Wednesday May 27, 1981
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The Expos completed the three-game sweep by downing the Cardinals, 4-1. The game was tied, 1-1, when Tim Wallach began the Montreal seventh with a single and moved to third on a sacrifice by Larry Parrish. After Jerry White walked, Chris Speier's single plated Wallach. Pinch-hitter Bob Pate then walked before Tim Raines drove White home with a sacrifice fly. Montreal added a run in the ninth on a run-scoring double by Parrish. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Wednesday, May 27, 1981 (Night game) at Stade Olympique

Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Expos 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 x - 4 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herr 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .278 Raines lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .327 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 .257 Scott 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .205 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .315 Cromartie 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .276 Hendrick rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .289 Carter c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .233 Oberkfell 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .299 Wallach rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .253 Lezcano lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .253 Parrish 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .195 Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 White cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .291 Tenace c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .218 Speier ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .258 Landrum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Lea p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .091 Martin p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pate ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramsey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Totals 29 1 6 1 8 5 Totals 30 4 8 4 2 2 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 24,709 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Expos 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Expos 0 Errors: Templeton, Hernandez Doubles: Hernandez (13), Raines (7), Parrish (7) Stolen Bases: Herr (7), Hendrick (4), White (4) Caught Stealing: Herr (3), Hernandez (2), Carter (4) Sacrifice Hits: Martin (1), Parrish (3) Sacrifice Flies: Raines (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martin L(1-1) 6.1 6 3 3 2 1 0 27 2.61 Kaat 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.05 Otten 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.57 Totals 8 8 4 3 2 2 0 34 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lea W(4-1) 7 4 1 1 7 4 0 29 2.09 Lee SV(4) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 2.65 Totals 9 6 1 1 8 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli CARDINALS 1ST: Herr walked; Templeton struck out; Herr stole second; Hernandez doubled to right [Herr scored]; Hendrick popped to catcher in foul territory; Oberkfell walked; Lezcano walked [Hernandez to third, Oberkfell to second]; Scott was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Raines popped to second; Scott grounded out (third to first); Cromartie reached on an error by Templeton; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Tenace popped to third in foul territory; Martin popped to third; Herr singled to right; Herr was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Wallach flied to center; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Hendrick singled to left; Hendrick stole second; Oberkfell walked; Lezcano singled to right [Hendrick out at home (right to catcher), Oberkfell to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Speier grounded out (third to first); Lea singled to center; Raines doubled to left [Lea to third]; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lea scored]; Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Scott flied to center; Tenace struck out; Martin flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 4TH: Carter singled to left; Carter was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first); Wallach grounded out (third to first); Parrish was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Herr grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton walked; Hernandez forced Templeton (shortstop to second); Hernandez was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 5TH: White singled to left; White stole second; Speier popped to first in foul territory; Lea lined to shortstop; Raines grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Oberkfell grounded out (pitcher to first); Lezcano walked; Scott flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 6TH: Scott lined to shortstop; Cromartie flied to center; Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Tenace walked; Martin out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Tenace to second]; Herr popped to shortstop; Templeton flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 1. EXPOS 7TH: Wallach singled to center; Parrish out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wallach to second]; White walked; Speier singled to left [Wallach scored, White to third, Speier to second (on throw)]; PATE BATTED FOR LEA; Pate walked; KAAT REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Raines hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Scott forced Pate (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 3. CARDINALS 8TH: LEE REPLACED PATE (PITCHING); Hernandez walked; Hendrick singled to shortstop [Hernandez to second]; Oberkfell forced Hernandez (pitcher to third) [Hendrick to second]; Lezcano flied to center; Scott lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 3. EXPOS 8TH: Cromartie reached on an error by Hernandez; Carter singled to left [Cromartie to second]; OTTEN REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Wallach popped to catcher in foul territory; diving play by Gene Tenace, who hurt wrist; Parrish doubled to center [Cromartie scored (unearned), Carter out at home (right to shortstop to catcher), Parrish to third (on throw to home)]; White struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 4. CARDINALS 9TH: LANDRUM BATTED FOR TENACE; Landrum grounded out (third to first); RAMSEY BATTED FOR OTTEN; Ramsey lined to third; Herr singled to center; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 4.

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