Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 62
Played on Wednesday, June 15, 1977 (N) at Astrodome

MON N    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1
HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Montreal Expos               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Cash 2b                       4   0   0   0       0   0       2   2
Speier ss                     4   0   2   0       0   1       1   3
Valentine rf                  4   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Perez 1b                      4   1   1   0       0   2       8   0
Cromartie lf                  4   1   2   0       0   0       5   0
Carter c                      2   0   0   1       0   1       4   1
Dawson cf                     3   0   1   0       1   2       2   0
Garrett 3b                    3   0   1   1       0   0       0   4
Brown p                       3   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
Totals                       31   2   7   2       1   8      27  10

FIELDING - 
E: Brown (1).

BATTING - 
3B: Speier (2,off Richard).
SH: Carter (2,off Richard).
SF: Carter (3,off Richard).
GDP: Valentine (8,off Richard).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Dawson (1,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Cedeno cf                     4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Cabell 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   1       1   3
Cruz rf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Ferguson c                    2   0   0   0       2   2       8   1
Watson 1b                     4   0   0   0       0   0      10   0
Howe 2b                       3   0   0   0       1   0       2   1
Howard lf                     3   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Gonzalez ss                   2   0   0   0       0   1       1   3
  Sperring ss                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Richard p                     2   0   1   0       0   0       0   3
  Johnson ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Pentz p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   0   4   0       3   4      27  12

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Cabell-Howe-Watson.
E: Watson (4).

BATTING - 
2B: Cruz (12,off Brown).
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Watson (4,2nd base off Brown/Carter); Richard (1,2nd base off Brown/Carter).
CS: Cedeno (5,2nd base by Brown/Carter).

PITCHING
Montreal Expos               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Brown W(4-4)                  9     4   0   0   3   4   0  33


Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Richard L(5-6)                7     7   2   2   1   7   0  28
Pentz                         2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6
Totals                        9     7   2   2   1   8   0  34


Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Montague
Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 9932


Starting Lineups:

   Montreal Expos                Houston Astros           
1. Cash                2b        Cedeno              cf
2. Speier              ss        Cabell              3b
3. Valentine           rf        Cruz                rf
4. Perez               1b        Ferguson            c
5. Cromartie           lf        Watson              1b
6. Carter              c         Howe                2b
7. Dawson              cf        Howard              lf
8. Garrett             3b        Gonzalez            ss
9. Brown               p         Richard             p

EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier struck
out; Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell flied out to
center; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez singled; Cromartie singled [Perez to third,
Cromartie to second (on throw to 3b)]; Carter hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Perez scored]; Dawson struck out; Garrett grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Ferguson walked; Watson forced Ferguson (shortstop
to second); Watson stole second; Howe walked; Howard forced Howe
(third to second) [Watson to third]; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Brown struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); Speier tripled; Valentine made an out to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Richard singled; Richard stole second; Richard was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Brown [Richard to
third]; Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell struck out; Cruz flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez struck out; Cromartie grounded out (shortstop
to first); Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Ferguson walked; Watson flied out to center; Howe
flied out to left; Howard grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson walked; Dawson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Garrett reached on an error by Watson
[Garrett to first]; Brown struck out; Cash grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Gonzalez flied out to left; Richard flied out to
right; Cedeno singled; Cedeno was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Speier singled; Valentine grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Speier out at second]; Perez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
doubled; Ferguson was called out on strikes; Watson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

EXPOS 7TH: SPERRING REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING SS); Cromartie
singled; Carter out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Cromartie to second]; Dawson singled [Cromartie to third];
Garrett singled [Cromartie scored, Dawson to second]; Brown
forced Dawson (pitcher to third) [Garrett to second]; Cash
forced Brown (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
singled; Sperring grounded out (third to first) [Howard to
second]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR RICHARD; Johnson flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Speier flied out
to left; Valentine flied out to left; Perez flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno grounded out (second to first); Cabell flied
out to right; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Expos 2, Astros 0.

EXPOS 9TH: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Carter
flied out to center; Dawson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Watson grounded
out (third to first); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Expos            2   7   1    5
 Astros           0   4   1    6


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