The Expos extended their winning streak to a club-record-tying eight games by defeating the Mets, 5-1. The Expos scored three times in the fifth inning. After Gary Carter doubled and Ellis Valentine singled, Larry Parrish and Chris Speier hit run-scoring singles and Dave Cash added a sacrifice fly. A pinch-hit single by Rusty Staub drove home two more runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 4, 1979 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  3  2    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .261      Cromartie lf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .287
Maddox rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Cash 2b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .354
Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .304      Dawson cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .274
Stearns 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Hebner 3b             3   0   1   1     0   1   .254      Carter c              3   2   2   0     1   0   .267
Youngblood lf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Valentine rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
Trevino c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Parrish 3b            3   1   3   1     0   0   .310
Flynn 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Speier ss             2   1   1   1     1   0   .222
Ellis p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .077      May p                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodges ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .145        Staub ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .252
  Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     3   2             Totals               28   5   9   5     4   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 14,064
Left on Base: Mets 7, Expos 4
DP: Mets 1, Expos 1
Doubles: Carter (21), Parrish (33)
Caught Stealing: Taveras (18), Cash (1), Dawson (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (1)
GIDP: Trevino (6), Valentine (16)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (6,by May)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(2-7)            5.2   8   5   5   3   3   0  26   6.25
Reardon                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   7.36
Hassler                 2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   4.60
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   4   0  33

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May W(8-2)              5.1   6   1   1   2   1   0  23   2.23
Murray                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.79
Atkinson SV(1)          3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   2   0  35

Hit by Pitch: May (4)
Wild Pitches: Ellis 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: Taveras walked; Maddox singled to left [Taveras to
third]; Mazzilli popped to catcher in foul territory; Stearns
made an out to shortstop; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie made an out to third; Cash grounded out
(second to first); Dawson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

METS 2ND: Youngblood walked; Trevino singled to right
[Youngblood to third, Trevino to second (on throw to 3b)]; Flynn
flied out to left; Ellis reached on a fielder's choice
[Youngblood out at home (pitcher to catcher), Trevino to third];
Taveras flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos
0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez struck out; Carter grounded out (shortstop to
first); Valentine popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

METS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Parrish singled to center; Speier grounded out
(second to first) [Parrish to second]; May lined to third;
Cromartie struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

METS 4TH: Hebner was hit by a pitch; Youngblood flied out to
right; Trevino grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Cash singled to center; Cash was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Dawson walked; Dawson was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Perez flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

METS 5TH: Flynn flied out to center; Ellis flied out to right;
Taveras singled to right; Taveras was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter doubled to left; Valentine singled to right
[Carter to third]; Parrish doubled to left [Carter scored,
Valentine to third]; Speier singled to left [Valentine scored,
Parrish to third]; May reached on a fielder's choice [Parrish
out at home (pitcher unassisted), Speier to second]; Ellis threw
a wild pitch [Speier to third, May to second]; Cromartie was
walked intentionally; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center [Speier
scored]; Ellis threw a wild pitch [May to third, Cromartie to
second]; Dawson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 0, Expos 3.

METS 6TH: Maddox singled to left; Mazzilli singled to left
[Maddox to second]; Stearns popped to second; Hebner singled to
right [Maddox scored, Mazzilli to second]; MURRAY REPLACED MAY
(PITCHING); Youngblood popped to first in foul territory;
Trevino grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Perez grounded out (first to pitcher); Carter singled
to right; Valentine flied out to center; Parrish singled to left
[Carter to second]; Speier walked [Carter to third, Parrish to
second]; STAUB BATTED FOR MURRAY; REARDON REPLACED ELLIS
(PITCHING); Staub singled to right [Carter scored, Parrish
scored, Speier out at third (right to third to shortstop)]; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

METS 7TH: ATKINSON REPLACED STAUB (PITCHING); Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); HODGES BATTED FOR REARDON; Hodges walked;
Taveras made an out to second; Maddox grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: HASSLER REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Cromartie flied
out to left; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

METS 8TH: Mazzilli struck out; Stearns flied out to left; Hebner
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Carter walked;
Valentine grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Carter out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Expos 5.

METS 9TH: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Trevino
popped to second in foul territory; Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.