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Message #: 11839
Larry “the Vulture” Christenson matched up with John Urrea in game 2 of the battle for the NL East. Enos Cabell hits a three-run homer in the 1st inning and Juan Beniquez hits a two-run homer in the 2nd to give the Cards a 5-0 lead. The Expos chip away with a run in the 4th, two runs in the 5th and two more runs in the 6th. The Cardinals score a run in the bottom of the fifth so they lead 6-5 going to the top of the 7th. Fortunately for the Expos Christenson’s imitation of major league pitching is over after 5 innings of work. In an effort to stem the tide the Cards bring in Rollie Fingers to start the top of the fifth. He is promptly greeted by Mike Schmidt with a near miss home run that is good for a double. Mike Jorgenson promptly singles him home and the game is tied 6-6. The Cards make an effort in both the bottom of the 7th and 8th innings but are held at bay by Joe Kerrigan. Rookie Johnny Sutton is brought in to hold the fort in the top of the ninth, but with one out Del Unser slams a no doubt home run to right for a 7-6 Expo lead. Steve Foucault retires Bostock, Templeton, and Scott for his 36th save and preserves the 7-6 come-from-behind win for the Expos clinching the National League East title in the process.
I must now go and dry off my sweaty palms and keyboard…
[1]BOXSCORE: 1977 Montreal Expos At 1977 St. Louis Cardinals 9/10/1977
[1] Expos AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG D.Kuiper 2B 5 1 4 1 .260 L.Bostock LF 5 0 1 0 .333 D.Unser CF 5 2 3 2 .296 G.Templeton SS 5 2 1 0 .300 M.Schmidt 3B 4 1 2 1 .288 G.Scott 1B 5 0 1 0 .329 R.Freed 1B 1 0 0 0 .378 G.Hendrick RF 2 1 0 0 .297 A-M.Jorgensen PH,1B 4 0 2 1 .268 E.Cabell 3B 4 1 2 3 .270 G.Carter C 5 1 2 0 .290 T.Simmons C 4 0 0 0 .280 E.Valentine RF 4 0 2 0 .255 M.Perez 2B 4 1 2 0 .263 A.Dawson LF 4 1 1 0 .271 E-J.Mumphrey PR 0 0 0 0 .313 I.Dejesus SS 4 1 2 2 .259 G-M.Kelleher 2B 0 0 0 0 .198 L.Christenson P 2 0 0 0 .114 J.Beniquez CF 4 1 2 2 .253 B-D.Ford PH 0 0 0 0 .264 J.Urrea P 2 0 0 0 .179 C-W.Cromartie PH 1 0 0 0 .278 P.Siebert P 0 0 0 0 .250 B.Atkinson P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Vuckovich P 0 0 0 0 .100 J.Kerrigan P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Schultz P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Foucault P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-B.Foote PH 1 0 0 0 .256 R.Fingers P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-E.Kranepool PH 1 0 0 0 .208 J.Sutton P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 40 7 18 7 Totals 37 6 9 5
A-Pinch Hit For Freed In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Christenson In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Ford In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Schultz In 6th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Perez In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Mumphrey In 9th Inning
Expos........... 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 - 7 18 2 Cardinals....... 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1
[1]Expos (98-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Christenso 5 6 6 5 1 4 2 97 5.14 A1 C5 B.Atkinson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 2.63 C6 D1 J.Kerrigan WIN(7-4) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 2.12 D2 D9 S.Foucault SAVE(36th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.48 E1 [1]Totals 9 9 6 5 2 5 2
[1]Cardinals (91-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Urrea 4 9 3 3 0 1 0 73 3.94 A1 C2 P.Siebert 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 0 26 2.12 C3 C8 P.Vuckovich 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.60 C9 D1 B.Schultz HOLD(9th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.34 D2 D2 R.Fingers BS(9th) 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 24 2.70 D3 D9 J.Sutton LOSS(1-1) 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 15 2.00 E1 [1]Totals 9 18 7 7 0 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 46,230 DATE- Saturday, September 10th 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:16 LEFT ON BASE- Expos: 7 Cardinals: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Expos: 1 Cardinals: 5 ERRORS- D.Kuiper, I.Dejesus, M.Perez DOUBLES- M.Schmidt(28th), A.Dawson(20th), J.Beniquez(9th) TRIPLES- D.Unser(4th), E.Cabell(10th) HOME RUNS- D.Unser(12th), E.Cabell(8th), J.Beniquez(5th) WALKS- G.Hendrick-2 HIT BY PITCH- M.Schmidt STRIKE OUTS- M.Jorgensen, G.Carter, A.Dawson-2, I.Dejesus, J.Kerrigan, L.Bostock-2, M.Perez, J.Beniquez-2 GIDP- D.Unser, M.Schmidt, R.Freed, G.Carter, E.Valentine, G.Hendrick BALKS- L.Christenson WILD PITCHES- L.Christenson PASSED BALLS- T.Simmons
Center fielder Del Unser went deep and had 2 RBI as the phenomenal Montreal Expos topped the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 7 to 6 at Busch Stadium.
Montreal won the game with a run in the 9th inning. After an out was recorded, Unser smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 12th of the season). Montreal ended up with 18 hits for the game while St. Louis had 9.
The victory was credited to Joe Kerrigan(7-4) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs. Kerrigan got help from Steve Foucault who earned his 36th save. Johnny Sutton(1-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. |