DP: Expos 1, Phillies 2
Doubles: Valentine (18), Cromartie (16), Dawson (7)
Home Runs: Cromartie (3), Valentine (13), Carter (7), Luzinski (21), Bowa (2)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Rogers (6)
GIDP: Cash (12), Perez (5)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (5,by Rogers)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(11-7)          7.2   9   3   3   4   3   1  35   2.13
Knowles                 1     2   1   1   1   0   1   6   2.19
Garman SV(6)            0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   5.59
Totals                  9    11   4   4   6   4   2  43

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(5-8)          5     8   5   5   0   3   2  22   3.85
Lerch                   3     6   2   2   1   1   1  15   4.54
Brusstar                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.65
Totals                  9    15   7   7   1   4   3  40

Hit by Pitch: Rogers (2)
Wild Pitches: Ruthven (4)
Balks: Ruthven (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Vargo


EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to left; Dawson grounded out (third to
first); Valentine doubled to center; Perez singled to right
[Valentine out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride lined to third; Bowa grounded out (second
to first); Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish lined to second; Cromartie homered; Carter
grounded out (second to first); Speier was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
lined to shortstop; Cardenal singled to third; Boone forced
Cardenal (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Rogers was called out on strikes; Cash singled to
left; Dawson flied out to center; Valentine homered [Cash
scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore lined to shortstop; Ruthven singled to
shortstop; McBride grounded out (first to pitcher) [Ruthven to
second]; Bowa singled to left [Ruthven stayed at second]; Maddox
forced Bowa (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (second to first); Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); Carter grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Hebner struck out;
Cardenal singled to right; Boone lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Speier singled to right; Rogers out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Speier to second]; Cash singled to
center [Speier to third]; Dawson was called out on strikes;
Ruthven balked [Speier scored, Cash to second]; Ruthven threw a
wild pitch [Cash to third]; Valentine singled to center [Cash
scored]; Valentine stole second; Perez popped to shortstop; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore singled to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR
RUTHVEN; Johnson singled to center [Sizemore to second]; McBride
struck out; Bowa forced Johnson (second to shortstop) [Sizemore
to third]; Maddox forced Bowa (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 6TH: LERCH REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); MARTIN REPLACED
MADDOX (PLAYING CF); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cromartie doubled to right; Carter grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); Speier walked; Rogers struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski walked; Hebner popped to shortstop;
Luzinski was picked off first (pitcher to first); Cardenal
walked; Boone walked [Cardenal to second]; Sizemore popped to
pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Cash flied out to center; Dawson doubled to right;
Valentine singled to shortstop [Dawson stayed at second]; Perez
singled to right [Dawson scored, Valentine to second]; Parrish
flied out to left; Cromartie flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Lerch grounded out (first unassisted); McBride
popped to shortstop; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Carter homered; Speier flied out to center; Rogers
singled to center; Cash grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Rogers out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Martin singled to center; Luzinski homered [Martin
scored]; Hebner was hit by a pitch; Cardenal walked [Hebner to
second]; Boone hit into a double play (center to second) [Hebner
to third, Cardenal out at second]; Sizemore singled to shortstop
[Hebner scored]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR LERCH; KNOWLES REPLACED
ROGERS (PITCHING); SCHMIDT BATTED FOR MCCARVER; Schmidt flied
out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 9TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Dawson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Valentine singled to third; MEJIAS RAN
FOR VALENTINE; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Mejias out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 7, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); MEJIAS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); UNSER REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); McBride
grounded out (second to first); Bowa homered; Martin singled to
shortstop; Luzinski walked [Martin to second]; Hebner grounded
out (second to first) [Martin to third, Luzinski to second];
GARMAN REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Cardenal walked; Boone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 4.