A spell of wildness led to the downfall of Steve Rogers when the Expos lost to the Padres, 3-2. Rogers had a 2-1 lead going into the seventh inning before Derrel Thomas and Jerry Turner singled. Rogers then walked Gene Richards to load the bases and also passed Ozzie Smith to force in the tying run. Gene Tenace followed with a sacrifice fly for the Padres' deciding run. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Friday, August    18, 1978 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  7  2
Expos        0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .290      Cash 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Smith ss              2   1   0   1     2   0   .265      Dawson cf             4   1   0   0     0   1   .251
Perkins 1b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .248      Valentine rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .294
  Tenace ph,1b        0   0   0   1     0   0   .242        Mejias rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Winfield cf,rf        4   0   1   1     0   0   .294      Perez 1b              3   0   0   1     1   0   .283
Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Cromartie lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
  Almon 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Ashford 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Carter c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
  Gonzalez 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Speier ss             3   1   2   0     1   0   .255
Thomas 3b,cf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .237      Rogers p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Sweet c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .231        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .140        Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Turner ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .283        Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     3   2             Totals               31   2   5   2     4   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 17,042
Left on Base: Padres 7, Expos 7
DP: Padres 0, Expos 0
Errors: Smith, Sweet
Stolen Bases: Carter (6)
Caught Stealing: Carter (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Sweet (4), Rogers (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Tenace (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(12-9)       6     5   2   1   4   3   0  27   3.95
Lee SV(1)               3     0   0   0   0   0   0   9   3.14
Totals                  9     5   2   1   4   3   0  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(13-8)          6.1   7   3   3   3   2   0  29   2.42
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.47
Bahnsen                 2.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.97
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   2   0  37

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


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Smith made an out to
second; Perkins singled to center; Winfield singled to third
[Perkins to second]; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Dawson flied out
to left; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Expos 0.

PADRES 2ND: On a bunt Ashford grounded out (pitcher to first);
Thomas flied out to right; Sweet singled to right; Rasmussen
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez lined to right; Cromartie singled to center;
Parrish forced Cromartie (shortstop to second); Carter popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Expos 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (third to
first); Perkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier singled to shortstop; Rogers out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speier to second]; Cash
walked; Dawson struck out; Valentine singled to left [Speier
scored, Cash to third, Valentine to second (on throw)]; Perez
walked; Cromartie flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Padres 0, Expos 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to right; Gamble flied out to
left; Ashford singled to center; Thomas flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Carter singled to left; Carter
stole second [Carter to third (error by Sweet)]; Speier walked;
Rogers flied out to center; Cash grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 1.

PADRES 5TH: Sweet flied out to center; Rasmussen flied out to
left; Richards flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson reached on an error by Smith [Dawson to
second]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dawson to
third]; Perez grounded out (third to first) [Dawson scored
(unearned)]; Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Expos 2.

PADRES 6TH: Smith walked; Perkins singled to left [Smith to
third]; Winfield forced Perkins (third to second) [Smith
scored]; Gamble forced Winfield (first to shortstop); Ashford
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish flied out to center; Carter walked; Speier
singled to right [Carter to third]; Carter was caught stealing
home (catcher unassisted) [Speier to second]; Rogers made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Expos 2.

PADRES 7TH: Thomas singled to right; Sweet out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR
RASMUSSEN; Turner singled to first [Thomas to third]; Richards
walked [Turner to second]; Smith walked [Thomas scored, Turner
to third, Richards to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED ROGERS
(PITCHING); TENACE BATTED FOR PERKINS; Tenace hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Turner scored, Richards to third]; BAHNSEN
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Winfield popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); GONZALEZ REPLACED
ASHFORD (PLAYING 2B); TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dawson grounded out (second to
first); Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Expos 2.

PADRES 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING RF); Gamble flied
out to center; On a bunt Gonzalez made an out to catcher; Thomas
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Expos 2.

EXPOS 8TH: THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ALMON REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING
3B); Perez grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out
(first to pitcher); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Expos 2.

PADRES 9TH: Sweet popped to first in foul territory; Lee
grounded out (pitcher to first); Richards grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Expos 2.

EXPOS 9TH: Carter flied out to right; Speier flied out to
center; UNSER BATTED FOR BAHNSEN; Unser grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Expos 2.