Ellis Valentine smashed two homers in support of Dan Schatzeder, who yielded only six hits and pitched the Expos to a 5-2 victory over the Mets. Valentine tied the score at 1-1 with his first homer of the game in the second inning. After Joel Youngblood connected for the circuit in the Mets' half, Valentine knotted the count again with his second round-tripper in the fourth.

The Expos then proceeded to add two runs. Larry Parrish and Chris Speier singled and Schatzeder beat out a bunt to load the bases. Loser Pete Falcone hit Warren Cromartie with a pitch to force in Parrish and, after Dale Murray relieved, Rodney Scott grounded into a forceout as Speier scored. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    11, 1979 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        0  1  0    3  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Mets         1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cromartie lf          3   0   0   1     1   0   .273      Taveras ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
Scott 2b              4   0   1   1     1   1   .245      Trevino c             4   0   0   1     0   0   .311
Dawson cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .312
Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Stearns 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .248
Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .234
Valentine rf          4   2   2   2     0   0   .287      Cardenal rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Parrish 3b            3   2   1   0     1   0   .305      Youngblood lf         2   1   1   1     1   0   .287
Speier ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .221      Flynn 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Schatzeder p          4   0   2   1     0   1   .222      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .229
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Flores ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .175
                                                            Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  10   5     3   4             Totals               30   2   6   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  9,764
Left on Base: Expos 7, Mets 4
DP: Expos 0, Mets 2
Errors: Scott
Doubles: Perez (22)
Home Runs: Valentine 2 (20), Youngblood (15)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (34), Mazzilli (23)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Murray (1)
GIDP: Scott (3), Dawson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Cromartie (1,by Falcone)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder W(7-4)       9     6   2   2   2   4   1  33   3.13
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   4   1  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(3-9)          3.1   8   4   4   0   3   2  19   4.73
Murray                  3.2   1   1   1   2   1   0  13   4.64
Glynn                   2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.01
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   4   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Falcone (1)
Wild Pitches: Schatzeder (4)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Fred Brocklander


EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie flied out to left; Scott was called out on
strikes; Dawson singled to center; Perez doubled to right
[Dawson to third]; Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second
[Taveras to third (error by Scott)]; Trevino grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Taveras scored]; Mazzilli singled to left;
Mazzilli stole second; Stearns flied out to left; Montanez
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine homered; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to
first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Schatzeder
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Cardenal grounded out (catcher to first); Youngblood
homered; Flynn grounded out (third to first); Falcone struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie lined to left; Scott singled to left;
Dawson lined to left; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Taveras walked; Taveras was picked off first (pitcher
to first); Trevino made an out to shortstop; Mazzilli popped to
catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine
homered; Parrish singled to center; Speier singled to left
[Parrish to second]; On a bunt Schatzeder singled to first
[Parrish to third, Speier to second]; Cromartie was hit by a
pitch [Parrish scored, Speier to third, Schatzeder to second];
MURRAY REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Scott forced Cromartie
(second to shortstop) [Speier scored, Schatzeder to third];
Dawson forced Scott (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 4, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Stearns singled to left; Stearns was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Montanez flied out to center;
Cardenal was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
4, Mets 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Carter flied
out to right; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Youngblood walked; Flynn forced Youngblood (catcher to
second); Murray out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Flynn to second]; Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish walked; Speier singled to right [Parrish to
third]; Schatzeder grounded out (second to first) [Parrish
scored, Speier to second]; Cromartie was walked intentionally;
Scott grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Cromartie out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
5, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Trevino popped to second; Mazzilli flied out to
center; Stearns singled to left; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Dawson struck out; Perez flied out to right; Carter
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
5, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Cardenal singled to left; Youngblood forced Cardenal
(shortstop unassisted); Schatzeder threw a wild pitch
[Youngblood to second]; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Youngblood to third]; FLORES BATTED FOR MURRAY; Flores grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 2.

EXPOS 8TH: GLYNN REPLACED FLORES (PITCHING); Valentine grounded
out (third to first); Parrish grounded out (third to first);
Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 5, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Taveras flied out to left; Trevino grounded out
(second to first); Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 2.

EXPOS 9TH: On a bunt Schatzeder singled; Cromartie flied out to
center; Scott walked [Schatzeder to second]; Dawson grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Scott out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 2.