Blasting off with a four-run first inning, the Expos edged the Cubs, 6-5. Montreal's runs in the opening frame came on an error by Cubs third baseman Lenny Randle following a triple by Rowland Office and consecutive RBI doubles by Gary Carter, Warren Cromartie and Larry Parrish. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Thursday, September 11, 1980 (Night game) at Stade Olympique
Cubs         1  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   5 11  3
Expos        4  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   6  9  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   0   0   0     1   3   .264      LeFlore lf            4   0   2   0     1   0   .257
Figueroa cf           3   3   2   0     1   1   .259        White lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Scott 2b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .236
Buckner 1b            5   1   3   1     0   0   .324      Office rf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .288
Kingman lf            5   0   3   2     0   1   .274      Dawson cf             5   1   0   0     0   2   .300
Tracy rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .275      Carter c              3   2   2   2     1   0   .252
  Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Cromartie 1b          4   2   1   1     0   0   .300
Randle 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .272      Parrish 3b            3   0   1   1     1   1   .259
Dillard 2b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .219      Speier ss             3   0   2   1     1   0   .237
  Biittner ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Lea p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
O'Berry c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .125        Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .234        Montanez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Kelleher pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Martz p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Tyson ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .247        Fryman p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vail ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
  Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               36   5  11   4     5  10             Totals               35   6   9   5     5   4

Time of Game: 3:19   Attendance: 24,703
Left on Base: Cubs 10, Expos 10
DP: Cubs 0, Expos 1
Errors: Randle 3
Doubles: Buckner (34), Randle (19), Carter (19), Cromartie (32), Parrish (25), LeFlore (21)
Triples: Office (4), LeFlore (11)
Home Runs: Carter (24)
Stolen Bases: Cromartie (8), LeFlore (91)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus (15)
GIDP: Randle (13)
Hit by Pitch: Figueroa (1,by Lea)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martz L(0-2)            3     5   5   1   2   0   0  18   4.00
Smith                   1.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   8   2.70
Hernandez               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.63
Tidrow                  2     2   1   1   0   2   1   8   2.74
Sutter                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.27
Totals                  8     9   6   2   5   4   1  40

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lea                     2.1   3   2   2   4   4   0  14   3.44
Lee                     2.2   4   2   2   0   2   0  11   5.45
Bahnsen                 2.1   3   1   1   1   2   0  11   3.25
Sosa                    0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.08
Fryman W(6-4)           1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.12
Totals                  9    11   5   5   5  10   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Lea (2)
Wild Pitches: Bahnsen (5)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; De Jesus was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Figueroa was hit by a pitch; Buckner
singled to center [Figueroa to second]; Kingman singled to left
[Figueroa scored, Buckner to second]; Tracy was called out on
strikes; Randle flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
grounded out (first to pitcher); Office tripled to right; Dawson
reached on an error by Randle [Office scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Dawson to second (error by Randle)]; Carter doubled to
left [Dawson scored (unearned)]; Cromartie doubled to right
[Carter scored (unearned)]; Parrish doubled to center [Cromartie
scored (unearned)]; Speier was walked intentionally; Lea flied
out to right; 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Expos 4.

CUBS 2ND: Dillard walked; O'Berry struck out; Martz struck out;
De Jesus flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 2ND: LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; Scott
flied out to center; Office reached on an error by Randle
[Office to first]; Dawson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 1, Expos 4.

CUBS 3RD: Figueroa walked; Buckner doubled to left [Figueroa
scored]; Kingman struck out (catcher to first); Tracy walked;
LEE REPLACED LEA (PITCHING); Randle grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Tracy out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 3RD: Carter walked; Cromartie forced Carter (second to
shortstop); Cromartie stole second; Parrish flied out to left;
Speier singled to right [Cromartie scored]; Lee grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Expos 5.

CUBS 4TH: Dillard struck out; O'Berry grounded out (second to
first); TYSON BATTED FOR MARTZ; Tyson singled to center; De
Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Expos 5.

EXPOS 4TH: SMITH REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); LeFlore walked;
LeFlore stole second; Scott struck out; Office grounded out
(shortstop to first) [LeFlore to third]; Dawson flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Expos 5.

CUBS 5TH: Figueroa singled to left; Buckner singled to second
[Figueroa to second]; Kingman singled to left [Figueroa scored,
Buckner to second]; Tracy grounded out (third to first) [Buckner
to third, Kingman to second]; Randle reached on a fielder's
choice [Kingman out at third (shortstop to third), Buckner
scored]; Dillard forced Randle (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); Parrish walked; Speier singled
to right [Parrish to second]; MONTANEZ BATTED FOR LEE; HERNANDEZ
REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Montanez grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.

CUBS 6TH: BAHNSEN REPLACED MONTANEZ (PITCHING); O'Berry grounded
out (shortstop to first); THOMPSON BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ;
Thompson lined to third; De Jesus was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 6TH: TIDROW REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); LeFlore tripled
to center; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Office
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.

CUBS 7TH: Figueroa struck out; Buckner popped to shortstop;
Kingman singled to left; Tracy grounded out (catcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter homered; Cromartie flied out to center;
Parrish was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Expos 6.

CUBS 8TH: Randle doubled to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR DILLARD;
Biittner grounded out (second to first) [Randle to third];
JOHNSON BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Bahnsen threw a wild pitch [Randle
scored]; Johnson walked; KELLEHER RAN FOR JOHNSON; VAIL BATTED
FOR TIDROW; Vail singled to left [Kelleher to second]; SOSA
REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); De Jesus struck out; Figueroa
singled to second [Kelleher to third, Vail to second]; FRYMAN
REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Buckner grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 5, Expos 6.

EXPOS 8TH: SUTTER REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); KELLEHER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
BLACKWELL REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING C ); Fryman flied out to
center; LeFlore doubled to left; Scott walked; Office grounded
out (third to first) [LeFlore to third, Scott to second]; Dawson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Expos 6.

CUBS 9TH: WHITE REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING LF); Kingman grounded
out (pitcher to first); MARTIN BATTED FOR TRACY; Martin struck
out; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Expos 6.