A three-hitter by Rudy May enabled the Expos to subdue the Cardinals, 5-1. The score was 1-1 going into the bottom of the fourth inning when the Expos went ahead to stay on singles by Ellis Valentine, Tony Perez and Gary Carter.

In the fifth, a single by Chris Speier, triple by Dave Cash and double by Andre Dawson accounted for another pair. Dawson then scored from second on Valentine's fly to George Hendrick in deep center. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 12, 1978 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0
Expos        0  1  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .234      Cash 2b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .249
Morales rf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .234        Frias 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dawson cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .253
Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .254      Valentine rf          3   1   1   1     0   1   .290
Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Perez 1b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .291
Hendrick cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .278        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .246      Cromartie lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Carter c              4   0   1   2     0   2   .255
Ramsey ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .271
  Templeton ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     0   1   .253
Vuckovich p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .115      May p                 2   0   0   0     0   1   .158
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Mumphrey ph,rf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .252

Totals               29   1   3   1     3   7             Totals               31   5  10   5     0   8

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance:  8,672
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Expos 4
DP: Cardinals 0, Expos 1
Doubles: Dawson 2 (22)
Triples: Cash (3)
Caught Stealing: Carter (5)
Sacrifice Hits: May (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (5)
GIDP: Hendrick (11)
Hit by Pitch: Simmons (2,by May)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich L(12-11)      4.2   9   5   5   0   5   0  22   2.54
Bruno                   2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   1.23
Littell                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.91
Totals                  8    10   5   5   0   8   0  33

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May W(7-9)              9     3   1   1   3   7   0  33   4.02
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   7   0  33

Hit by Pitch: May (6)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Ed Montague


CARDINALS 1ST: Scott struck out; Morales struck out; Hernandez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 0.

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

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons was hit by a pitch; Hendrick grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Simmons out
at second]; Reitz popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez singled to center; Cromartie singled to right
[Perez to third]; Carter forced Cromartie (third to second)
[Perez scored]; Carter was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Parrish grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to right; Ramsey flied out to
center; Vuckovich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier struck out; May struck out; Cash struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Scott was called out on strikes; Morales walked;
Hernandez singled to right [Morales to third]; Simmons popped to
second; Hendrick singled to right [Morales scored, Hernandez to
second]; Reitz walked [Hernandez to third, Hendrick to second];
Tyson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson flied out to right; Valentine singled to
center; Perez singled to left [Valentine to second]; Cromartie
struck out; Carter singled to center [Valentine scored, Perez to
third]; Parrish flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Ramsey popped to first in foul territory;
Vuckovich struck out; Scott lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Speier singled to left; May out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Speier to second]; Cash tripled to right
[Speier scored]; Dawson doubled to left [Cash scored]; Valentine
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dawson scored]; Perez singled to
left; BRUNO REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Cromartie flied out
to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Morales flied out to right; Hernandez flied out
to center; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 6TH: Carter was called out on strikes; Parrish was called
out on strikes; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick flied out to center; Reitz singled to
center; Tyson flied out to center; TEMPLETON BATTED FOR RAMSEY;
Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos
5.

EXPOS 7TH: TEMPLETON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); May grounded
out (first unassisted); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dawson doubled to left; Valentine popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR BRUNO; Mumphrey walked; Scott
flied out to center; Morales flied out to left; Hernandez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LITTELL
REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Perez flied out to right; Cromartie
flied out to left; Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); HUTTON REPLACED
PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); Simmons was called out on strikes; Hendrick
grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 5.