Helping himself, Dan Schatzeder batted in two runs with a single in the seventh inning for the Expos' winning margin in a 6-4 victory over the Dodgers. Tony Perez walked, Gary Carter singled and Chris Speier was passed intentionally before Schatzeder's single put the Expos ahead, 6-2. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Friday, July      6, 1979 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   4  8  0
Expos        1  3  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   6 14  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   2   2     1   0   .262      Cromartie lf          5   1   2   1     0   0   .292
Russell ss            5   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Scott 2b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .223
Smith rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .269      Dawson cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .269
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .305      Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .303
Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Carter c              5   1   2   0     0   1   .287
Baker lf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .278      Valentine rf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .220      Macha 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .190
Thomas cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .244      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     2   0   .232
Reuss p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Schatzeder p          3   1   1   2     1   1   .227
  Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .325        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Lewallyn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Yeager ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .188

Totals               34   4   8   4     3   4             Totals               37   6  14   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 37,460
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Expos 11
DP: Dodgers 1, Expos 0
Doubles: Lopes (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (1)
GIDP: Speier (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(2-8)            4    10   4   4   1   2   0  22   5.59
Hough                   2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   5.07
Lewallyn                2     3   2   2   2   0   0  11   4.15
Totals                  8    14   6   6   4   4   0  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder W(4-1)       8.2   7   4   4   3   4   0  36   2.73
Sosa SV(9)              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.73
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   4   0  38

Passed Balls: Ferguson 2 (4)
Wild Pitches: Reuss 2 (5)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
grounded out (third to first); Smith walked; Garvey flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie popped to second; Scott grounded out (third
to first); Dawson singled to right; Reuss threw a wild pitch
[Dawson to second]; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Dawson to third];
Perez singled to left [Dawson scored]; Carter struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker singled to
left; Ferguson walked [Baker to second]; Thomas singled to left
[Baker scored, Ferguson to second]; Reuss out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Ferguson to third, Thomas to second];
Lopes grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine singled to center; Macha singled to center
[Valentine to second]; Speier grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Valentine to third, Macha out at second];
Schatzeder walked; Cromartie singled to right [Valentine scored,
Schatzeder to second]; Scott singled to center [Schatzeder
scored, Cromartie to second]; Dawson singled to center
[Cromartie scored, Scott to second]; Perez flied out to center;
3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Expos 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to left; Smith made an out to
first; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 3RD: Carter made an out to third; Valentine flied out to
center; Macha singled to right; Speier made an out to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Expos 4.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey flied out to center; Baker grounded out (third
to first); Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Schatzeder struck out; Cromartie singled to left;
Scott singled to center [Cromartie to second]; Dawson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Perez forced Cromartie (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Expos 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Thomas struck out; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR REUSS;
Martinez struck out; Lopes doubled to left; Russell singled to
left [Lopes scored]; Smith made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: HOUGH REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Carter singled to
left; Ferguson allowed a passed ball [Carter to second];
Ferguson allowed a passed ball [Carter to third]; Valentine
struck out; Macha struck out (catcher to first); Speier was
walked intentionally; Schatzeder forced Speier (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey lined
to third; Baker popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Cromartie flied out to left; Scott grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dawson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Thomas
flied out to center; MOTA BATTED FOR HOUGH; Mota flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: LEWALLYN REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Perez walked;
Carter singled to center [Perez to second]; Valentine flied out
to center; Macha grounded out (pitcher to first) [Perez to
third, Carter to second]; Speier was walked intentionally;
Schatzeder singled to right [Perez scored, Carter scored, Speier
to third]; Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes walked; Russell popped to third in foul
territory; Smith struck out; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Expos 6.

EXPOS 8TH: Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); Dawson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled to third;
Carter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Expos 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey singled to left; Baker forced Cey (third to
second); Ferguson popped to third in foul territory; Thomas
singled to left [Baker to second]; YEAGER BATTED FOR LEWALLYN;
Yeager singled to third [Baker to third, Thomas to second]; SOSA
REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Lopes singled to center [Baker
scored, Thomas scored, Yeager to second]; Russell made an out to
first; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Expos 6.