The Expos and Mets divided a twin bill, the Expos winning the lidlifter, 4-3, while the Mets took the nightcap, 7-2. The Expos grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning of the first game without the benefit of a hit when Dave Kingman committed a three-base error on a fly ball by Chris Speier. Speier then pulled a surprise steal of home. Montreal added single runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Gary Carter, in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Andre Dawson and in the eighth on a solo homer by Dawson. A two-run homer by Ron Hodges highlighted the Mets' three-run eighth.

A five-run third inning, keyed by a three-run homer by Kingman, carried the Mets to their triumph in the second game. The big inning began when Frank Taveras and Alex Trevino singled and Rusty Staub followed with a double. Kingman then drilled a long drive that cleared the left field bleachers. Doug Flynn climaxed the rally with a run-scoring double. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 4, New York Mets 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, April     19, 1981 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        0  0  1    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   4 11  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3 13  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Raines lf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .391      Wilson cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .188
Scott 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .048      Taveras ss            5   0   2   0     0   1   .138
Dawson cf             4   2   3   2     0   0   .545      Staub 1b              5   0   3   1     0   0   .280
Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Kingman lf            3   0   0   0     2   1   .158
Carter c              4   0   2   1     0   0   .391      Youngblood rf         5   0   2   0     0   1   .286
Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Brooks 3b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .276
Cromartie 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Hodges c              4   1   3   2     0   0   .750
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .136        Trevino ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Burris p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .500      Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .417
  Lee p               1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Swan p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Sosa p              1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .250
                                                            Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Backman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   3     0   5             Totals               39   3  13   3     4   7

Time of Game: 2:49
Left on Base: Expos 6, Mets 13
DP: Expos 1, Mets 0
Errors: Parrish, Kingman, Miller
Doubles: Parrish (1), Taveras (1)
Home Runs: Dawson (2), Hodges (1)
Stolen Bases: Speier (1), Dawson (3)
Caught Stealing: Carter (1), Brooks (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris W(1-1)           5.1   8   0   0   4   4   0  27   2.38
Lee                     2.1   4   3   1   0   1   1  12   3.00
Sosa                    0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Fryman SV(1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    13   3   1   4   7   1  43

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(0-1)             5.1   4   3   2   0   4   0  20   3.38
Miller                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Hausman                 2     5   1   1   0   0   1  10   3.86
Allen                   1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    11   4   3   0   5   1  37

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West


EXPOS 1ST: Raines lined to first; Scott struck out; Dawson
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Taveras grounded out (shortstop to
first); Staub singled to left; Kingman walked [Staub to second];
Youngblood lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets
0.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine grounded out (third to first); Carter
grounded out (third to first); Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Brooks flied to right; Hodges popped to shortstop;
Flynn walked; Swan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Speier
reached on an error by Kingman [Speier to third]; Speier stole
home; Burris flied to left in foul territory; Raines was called
out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Taveras flied
to right; Staub singled to center; Kingman walked [Staub to
second]; Youngblood singled to left [Staub out at home (left to
catcher), Kingman to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1,
Mets 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Dawson singled
to third; Dawson stole second; Valentine flied to center; Carter
singled to left [Dawson scored]; Carter was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Brooks struck out; Hodges singled to right; Flynn
singled to center [Hodges to second]; Swan forced Hodges
(pitcher to third) [Flynn to second]; Wilson flied to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Cromartie
grounded out (second to first); Speier flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Taveras doubled to center; Staub flied to center;
Kingman struck out; Youngblood singled to third [Taveras to
third]; Brooks grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Burris singled to center; Raines singled to right
[Burris to third]; Scott struck out; MILLER REPLACED SWAN
(PITCHING); Dawson singled to left [Burris scored, Raines to
second]; Dawson was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Miller [Raines to third, Dawson to second]; Valentine popped to
shortstop; Carter grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Hodges singled to right; Flynn flied to center;
JORGENSEN BATTED FOR MILLER; Jorgensen walked [Hodges to
second]; LEE REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Wilson grounded out
(second to first) [Hodges to third, Jorgensen to second];
Taveras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 7TH: HAUSMAN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Parrish flied
to center; Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
singled to right; Lee singled to right [Speier to second];
Raines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman popped
to shortstop; Youngblood grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Scott flied to center; Dawson homered; Valentine
grounded out (first unassisted); Carter singled to left; Parrish
doubled to left [Carter out at home (left to second to
catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Brooks reached on an error by Parrish; Hodges homered
[Brooks scored (unearned)]; Flynn grounded out (second to
first); BACKMAN BATTED FOR HAUSMAN; Backman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wilson singled to shortstop; Taveras
singled to third [Wilson to second]; Staub singled to center
[Wilson scored (unearned), Taveras to third]; SOSA REPLACED LEE
(PITCHING); Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R (1
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.

EXPOS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED BACKMAN (PITCHING); Cromartie struck
out; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Sosa singled to
right; Raines flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4,
Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Youngblood struck out; Brooks singled to right; FRYMAN
REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); TREVINO BATTED FOR HODGES; Trevino
struck out while Brooks was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.