Brilliant two-hit pitching by Steve Rogers enabled the Expos to move closer to clinching the "second season" title in the N.L. East with a 3-0 blanking of the Mets. The Expos took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a solo homer by Warren Cromartie and iced the contest in the eighth with a bases-empty round-tripper by Andre Dawson and RBI single by Jerry Manuel. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 3, New York Mets 0

Game Played on Friday, October 2, 1981 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Expos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cromartie 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .308 Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .271 White rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Taveras ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Office rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Brooks 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .309 Dawson cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .306 Kingman lf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .221 Carter c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .253 Staub 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Parrish 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .241 Valentine rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Francona lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Trevino c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Manuel 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .184 Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Rogers p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .145 Zachry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 4 Totals 27 0 2 0 1 9 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 6,720 Left on Base: Expos 8, Mets 1 DP: Expos 1, Mets 0 Errors: Cromartie, Kingman Doubles: Rogers (1) Home Runs: Cromartie (6), Dawson (24) Caught Stealing: Taveras (4) GIDP: Staub (6) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rogers W(12-8) 9 2 0 0 1 9 0 28 3.42 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 9 0 28 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry L(7-14) 7.2 7 3 3 3 3 2 33 4.14 Marshall 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.61 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 4 2 38 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie flied out to right; White struck out; Dawson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Taveras singled to left; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Brooks grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. EXPOS 2ND: Carter singled to left; Parrish flied out to right; Francona singled to right [Carter to second]; Manuel flied out to center [Carter to third]; Speier forced Francona (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Cromartie dropped a foul fly hit by Staub for an error; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Mets 0. EXPOS 3RD: Rogers grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie homered; White flied out to left; Dawson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Trevino flied out to right; Flynn flied out to center; Zachry grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. EXPOS 4TH: Carter singled to left [Carter to second (error by Kingman)]; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Francona popped to third; Manuel flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Wilson struck out; Taveras grounded out (first to pitcher); Brooks struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. EXPOS 5TH: Speier flied out to left; Rogers grounded out (second to first); Cromartie walked; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Kingman walked; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. EXPOS 6TH: Dawson grounded out (third to first); Carter struck out; Parrish walked; Francona flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Trevino flied out to center; Flynn popped to second; Zachry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. EXPOS 7TH: Manuel struck out; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Rogers doubled to left; Cromartie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Wilson struck out; Taveras popped to second; Brooks singled to left; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Mets 0. EXPOS 8TH: White grounded out (second to first); Dawson homered; Carter flied out to left; Parrish walked; Francona singled to right [Parrish to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Manuel singled to left [Parrish scored, Francona to third]; Speier grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Mets 0. METS 8TH: OFFICE REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING RF); Staub flied out to right; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Trevino flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Mets 0. EXPOS 9TH: Rogers grounded out (pitcher to first); Cromartie was called out on strikes; Office flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Mets 0. METS 9TH: CUBBAGE BATTED FOR FLYNN; Cubbage struck out; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Jorgensen struck out; Wilson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Mets 0.

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