Blasting off with five runs in their first turn at bat, the Expos thumped the Mets, 7-3. Three errors by the Mets contributed to the big inning. The first run came in on a sacrifice fly by Andre Dawson, the second on a double by Larry Parrish and the third on a misplay by shortstop Frank Taveras before Warren Cromartie climaxed the inning with a two-run homer. The Mets tied a club record with six errors in the game. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     15, 1980 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        5  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   7 12  1
Mets         0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  6


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   2   3   0     0   0   .615      Taveras ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .300
  White lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mankowski 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Scott 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .167      Mazzilli 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Dawson cf             4   0   1   2     0   0   .125      Youngblood rf         3   0   0   1     1   0   .300
Valentine rf          4   1   1   0     1   0   .222      Morales cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .438
Parrish 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .267      Stearns c             4   0   2   0     0   1   .316
  Macha 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .500      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Carter c              5   0   0   0     0   2   .235      Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Cromartie 1b          4   2   2   3     0   1   .313      Swan p                0   0   0   0     1   0  1.000
Speier ss             3   0   2   0     1   0   .200        Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rogers p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Bomback p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norman p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pacella p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Trevino ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               37   7  12   6     2   8             Totals               33   3   8   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  3,207
Left on Base: Expos 8, Mets 6
DP: Expos 0, Mets 1
Errors: LeFlore, Taveras 2, Mankowski 2, Mazzilli, Stearns
Doubles: LeFlore (1), Parrish (3), Valentine (1), Mazzilli (1), Stearns 2 (4), Mankowski (1)
Home Runs: Cromartie 2 (2), Morales (1)
Stolen Bases: Scott (1), LeFlore (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Scott (2), Rogers (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dawson (1)
GIDP: Parrish (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(1-1)           5     6   3   3   3   2   1  23   5.73
Norman SV(1)            4     2   0   0   0   2   0  13   1.50
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   4   1  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(1-1)             4     7   6   2   0   4   1  20   3.27
Bomback                 2     3   1   1   1   1   1   9   3.00
Pacella                 3     2   0   0   1   3   0  13   0.00
Totals                  9    12   7   3   2   8   2  42

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Fred Brocklander


EXPOS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to right; Scott reached on an error
by Mankowski on a sacrifice bunt [LeFlore to third]; Scott stole
second; Dawson hit a sacrifice fly to center [LeFlore scored];
Valentine reached on an error by Mankowski [Scott to third];
Parrish doubled to left [Scott scored (unearned), Valentine
scored (error by Taveras) (unearned)]; Carter popped to first;
Cromartie homered (unearned) [Parrish scored (unearned)]; Speier
popped to catcher in foul territory; 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Mankowski was
called out on strikes; Mazzilli doubled to right; Youngblood
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
5, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Rogers singled to shortstop; LeFlore singled to right
[Rogers out at third (right to shortstop to second)]; LeFlore
stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Stearns)]; Scott struck
out; Dawson singled to center [LeFlore scored]; Valentine forced
Dawson (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Morales homered; Stearns was called out on strikes;
Henderson grounded out (third to first); Flynn singled to
center; Swan walked [Flynn to second]; Taveras singled to right
[Flynn out at home (right to catcher), Swan to second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Parrish struck out; Carter made an out to shortstop;
Cromartie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 6, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Mazzilli
grounded out (first to pitcher); Youngblood walked; Morales
forced Youngblood (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 6, Mets 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Speier singled to right; Rogers out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Speier to second]; LeFlore grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Stearns doubled to left; Henderson grounded out (third
to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); HODGES
BATTED FOR SWAN; Hodges made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 1.

EXPOS 5TH: BOMBACK REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Dawson flied out
to right; Valentine walked; Parrish grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Taveras walked; Mankowski doubled to left [Taveras
scored (error by LeFlore)]; Mazzilli grounded out (second to
first) [Mankowski to third]; Youngblood grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Mankowski scored]; Morales grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); Cromartie
homered; Speier singled to right; HUTTON BATTED FOR ROGERS;
Hutton struck out; LeFlore singled to center [Speier to second];
Scott flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets
3.

METS 6TH: NORMAN REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Stearns doubled to
left; Henderson flied out to right; Flynn flied out to center;
CARDENAL BATTED FOR BOMBACK; Cardenal made an out to third; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

EXPOS 7TH: PACELLA REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Dawson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Valentine doubled to right; Parrish
grounded out (second to first) [Valentine to third]; Carter was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING LF); MACHA REPLACED
PARRISH (PLAYING 3B); Taveras flied out to left; Mankowski
grounded out (first unassisted); Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Cromartie flied out to left; Speier walked; Norman
popped to first; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Youngblood grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales
flied out to left; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Scott singled to shortstop [Scott to second (error by
Taveras)]; Dawson reached on an error by Mazzilli [Scott to
third]; Valentine reached on a fielder's choice [Scott out at
home (pitcher to third to catcher), Dawson to third, Valentine
to second]; Macha struck out; Carter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Henderson singled to left [Henderson out at second
(left to shortstop)]; Flynn flied out to right; TREVINO BATTED
FOR PACELLA; Trevino struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7,
Mets 3.