Staging a Garrison finish, the Astros roared from behind with six runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge the Expos, 6-5. The result snapped the Astros' eight-game losing streak and handed the Expos their fourth consecutive loss. Rafael Landestoy opened the Astro ninth with a walk, Terry Puhl singled and Enos Cabell drove in the first run with a two-base hit.

Darold Knowles replaced Mike Garman on the mound and yielded a sacrifice fly to pinch-hitter Jesus Alou and a walk to Bob Watson. After Art Howe struck out, pinch-hitters Wilbur Howard and Julio Gonzalez smacked RBI singles to make it 5-4. On Bruce Bochy's fielder's choice grounder against Gerry Pirtle, all runners were safe. Landestoy then grounded a single up middle to plate the tying and winning markers. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Montreal Expos 5
Game Played on Monday, July      24, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome
Expos        0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   5  8  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  6  -   6 16  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .264      Landestoy ss          4   1   2   2     2   0   .302
  Frias 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Puhl cf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .293
Dawson cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .252      Cabell 3b             5   1   4   1     0   0   .293
Valentine rf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .305      Cruz rf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .282
  Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Alou ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .330
Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .294      Watson 1b             3   1   1   0     2   0   .283
  Mejias pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .192      Howe 2b               5   0   1   0     0   2   .293
Parrish 3b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .275      Bergman lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .209
Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Howard ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .238
Carter c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .232      Pujols c              3   0   0   0     0   3   .141
Speier ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .250        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Dues p                2   1   1   0     0   0   .214        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Gonzalez ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Garman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lemongello p          3   0   2   0     0   0   .182
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Bochy ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Pirtle p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   5     1   4             Totals               40   6  16   6     5   7

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  7,843
Left on Base: Expos 5, Astros 14
DP: Expos 1, Astros 0
Doubles: Cash (19), Parrish (26), Cabell 2 (19), Landestoy (2)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (9)
Caught Stealing: Cabell (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Dawson (4), Alou (3)
GIDP: Puhl (9)
Hit by Pitch: Parrish (2,by Forsch)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dues                    6    10   0   0   3   6   0  29   2.17
Garman                  2     3   3   3   1   0   0  10   5.20
Knowles L(2-3)          0.2   2   3   3   1   1   0   5   2.66
Pirtle                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.50
Totals                  8.2  16   6   6   5   7   0  46

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello              8     6   4   4   0   3   0  30   3.78
Forsch W(5-4)           1     2   1   1   1   1   0   7   3.09
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   4   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Forsch (1)
Wild Pitches: Dues 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson
grounded out (third to first); Valentine grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy walked; Puhl grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Landestoy out at second]; Cabell
doubled; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros
0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez flied out to left; Parrish singled; Cromartie
flied out to left; Carter forced Parrish (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled; Howe singled [Watson to second];
Dues threw a wild pitch [Watson to third, Howe to second];
Bergman lined to right; Pujols was called out on strikes;
Lemongello grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 0, Astros 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier popped to shortstop; Dues singled; Cash
doubled [Dues to third]; Dawson lined out on a sacrifice fly to
center [Dues scored, Cash to third]; Valentine singled [Cash
scored]; Valentine stole second; Perez singled [Valentine
scored, Perez to second (on throw to home)]; Parrish doubled
[Perez scored]; Cromartie popped to first; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl
flied out to left; Cabell singled; Cruz singled [Cabell to
second]; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 4, Astros 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter flied out to left; Speier was called out on
strikes; Dues flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Howe flied out to left; Bergman walked; Pujols
struck out; Lemongello singled [Bergman to second]; Landestoy
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Astros 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Dawson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Puhl was called out on strikes; Cabell singled;
Cabell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cruz
singled; Dues threw a wild pitch [Cruz to second]; Watson
walked; Howe struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Astros
0.

EXPOS 6TH: Perez struck out; Parrish flied out to left;
Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Bergman grounded out (second to first); Pujols
struck out; Lemongello singled; Landestoy doubled [Lemongello to
third]; Puhl popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4,
Astros 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter struck out; Speier grounded out (third to
first); HUTTON BATTED FOR DUES; Hutton flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Cabell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled; Watson flied out to
center; Howe flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
4, Astros 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson lined
to right; Valentine lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Bergman flied out to left; WALLING BATTED FOR
PUJOLS; Walling grounded out (second to first); BOCHY BATTED FOR
LEMONGELLO; Bochy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 4, Astros 0.

EXPOS 9TH: BOCHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FORSCH REPLACED
WALLING (PITCHING); Perez singled; MEJIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Parrish
was hit by a pitch [Mejias to second]; Cromartie grounded out
(first unassisted) [Mejias to third, Parrish to second]; Carter
was walked intentionally; Speier singled [Mejias scored, Parrish
to third, Carter to second]; Garman was called out on strikes;
Cash grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Expos 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); UNSER REPLACED
VALENTINE (PLAYING 1B); MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Landestoy walked; Puhl singled [Landestoy to second]; Cabell
doubled [Landestoy scored, Puhl to third]; KNOWLES REPLACED
GARMAN (PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR CRUZ; Alou hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Puhl scored]; Watson walked; Howe struck out;
HOWARD BATTED FOR BERGMAN; Howard singled [Cabell scored, Watson
to second]; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR FORSCH; Gonzalez singled [Watson
scored, Howard to second]; PIRTLE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING);
Bochy reached on a fielder's choice [Howard to third, Gonzalez
to second]; Landestoy singled [Howard scored, Gonzalez scored,
Bochy to second]; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Astros 6.