Rodney Scott walked with one out in the eighth inning, stole second and scored the winning run on Ellis Valentine's double as the Expos edged the Padres, 2-1, behind Scott Sanderson's four-hit pirching. Luis Salazar's first home run of the season had tied the game for the Padres in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 2, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Thursday, May 7, 1981 (Night game) at Stade Olympique

Padres 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 Expos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 2 6 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Raines lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .374 Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .194 Scott 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .173 Richards lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .196 Dawson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Kennedy c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Valentine rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .209 Perkins 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .396 Carter c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .299 Lefebvre rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Cromartie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292 Salazar 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .276 Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .217 Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Speier ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Welsh p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanderson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Totals 31 1 4 1 1 4 Totals 28 2 6 2 4 4 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 12,248 Left on Base: Padres 4, Expos 7 DP: Padres 1, Expos 0 Errors: Smith, Kennedy Doubles: Valentine (2) Home Runs: Salazar (1), Raines (2) Stolen Bases: Richards (8), Raines (22), Scott 2 (11) Caught Stealing: Carter (3) Sacrifice Hits: Sanderson (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Welsh L(1-2) 8 6 2 2 4 4 1 33 4.15 Totals 8 6 2 2 4 4 1 33 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sanderson W(4-1) 9 4 1 1 1 4 1 32 2.04 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 4 1 32 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg PADRES 1ST: Smith grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out; Richards popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Raines hit an inside the park homer to left; Scott lined to shortstop; Dawson popped to catcher; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 2ND: Kennedy struck out; Perkins singled to center; Lefebvre flied out to center; Salazar singled to shortstop [Perkins to second]; Bonilla lined to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. EXPOS 2ND: Carter singled to left; Cromartie struck out while Carter was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 3RD: Welsh grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. EXPOS 3RD: Speier singled to left; Sanderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Speier to second]; Speier was picked off second (pitcher to second); Raines singled to right; Raines stole second [Raines to third (error by Kennedy)]; Scott walked; Scott stole second; Dawson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 4TH: Richards singled to right; Richards stole second; Kennedy popped to second; Perkins lined to center; Lefebvre grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. EXPOS 4TH: Valentine flied out to center; Carter grounded out (third to first); Cromartie singled to center; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 5TH: Salazar homered; Bonilla was called out on strikes; Welsh flied out to center; Smith flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 5TH: Speier flied out to center; Sanderson struck out; Raines grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. PADRES 6TH: Jones flied out to left; Richards walked; Kennedy popped to shortstop; Perkins lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 6TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Dawson flied to right; Valentine grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. PADRES 7TH: Lefebvre flied out to right; Salazar flied out to right; Bonilla grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 7TH: Carter reached on an error by Smith; Cromartie flied out to center; Parrish walked [Carter to second]; Speier made an out to first [Carter to third, Parrish to second]; Sanderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. PADRES 8TH: Welsh grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith flied out to left; Jones lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 8TH: Raines flied out to center; Scott walked; Scott stole second; Dawson flied out to center [Scott to third]; Valentine doubled to right [Scott scored]; Carter was walked intentionally; Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 2. PADRES 9TH: Richards flied out to left; Kennedy lined to first; Perkins popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 2.

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