The Expos regained first place in the East Division by defeating the Phillies, 8-3, as Gary Carter led the attack with two homers, a double and four runs batted in and Chris Speier contributed a two-run triple. Carter drilled a solo homer in second.

After a sacrifice fly by Rowland Office broke a 1-1 tie in the third, Speier's three-bagger and a single by Steve Rogers produced three runs in the sixth. Carter followed Andre Dawson's two-out infield hit in the seventh with his second round-tripper of the game and drove in his fourth run with a ninth-inning double. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 8, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 28, 1980 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  1  1    0  0  3    2  0  1  -   8 11  0
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  5  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .259      Rose 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .278
Scott 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .222      McBride rf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .308
Office rf             3   0   0   1     1   0   .270      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .281
Dawson cf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .305      Luzinski lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .229
Carter c              4   2   3   4     1   1   .267      Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Cromartie 1b          5   1   1   0     0   1   .295      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Parrish 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .255      Bowa ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .264
Speier ss             2   1   2   2     2   0   .261      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Rogers p              3   0   1   1     0   2   .163      Walk p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            G. Vukovich ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Noles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
                                                            Gross ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .238
                                                            Lerch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               34   8  11   8     5   9             Totals               31   3   5   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 40,305
Left on Base: Expos 7, Phillies 5
DP: Expos 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Carter (24), Schmidt (23), McBride (32)
Triples: Speier (4)
Home Runs: Carter 2 (29)
Stolen Bases: Scott (62), White (6)
Caught Stealing: Office (3), White (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Scott (10), Rogers (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Office (3), Schmidt (11)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(16-11)         9     5   3   3   3   3   0  35   2.96
Totals                  9     5   3   3   3   3   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walk L(10-7)            5     3   2   2   4   6   1  22   4.74
Noles                   0.1   3   3   3   1   0   0   5   3.99
Saucier                 1.2   2   2   2   0   1   1   6   3.47
Reed                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.10
Lerch                   1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.08
Totals                  9    11   8   8   5   9   2  42

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


EXPOS 1ST: Phillies Manager Dallas Green ejected by 1B umpire
Eric Gregg sometime in game; White was called out on
strikes; Scott reached on an error by Bowa [Scott to first];
Scott stole second; Office walked; Office was caught stealing
second (catcher to second) [Scott to third]; Dawson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Rose flied out to center; McBride flied out to
left; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter homered; Cromartie made an out to second;
Parrish struck out; Speier walked; Rogers struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Trillo grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Luzinski to second]; Maddox flied out to center; Bowa
singled to right [Luzinski scored]; Boone flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 3RD: White walked; White stole second; Scott out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [White to third]; Office hit a
sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Dawson singled to left;
Carter struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Walk grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (second to first); McBride walked; Schmidt doubled
to left [McBride to third]; Luzinski lined to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie singled to first; Parrish flied out to
center; Speier walked [Cromartie to second]; Rogers out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Cromartie to third, Speier to
second]; White flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Trillo flied out to right; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Scott was called out on strikes; Office flied out to
left; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); G.
VUKOVICH BATTED FOR WALK; G. Vukovich struck out; Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 1.

EXPOS 6TH: NOLES REPLACED G. VUKOVICH (PITCHING); Carter walked;
Cromartie forced Carter (second to shortstop); Parrish singled
to center [Cromartie to second]; Speier tripled [Cromartie
scored, Parrish scored]; Rogers singled to center [Speier
scored]; SAUCIER REPLACED NOLES (PITCHING); White forced Rogers
(third to second); White was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
grounded out (pitcher to first); Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Office grounded
out (shortstop to first); Dawson singled to shortstop; Carter
homered [Dawson scored]; Cromartie struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Trillo flied out to left; Maddox singled to
center; Bowa forced Maddox (first to shortstop); Boone grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7,
Phillies 1.

EXPOS 8TH: REED REPLACED SAUCIER (PITCHING); Parrish struck out;
Speier singled to center; Rogers struck out; White flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: GROSS BATTED FOR REED; Gross singled to center;
Rose walked [Gross to second]; McBride doubled to left [Gross
scored, Rose to third]; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Rose scored]; Luzinski flied out to left; Trillo grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 9TH: LERCH REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Scott flied out to
center; Office flied out to left; Dawson singled to left; Carter
doubled to center [Dawson scored]; Cromartie popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 8, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox flied out to right; Bowa flied out to
center; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 8,
Phillies 3.