The Expos' club-record 10-game winning streak came to an end with a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals. The Expos almost pulled the game out of the fire with two runs in the ninth inning on a single by Larry Parrish, Rodney Scott's second triple of the game and a sacrifice fly by John Tamargo, but after a single by Dave Cash, Mark Littell struck out Andre Dawson to quell the rally. St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 4Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIExpos 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 10 1 Cardinals 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5 12 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .288 Templeton ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .326 Cash 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .347 Brock lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .315 Dawson cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .279 Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .347 Perez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .280 Simmons c 4 2 3 1 0 1 .293 Carter c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .266 Scott cf 3 1 3 1 0 0 .269 Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Mumphrey rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .302 Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .313 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Scott ss 3 2 2 1 1 0 .235 Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .310 Rogers p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Forsch p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .127 Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Hutton ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Tamargo ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .242 Totals 35 4 10 3 3 4 Totals 32 5 12 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 19,782 Left on Base: Expos 8, Cardinals 7 DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Cash, Templeton Triples: Perez (3), Scott 2 (5) Stolen Bases: Cash (3), Dawson (27), Scott 2 (35), Templeton (25), Brock (16) Caught Stealing: Cromartie (6), Brock (9) Sacrifice Flies: Tamargo (4), Scott (6) GIDP: Valentine (17) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rogers L(12-9) 5 8 3 2 0 2 0 21 2.80 Sanderson 1.1 3 2 2 2 2 0 9 3.55 Grimsley 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5.26 Totals 8 12 5 4 3 4 0 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(9-10) 8 9 4 3 3 3 0 35 4.01 Knowles 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.72 Littell SV(10) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.51 Totals 9 10 4 3 3 4 0 39 Passed Balls: Carter (3) Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Lanny Harris EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Cash singled to right; Cash stole second; Dawson flied out to left; Perez tripled to right [Cash scored]; Carter grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock singled to right; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 2ND: Valentine flied to right in foul territory; Parrish struck out; Scott tripled to left; Rogers reached on an error by Templeton [Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rogers to first]; Cromartie struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to right; Scott singled to center [Simmons to third]; Scott stole second; Mumphrey singled to left [Simmons scored, Scott scored, Mumphrey out at second (left to second)]; Reitz flied out to center; Oberkfell lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (second to first); Dawson singled to left; Dawson stole second; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Carter walked; Valentine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch grounded out (third to first); Templeton singled to left; Templeton stole second; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Templeton to third]; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 2. EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott flied out to right; Rogers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to right; Scott singled to right [Simmons to second]; Mumphrey flied out to center [Simmons to third]; Scott stole second [Scott to third (error by Cash), Simmons scored (unearned)]; Reitz reached on a fielder's choice [Scott out at home (pitcher to third to catcher)]; Oberkfell grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 5TH: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Dawson singled to left; Perez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch struck out; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Carter allowed a passed ball [Brock to third]; Hernandez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 6TH: Carter singled to left; Valentine grounded out (second to first) [Carter to second]; Parrish lined to left; Scott walked; STAUB BATTED FOR ROGERS; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: SANDERSON REPLACED STAUB (PITCHING); Simmons struck out; Scott singled to center; Mumphrey singled to center [Scott to second]; Reitz was called out on strikes; Oberkfell walked [Scott to third, Mumphrey to second]; Forsch lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 7TH: Cromartie walked; Cromartie was picked off and caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop); Cash lined to right; Dawson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton singled to left; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Templeton to second]; Hernandez walked; GRIMSLEY REPLACED SANDERSON (PITCHING); Simmons singled to right [Templeton scored, Hernandez to third]; Scott sacrifice flied into a double play (left to second to first to second) [Hernandez scored, Simmons out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 5. EXPOS 8TH: Perez singled to left; Carter flied out to right; Valentine grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to center; Oberkfell walked; Forsch popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 5. EXPOS 9TH: Parrish singled to right; Scott tripled to right [Parrish scored]; HUTTON BATTED FOR GRIMSLEY; KNOWLES REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); TAMARGO BATTED FOR HUTTON; Tamargo hit a sacrifice fly to left [Scott scored]; Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); LITTELL REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Cash singled to center; Dawson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Cardinals 5. |
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