The Expos extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the Braves, 5-1, behind the six-hit pitching of Fred Norman, who made his second start of the year and turned in his first complete game of the season. The Expos' support of Norman included a two-run homer by Ellis Valentine and solo shot by Ron LeFlore. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    2, 1980 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0
Expos        2  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .230      LeFlore lf            3   2   1   1     2   0   .259
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .280      Scott 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .224
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .296        Bernazard 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Matthews rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Dawson cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .309
Burroughs lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Valentine rf          4   1   3   2     0   0   .319
Hubbard 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Cromartie 1b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .313
Benedict c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .255      Carter c              3   0   1   1     0   1   .248
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
  Blanks ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Alexander p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Norman p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spikes ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .321
  Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Nahorodny ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .273
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   6   1     1   5             Totals               31   5  11   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 41,785
Left on Base: Braves 6, Expos 8
DP: Braves 2, Expos 0
Doubles: Nahorodny (11), Royster (12), Valentine (19)
Triples: Scott (8)
Home Runs: Valentine (10), LeFlore (3)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (64)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Carter (5)
GIDP: Parrish (9)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(9-6)        4     9   4   4   3   1   2  23   3.77
Hanna                   3     2   1   1   1   2   0  11   4.08
Hrabosky                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.12
Totals                  8    11   5   5   4   3   2  37

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(2-1)           9     6   1   1   1   5   0  34   4.05
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   5   0  34

Passed Balls: Benedict (8)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Fred Brocklander, 3B - Doug Harvey


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Murphy struck out;
Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Scott tripled
to right; Dawson flied out to center; Valentine homered [Scott
scored]; Cromartie walked; Carter popped to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs
popped to first in foul territory; Hubbard singled to center;
Benedict forced Hubbard (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Speier singled to left; Norman
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Speier to second];
LeFlore walked; Scott made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Gomez grounded out (third to first); Alexander flied
out to left; Royster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson singled to shortstop; Valentine doubled to
right [Dawson to third]; Cromartie walked; Carter hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Dawson scored]; Parrish singled to right
[Valentine to third, Cromartie to second]; Speier lined into a
double play (second to first) [Parrish out at first]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Murphy grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
homered; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson singled
to center; Valentine singled to center [Dawson to second];
Benedict allowed a passed ball [Dawson to third, Valentine to
second]; Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs struck out; Hubbard singled to center;
Benedict walked [Hubbard to second]; Gomez popped to second;
SPIKES BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Spikes flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: HANNA REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); Carter struck out;
Parrish flied out to right; Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster flied out to right; Murphy flied out to
left; Chambliss singled to right; Matthews flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
walked; LeFlore stole second; Scott singled to third [LeFlore to
third]; Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first) [LeFlore
scored, Scott to second]; Valentine flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs flied to right in foul territory; Hubbard
flied out to left; Benedict singled to left; BLANKS BATTED FOR
GOMEZ; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Cromartie was
called out on strikes; Carter singled to shortstop; Parrish
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Carter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 5.

BRAVES 8TH: BERNAZARD REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING 2B); NAHORODNY
BATTED FOR HANNA; Nahorodny doubled to center; Royster doubled
to center [Nahorodny scored]; Murphy struck out; Chambliss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED NAHORODNY (PITCHING); Speier flied
out to right; Norman popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Expos 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard
flied out to right; Benedict grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 5.