The Astros jumped on Steve Rogers for five runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Expos, 8-4. The first five batters reached base against Rogers on singles by Greg Gross and Roger Metzger, consecutive walks to Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson and a single by Lee May, accounting for three runs. After Milt May was retired, Doug Rader was safe on an error by Bob Bailey, Watson scoring. May pulled a leg muscle racing to third and gave way to Cliff Johnson, who scored on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Helms.

Doug Griffin, starting for the Astros, also had difficulty in the first inning, giving up two runs on two walks and singles by Willie Davis and Ken Singleton before Mike Cosgrove relieved. The Astros pulled away with two more runs in the fifth and added their final tally on a homer by Watson in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 8, Montreal Expos 4
Game Played on Tuesday, May       28, 1974 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Astros       5  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   8 11  1
Expos        2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf,lf           5   1   3   0     0   1   .341      Day lf                0   1   0   0     1   0   .353
Metzger ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .295        Woods ph,lf         1   0   0   1     0   0   .150
Cedeno cf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .285        Stinson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Watson lf,1b          3   3   2   2     2   1   .319      Lintz ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .231
L. May 1b             1   0   1   2     0   0   .266      Davis cf              5   0   1   2     0   0   .311
  C. Johnson pr,1b    2   2   1   1     1   1   .303      Singleton rf          5   0   2   1     0   1   .301
  Gallagher rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Fairly 1b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .230
M. May c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .257        Breeden ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Rader 3b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .247        Jorgensen ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Helms 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .316      Bailey 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .262
  Milbourne pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Cox 2b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Foote c               4   1   1   0     0   1   .211
  Cosgrove p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Rogers p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .143
  Easler ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .083        Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hunt ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .218
                                                            DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyttle ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .333

Totals               35   8  11   8     4   7             Totals               33   4   7   4     5   6

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 10,618
Left on Base: Astros 6, Expos 9
DP: Astros 1, Expos 1
Errors: Cosgrove, Bailey
Doubles: C. Johnson (2), Foote (7)
Triples: Gross (2)
Home Runs: Watson (4)
Stolen Bases: Lintz (13), Davis (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Helms (2), Woods (1)
GIDP: Singleton (5)
Hit by Pitch: Woods (1,by Cosgrove)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 0     2   2   2   2   0   0   4   2.88
Cosgrove W(1-0)         7     3   1   1   2   3   0  27   0.79
Forsch                  2     2   1   1   1   3   0   9   3.04
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   6   0  40

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(7-3)           5     7   7   6   3   3   0  25   4.44
Montague                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.45
DeMola                  2     3   1   1   0   3   1   8   3.55
Totals                  9    11   8   7   4   7   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Cosgrove (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Sudol


ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Metzger singled [Gross to second];
Cedeno walked [Gross to third, Metzger to second]; Watson walked
[Gross scored, Metzger to third, Cedeno to second]; L. May
singled [Metzger scored, Cedeno scored, Watson to third]; M. May
flied out to center; Rader reached on an error by Bailey [Watson
scored (RBI), L. May to third, Rader to first]; Lee May
pulled leg muscle racing to 3B; C. JOHNSON RAN FOR L. MAY;
Helms hit a sacrifice fly to left [C. Johnson scored
(unearned)]; Griffin forced Rader (shortstop to second); 5 R (4
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: C. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Day walked;
Lintz walked [Day to second]; Davis singled [Day scored, Lintz
to second]; Lintz stole third; Singleton singled [Lintz scored,
Davis to second]; COSGROVE REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Davis
stole third; Fairly struck out; Bailey lined to second; Cox
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
5, Expos 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Gross singled; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Gross to second]; Cedeno grounded out (third
to first) [Gross to third]; Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Foote doubled; Rogers grounded out (second to first)
[Foote to third]; WOODS BATTED FOR DAY; Woods hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Foote scored]; Lintz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 3.

ASTROS 3RD: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); C. Johnson struck
out (catcher to first); M. May flied out to center; Rader flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Davis flied out to left; Singleton singled; BREEDEN
BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Breeden made an out to catcher; Bailey walked
[Singleton to second]; Cox lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 3.

ASTROS 4TH: BREEDEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Helms flied out
to left; Cosgrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
tripled; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Foote made an out to third; Rogers singled; Woods
grounded out (third to first) [Rogers to second]; Lintz flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson walked;
C. Johnson doubled [Watson scored, C. Johnson to third (on throw
to home)]; M. May singled to right [C. Johnson scored, M. May
out at second (right to shortstop)]; Rader struck out; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Davis lined to third; Singleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Breeden struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Expos 3.

ASTROS 6TH: MONTAGUE REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); Helms grounded
out (first to pitcher); Cosgrove struck out; Gross flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foote struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
grounded out (third to first); Watson singled; C. Johnson walked
[Watson to second]; M. May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: HUNT BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Hunt walked; Woods was hit
by a pitch [Hunt to second]; Lintz reached on an error by
Cosgrove [Hunt to third, Woods to second, Lintz to first]; Davis
lined to first; Singleton grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Lintz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Astros 7, Expos 3.

ASTROS 8TH: DEMOLA REPLACED HUNT (PITCHING); Rader flied out to
right; Helms singled; MILBOURNE RAN FOR HELMS; EASLER BATTED FOR
COSGROVE; Easler struck out; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GALLAGHER REPLACED C. JOHNSON (PLAYING
RF); MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FORSCH REPLACED
EASLER (PITCHING); JORGENSEN BATTED FOR BREEDEN; Jorgensen
struck out; Bailey struck out; Cox grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Expos 3.

ASTROS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Metzger
singled; Cedeno lined into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Metzger out at first]; Watson homered; Gallagher struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Foote flied out to left; LYTTLE BATTED FOR DEMOLA;
Lyttle singled; STINSON BATTED FOR WOODS; Stinson walked [Lyttle
to second]; Lintz singled [Lyttle to third, Stinson to second];
Davis forced Lintz (second to shortstop) [Lyttle scored];
Singleton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 8, Expos 4.