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Friday July 14, 1978
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Houston Astros 5, Montreal Expos 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, July 14, 1978 (Night game) at Stade Olympique

Astros       0  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  0    1  -   5  9  0
Expos        0  1  0    0  0  1    1  1  0    0  -   4 10  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy ss          4   0   1   0     1   0   .333      Cash 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Puhl cf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .308      Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Cabell 3b             5   0   0   1     0   1   .296        Pirtle p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cruz rf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .279        Parrish ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Watson 1b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Valentine rf          5   2   3   1     0   1   .310
  Walling pr,lf       1   1   0   0     2   0   .232      Perez 1b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .284
Howe 2b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .279        Mejias pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Bergman lf,1b         2   0   0   0     3   0   .148      Cromartie lf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Pujols c              5   1   1   2     0   1   .176      Garrett 3b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .179
Lemongello p          3   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Speier ss             3   1   0   0     1   0   .254
  Forsch p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Herrmann c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .136
  Alou ph             0   0   0   1     1   0   .304      Dues p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .174
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Dawson ph,cf        2   1   1   1     0   0   .234

Totals               36   5   9   5     8   2             Totals               37   4  10   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 21,696
Left on Base: Astros 11, Expos 7
DP: Astros 3, Expos 1
Errors: Cromartie
Doubles: Herrmann (2), Valentine (21)
Triples: Perez (2)
Home Runs: Pujols (1), Valentine (15), Dawson (13)
Stolen Bases: Bergman (1)
Caught Stealing: Landestoy (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Landestoy (1)
GIDP: Bergman (2), Speier (10), Cromartie (8)
Hit by Pitch: Watson (3,by Dues), Perez (2,by Lemongello)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello              7     7   4   4   2   3   2  30   3.83
Forsch W(4-3)           2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.97
McLaughlin SV(2)        1     2   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.20
Totals                 10    10   4   4   3   4   2  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dues                    6.1   6   4   4   3   0   1  27   2.54
Knowles                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.34
Pirtle L(0-1)           3     2   1   1   5   2   0  16   0.71
Totals                 10     9   5   5   8   2   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Lemongello (5), Dues (3)
Wild Pitches: Dues (2)
Balks: Dues (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl
flied out to center; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash made an out to catcher; Unser flied out to left;
Valentine singled; Perez singled [Valentine to second];
Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Expos 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled; Watson was hit by a pitch [Cruz to
second]; Howe made an out to first [Cruz to third]; Bergman
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Speier
walked; Herrmann doubled [Speier scored]; Dues struck out; Cash
singled [Herrmann to third]; Unser grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols grounded out (third to first); Lemongello
grounded out (shortstop to first); Landestoy lined to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine flied out to center; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Puhl singled to left [Puhl to third (error by
Cromartie)]; Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Puhl
scored]; Cruz flied out to right; Watson singled; WALLING RAN
FOR WATSON; Howe grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BERGMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Garrett struck out; Speier flied out to
right; Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Expos 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Bergman walked; Bergman stole second; Dues threw a
wild pitch [Bergman to third]; Pujols grounded out (second to
first); Lemongello lined to second; Landestoy walked; Landestoy
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Dues struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Expos 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Puhl singled; Dues balked [Puhl to second]; Cabell
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Puhl to third]; Cruz grounded
out (second to first) [Puhl scored]; Walling grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine homered; Perez was hit by a pitch;
Cromartie grounded out (second to first) [Perez to second];
Garrett walked; Speier lined into a double play (pitcher to
second) [Perez out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Expos 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe walked; Bergman grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Howe to second]; Pujols homered [Howe scored];
Lemongello singled; KNOWLES REPLACED DUES (PITCHING); Landestoy
singled [Lemongello to second]; Puhl flied out to left; Cabell
lined to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Herrmann flied out to center; DAWSON BATTED FOR
KNOWLES; Dawson homered; Cash grounded out (pitcher to first);
Unser grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Expos 3.

ASTROS 8TH: PIRTLE REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); DAWSON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Cruz flied out to left; Walling walked; Howe
grounded out (first unassisted) [Walling to second]; Bergman was
walked intentionally; Pujols lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Valentine doubled; FORSCH REPLACED LEMONGELLO
(PITCHING); Perez tripled [Valentine scored]; Cromartie grounded
out (third to first); Garrett was walked intentionally; Speier
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Garrett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos
4.

ASTROS 9TH: Forsch singled; Landestoy out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Forsch to second]; Puhl flied out to
center; Cabell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Herrmann flied out to center; Dawson flied out to
center; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 4.

ASTROS 10TH: Cruz made an out to third; Walling walked; Howe
singled [Walling to second]; Bergman walked [Walling to third,
Howe to second]; Pujols struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR FORSCH; Alou
walked [Walling scored, Howe to third, Bergman to second];
Landestoy flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 5,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 10TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); PARRISH BATTED
FOR PIRTLE; Parrish singled; Valentine struck out; Perez singled
[Parrish to second]; MEJIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Cromartie grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mejias out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.



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