The Expos were able to end their five-game losing streak when Larry Parrish doubled in the 12th inning and scored on a single by Sam Mejias to beat the Padres, 3-2. [The Sporting News]
Montreal Expos 3, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Friday, September 1, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Expos        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  0
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               6   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Richards lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .297
Dawson cf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .251      Smith ss              2   0   0   0     2   0   .259
Valentine rf          5   1   0   0     0   0   .283      Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .229
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Winfield cf,rf        5   1   2   1     0   1   .297
Perez 1b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Cromartie lf          5   0   2   1     0   0   .295        Ashford 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Carter c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Gonzalez 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Parrish 3b            4   1   2   0     1   0   .266        Almon pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Speier ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Thomas 3b,cf          3   0   0   0     2   0   .231
  Papi ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Roberts c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Grimsley p            4   0   0   0     0   3   .145        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
  Mejias rf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Jones p               4   0   0   0     0   1   .187

Totals               44   3   9   2     1   5             Totals               37   2   6   2     5   5

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 14,346
Left on Base: Expos 7, Padres 6
DP: Expos 2, Padres 1
Errors: Smith, Jones
Doubles: Perez (36), Parrish (32), Winfield 2 (24)
Stolen Bases: Carter (10), Smith (33)
Caught Stealing: Richards (16), Smith (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Papi (2), Smith (27)
Sacrifice Flies: Gonzalez (5)
GIDP: Valentine (9), Turner (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley               10     5   2   2   4   4   0  37   3.11
Garman W(3-6)           2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   4.86
Totals                 12     6   2   2   5   5   0  44

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(11-13)         12     9   3   2   1   5   0  46   2.79
Totals                 12     9   3   2   1   5   0  46

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West


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

PADRES 1ST: Richards made an out to second; Smith grounded out
(second to first); Tenace grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie
singled to left; Carter struck out; Parrish grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled to right; Gamble grounded out
(first unassisted) [Winfield to third]; Gonzalez hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Winfield scored]; Thomas grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Grimsley
struck out; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: PAPI REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Roberts grounded
out (third to first); Jones lined to right; Richards singled to
first; Richards was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Padres 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson singled to center; Valentine forced Dawson
(second to shortstop); Perez doubled to right [Valentine to
third]; Cromartie grounded out (second to first) [Valentine
scored, Perez to third]; Carter reached on an error by Smith
[Perez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Carter to first]; Carter
stole second; Parrish walked; Papi forced Carter (third
unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Smith walked; Smith stole second; Tenace singled to
left [Smith to third]; Winfield popped to third in foul
territory; Gamble popped to third in foul territory; Gonzalez
forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 2, Padres 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Grimsley struck out; Cash grounded out (third to
first); Dawson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Roberts made
an out to second; Jones grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
singled to left; Cromartie flied out to left; Carter forced
Perez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Richards singled to center; Smith out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Richards to second]; Tenace walked;
Winfield doubled to right [Richards scored, Tenace to third];
Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Parrish grounded out (second to first); Papi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Grimsley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: Thomas flied out to center; Roberts made an out to
first; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Cash flied out to left; Dawson singled to left;
Valentine grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Dawson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Richards lined to right; Smith walked; Tenace struck
out while Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

EXPOS 9TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie
singled to shortstop; Carter forced Cromartie (shortstop to
second); Parrish singled to left [Carter to second]; Papi popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2,
Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: Winfield flied out to right; Gamble struck out;
Gonzalez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Padres 2.

EXPOS 10TH: Grimsley grounded out (second to first); Cash
reached on an error by Jones [Cash to second]; Dawson struck
out; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 10TH: Thomas walked; On a bunt Roberts struck out; Jones
struck out; Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Padres 2.

EXPOS 11TH: THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ASHFORD REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING
3B); Perez lined to center; Cromartie flied out to left; Carter
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Padres 2.

PADRES 11TH: GARMAN REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); MEJIAS
REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PLAYING RF); Smith flied out to left; Tenace
flied out to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Padres 2.

EXPOS 12TH: Parrish doubled to center; Papi out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Parrish to third]; Mejias singled to
left [Parrish scored]; Mejias was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Cash flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3,
Padres 2.

PADRES 12TH: Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez
singled to second; ALMON RAN FOR GONZALEZ; Thomas walked [Almon
to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Turner grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Thomas out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Padres 2.
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