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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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