Charlie Lea stretched his string of consecutive scoreless innings to 28 1/3 by hurling four-hit ball for seven innings before leaving the game because of a blister on his pitching hand, and the Expos had a pair of three-run innings to gain a 6-3 decision over the Cubs.

Singles by Gary Carter, Warren Cromartie and Tim Wallach filled the bases in the second inning and Chris Speier cleared the sacks with a double. The Expos added three more markers in the fifth on a leadoff homer by Andre Dawson, RBI double by Cromartie and run-scoring single by Wallach. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Friday, May       22, 1981 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Expos        0  3  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  9  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Raines lf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .331      De Jesus ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .145
Scott 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .206      Strain 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .228
Dawson cf             5   1   3   1     0   1   .321      Buckner 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Durham rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .287
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .429      Henderson lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .283
Montanez 1b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .182      Morales cf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .271
  Pate cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .198
Carter c              3   1   1   0     2   0   .246        Tyson pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Cromartie rf          4   2   2   1     1   0   .278      Blackwell c           3   1   1   2     0   0   .167
Wallach 3b            5   1   2   1     0   2   .231        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Speier ss             3   0   2   3     1   0   .241      Krukow p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Lea p                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .159
                                                            Kravec p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   6     5   5             Totals               34   3   9   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  6,071
Left on Base: Expos 10, Cubs 5
DP: Expos 2, Cubs 1
Errors: Strain 2
Doubles: Speier (6), Cromartie (5), Durham (4), Reitz (4)
Home Runs: Dawson (11), Blackwell (1)
Stolen Bases: Raines (35)
Sacrifice Hits: Lea (3)
GIDP: Cromartie (3), Reitz (5), Morales (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lea W(3-1)              7     4   0   0   1   2   0  24   2.25
Sosa                    1     2   2   2   0   0   1   5   1.64
Lee                     1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   2.87
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   3   1  35

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow L(1-5)           4.1   8   6   5   3   4   1  24   6.44
McGlothen               1.2   2   0   0   2   0   0   9   3.05
Kravec                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   6.66
Capilla                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.53
Totals                  9    11   6   5   5   5   1  43

Wild Pitches: Lea (1), Krukow (4)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Nick Colosi


EXPOS 1ST: Raines singled to center; Raines stole second; Scott
struck out; Dawson struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus was called out on strikes; Strain was called
out on strikes; Buckner singled to center; Durham doubled to
center [Buckner to third]; Henderson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter singled to left; Cromartie walked [Carter to
second]; Wallach singled to left [Carter to third, Cromartie to
second]; Speier doubled to center [Carter scored, Cromartie
scored, Wallach scored]; Lea struck out; Raines grounded out
(second to first) [Speier to third]; Scott grounded out (second
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Morales walked; Reitz grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Morales out at second];
Blackwell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs
0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson singled to left; Montanez grounded out (second
to first) [Dawson to second]; Carter walked; Krukow threw a wild
pitch [Dawson to third]; Cromartie grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Carter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Krukow flied to right; De Jesus grounded out (second
to first); Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Wallach struck out; Speier singled to left; Lea out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speier to second]; Raines
was walked intentionally; Scott grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); Durham
grounded out (first to pitcher); Henderson flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson homered; Montanez reached on an error by
Strain [Montanez to third (error by Strain)]; Carter popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Cromartie doubled to center
[Montanez scored (unearned)]; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED KRUKOW
(PITCHING); Wallach singled to left [Cromartie scored]; Speier
walked [Wallach to second]; On a bunt Lea forced Wallach
(catcher to third) [Speier to second]; Raines flied to left; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Blackwell popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Dawson singled
to center; Montanez popped to third; Carter walked [Dawson to
second]; Cromartie popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: THOMPSON BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Thompson flied to left;
De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Strain singled to
second; Lea threw a wild pitch [Strain to second]; Buckner flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 7TH: KRAVEC REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Wallach grounded
out (shortstop to first); Speier flied to center; Lea grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Durham lined to right; Henderson singled to center;
Morales grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
6, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Raines lined to second; Scott grounded out (shortstop
to first); Dawson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED DAWSON (PITCHING); PATE REPLACED
MONTANEZ (PLAYING CF); HUTTON REPLACED LEA (PLAYING 1B); Reitz
doubled to left; Blackwell homered [Reitz scored]; LUM BATTED
FOR KRAVEC; Lum lined to first; De Jesus popped to center;
Strain lined to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cubs 2.

EXPOS 9TH: CAPILLA REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Pate flied to
center; Carter lined to left; Cromartie singled to center;
Wallach was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
6, Cubs 2.

CUBS 9TH: LEE REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Buckner flied to center;
Durham struck out; Henderson singled to center; Morales singled
to right [Henderson to second]; Reitz singled to center
[Henderson scored, Morales to second]; TYSON RAN FOR REITZ; CRUZ
BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Cruz flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 6, Cubs 3.