Extending his hitting streak to 35 games -- two short of the modern league record -- Pete Rose drove in a run and Johnny Bench cracked a homer to lead the Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Expos. Rose's hit came in the sixth inning and scored Dan Driessen, who had reached first on a single and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt.

A homer by Warren Cromartie tied the contest for the Expos in the bottom of the frame but Bench connected for his round-tripper in the next inning to win the game for the Reds. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      22, 1978 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  5  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .305      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .267
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Dawson cf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .253
Griffey rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .292      Valentine rf          5   0   2   0     0   0   .306
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .291
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .299        Frias pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Bench c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .258        Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Concepcion ss         2   0   1   0     2   0   .299      Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Henderson cf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Cromartie lf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .274
Driessen 1b           3   1   1   0     0   1   .291      Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .235
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .171      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   2   .253
  Collins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .217        Hutton ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .251
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Schatzeder p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Papi ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               28   2   5   2     4   5             Totals               34   1   8   1     4   6

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 28,920
Left on Base: Reds 4, Expos 11
DP: Reds 0, Expos 2
Errors: Bench, Schatzeder
Home Runs: Bench (12), Cromartie (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Rose (2), Knowles (1)
GIDP: Foster (9), Henderson (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(9-5)           7     6   1   1   2   4   1  29   3.31
Bair SV(17)             2     2   0   0   2   2   0  10   1.53
Totals                  9     8   1   1   4   6   1  39

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder L(3-2)       7     4   2   1   4   4   1  26   2.49
Knowles                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.31
Totals                  9     5   2   1   4   5   1  33

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Griffey walked; Morgan
walked [Griffey to second]; Foster grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson
grounded out (third to first); Valentine singled to center;
Perez walked [Valentine to second]; Parrish popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench lined to pitcher; Concepcion singled to center;
Concepcion was picked off first (pitcher to first); Henderson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie flied out to center; Carter flied out to
left; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 3RD: Driessen struck out; Norman struck out; Rose lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Schatzeder grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash
walked; Dawson popped to second; Valentine singled to left [Cash
to second]; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan flied
out to center; Foster popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie
grounded out (pitcher to first); Carter singled to left; Speier
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to left; Concepcion walked; Henderson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos
0.

EXPOS 5TH: Schatzeder grounded out (second to first); Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson singled to left;
Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Expos 0.

REDS 6TH: Driessen singled to shortstop; Driessen was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Schatzeder [Driessen to
third]; Norman struck out; Rose singled to right [Driessen
scored (unearned)]; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Rose to second]; Morgan popped to first in foul territory; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Perez popped to second; Parrish grounded out (second
to first); Cromartie homered; Carter grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 1.

REDS 7TH: Foster popped to second; Bench homered; Concepcion
walked; Henderson forced Concepcion (third to second); Driessen
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Speier struck out; PAPI BATTED FOR SCHATZEDER; Papi
struck out; Cash singled to center; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 1.

REDS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED PAPI (PITCHING); COLLINS BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Collins singled to left; Rose out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Collins to second]; Griffey grounded out
(first unassisted) [Collins to third]; Morgan grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); BAIR REPLACED
ROSE (PITCHING); Valentine flied out to center; Perez singled to
right; FRIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Parrish singled to left [Frias to
second]; Parrish was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Bench [Frias to third, Parrish to second]; Cromartie struck
out; Carter struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 1.

REDS 9TH: UNSER REPLACED FRIAS (PLAYING 1B); Foster struck out;
Bench lined to third; Concepcion grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 9TH: HUTTON BATTED FOR SPEIER; Hutton walked; Knowles out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Hutton to second]; Cash
grounded out (second to first) [Hutton to third]; Dawson walked;
Valentine popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos
1.