The Giants ended their six-game losing streak by taking a 6-3 decision over the Expos. Frisco broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth on a throwing error by Montreal third baseman Larry Parrish and a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Max Venable. Larry Herndon singled home the Giants' final run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 6, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1980 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Expos        0  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  2
Giants       0  0  0    3  0  2    0  1  x  -   6  9  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Herndon cf            5   0   1   1     0   2   .245
  Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Pettini 3b            4   1   0   0     1   1   .252
Scott 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .239      Whitfield lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .302
Wallach rf,lf         3   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Evans 1b              3   2   2   1     1   0   .257
  Cromartie ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Wohlford rf           2   1   1   1     1   1   .273
  Pate lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .281      May c                 3   0   2   1     0   0   .265
Dawson cf             4   2   2   2     0   0   .306      Sularz 2b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .231
Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .248      LeMaster ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .213
Montanez 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .271      Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .082
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .263        Strain ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Speier ss             2   1   1   0     1   0   .231        Venable ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .260
  Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Minton p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Lea p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .094
  Macha ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .301
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .050
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Office ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .290

Totals               32   3   6   3     3   7             Totals               29   6   9   5     6   7

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  8,314
Left on Base: Expos 5, Giants 8
DP: Expos 0, Giants 0
Errors: Parrish 2
Doubles: Carter (18), Evans (17)
Home Runs: Dawson 2 (14)
Stolen Bases: Sularz (1)
Caught Stealing: Montanez (5), May (1)
Sacrifice Hits: May (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Wohlford (3), Venable (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lea                     4     6   3   3   2   3   0  18   3.32
D'Acquisto L(2-5)       1     0   2   0   2   2   0   5   3.55
Norman                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.09
Sosa                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.09
Fryman                  2     3   1   1   1   2   0  10   2.15
Totals                  8     9   6   4   6   7   0  38

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(13-7)            6     6   3   3   2   5   2  25   2.91
Minton SV(18)           3     0   0   0   1   2   0  10   2.11
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   7   2  35

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Dutch Rennert


EXPOS 1ST: White popped to first in foul territory; Scott
grounded out (second to first); Wallach struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Pettini
grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Dawson homered; Carter doubled to left; Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted) [Carter to third]; Parrish
grounded out (first unassisted); Speier was walked
intentionally; Lea grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Wohlford
singled to center; May popped to third in foul territory; Sularz
singled to left [Wohlford out at third (left to third)]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 0.

EXPOS 3RD: White lined to shortstop; Scott grounded out (third
to first); Wallach was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Blue struck
out; Herndon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson flied out to left; Carter was called out on
strikes; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Pettini walked; Whitfield singled to center [Pettini
to third]; Evans doubled to left [Pettini scored, Whitfield to
third]; Wohlford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Whitfield
scored, Evans to third]; May singled to right [Evans scored];
May was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sularz
singled to center; Sularz stole second; LeMaster was walked
intentionally; Blue struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1,
Giants 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish was called out on strikes; Speier singled to
center; MACHA BATTED FOR LEA; Macha singled to right [Speier to
third]; White popped to first in foul territory; Scott singled
to center [Speier scored, Macha to second]; Wallach grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED MACHA (PITCHING); Herndon struck
out; Pettini flied out to center; Whitfield was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Dawson homered; Carter was called out on strikes;
Montanez walked; Montanez was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans walked; Wohlford walked [Evans to second];
NORMAN REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); May out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Evans to third, Wohlford to second];
Sularz reached on an error by Parrish [Evans scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Sularz to first]; LeMaster walked [Wohlford to third,
Sularz to second]; STRAIN BATTED FOR BLUE; SOSA REPLACED NORMAN
(PITCHING); VENABLE BATTED FOR STRAIN; Venable hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Wohlford scored (unearned)]; Herndon grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants
5.

EXPOS 7TH: MINTON REPLACED VENABLE (PITCHING); Speier grounded
out (shortstop to first); OFFICE BATTED FOR SOSA; Office
grounded out (third to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WALLACH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FRYMAN REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING);
Pettini was called out on strikes; Whitfield grounded out (first
unassisted); Evans singled to center; Wohlford struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Scott walked; CROMARTIE BATTED FOR WALLACH; Cromartie
grounded out (second to first) [Scott to second]; Dawson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carter flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: PATE REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING LF); May singled to
third [May to second (error by Parrish)]; Sularz walked;
LeMaster forced May (pitcher to third) [Sularz to second];
Minton flied out to right; Herndon singled to center [Sularz
scored, LeMaster to third]; Pettini forced Herndon (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 6.

EXPOS 9TH: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
was called out on strikes; TAMARGO BATTED FOR SPEIER; Tamargo
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3,
Giants 6.