Jay Johnstone and Greg Luzinski knocked in nine runs between them to pace the Phillies' 17-hit attack in an 11-3 victory over the Expos. Johnstone and Dave Cash rapped four hits apiece. Johnstone, who accounted for five RBIs, drove in three runs with a double in the third inning and two with a single in the sixth. Luzinski singled for a run in the third, homered with a man on base in the fifth and produced his fourth RBI of the game with a single in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 11, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    17, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3  4  1
Phillies     1  0  4    1  2  3    0  0  x  -  11 17  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cromartie rf          5   0   0   0     0   1   .194      Cash 2b               5   3   4   0     0   0   .274
Garrett 2b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .228      Bowa ss               2   0   1   1     0   0   .259
Valentine cf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .278        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Williams c,1b         4   1   1   0     0   2   .223        Harmon ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .316
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Schmidt 3b            3   3   1   0     2   1   .277
Foli ss               3   0   1   0     1   0   .268      Luzinski lf           3   2   2   4     1   0   .305
Rivera lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .288        Martin pr,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnstone rf          5   0   4   5     0   0   .337
Thornton 1b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .192      Maddox cf             4   0   3   0     0   1   .325
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tolan lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Mackanin lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Hutton 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .217
Rogers p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .115      Oates c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .233
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           3   1   1   0     0   1   .100
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Kirby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
  Morales 1b,c        2   1   1   0     0   1   .345

Totals               31   3   4   1     6   5             Totals               36  11  17  10     5   3

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 27,188
Left on Base: Expos 7, Phillies 7
DP: Expos 4, Phillies 1
Errors: Williams, Schmidt
Doubles: Williams (7), Morales (8), Johnstone (28)
Triples: Bowa (5)
Home Runs: Luzinski (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Underwood (2)
GIDP: Rivera (3), Oates (5), Hutton (4)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(5-11)          2.1   8   5   5   1   0   0  15   3.51
Taylor                  1.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.12
Kirby                   1.1   5   5   5   3   2   1  11   5.86
Kerrigan                1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.56
Murray                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.94
Totals                  8    17  11  11   5   3   1  42

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(8-3)        9     4   3   2   6   5   0  37   3.47
Totals                  9     4   3   2   6   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Rogers (6), Kirby 2 (8), Underwood (4)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel


EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (third to first); Garrett
grounded out (third to first); Valentine walked; Williams struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Bowa tripled to right
[Cash scored]; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Luzinski reached on a fielder's choice [Bowa out at home
(shortstop to catcher)]; Johnstone flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Foli singled to right; Rivera
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox singled to center; Hutton flied out to
center; Oates grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Thornton walked; Rogers walked [Thornton to second];
Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted) [Thornton to third,
Rogers to second]; Garrett grounded out (second unassisted)
[Thornton scored, Rogers to third]; Valentine grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Underwood singled to left; Cash singled to right
[Underwood to second]; Rogers threw a wild pitch [Underwood to
third, Cash to second]; Bowa grounded out (second to first);
Schmidt was walked intentionally; Luzinski singled to pitcher
[Underwood scored, Cash to third, Schmidt to second]; Johnstone
doubled to right [Cash scored, Schmidt scored, Luzinski scored];
Maddox singled to left [Johnstone to third]; TAYLOR REPLACED
ROGERS (PITCHING); Hutton hit into a double play (first
unassisted) [Johnstone out at home (first to catcher to third)];
4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli walked; Rivera singled
to right [Foli to second]; Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 4TH: Oates walked; Underwood out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Oates to second]; Cash singled to left [Cash
out at second (left to third to first to second), Oates scored
(no RBI)]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR BOWA; Taylor grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 6.

EXPOS 5TH: HARMON REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); WHITE BATTED FOR
TAYLOR; White flied out to center; Cromartie grounded out (first
unassisted); Garrett walked; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: KIRBY REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Schmidt singled
to left; Luzinski homered [Schmidt scored]; Johnstone singled to
right; Kirby threw a wild pitch [Johnstone to second]; Kirby
threw a wild pitch [Johnstone to third]; Maddox struck out;
Hutton walked; Oates hit into a double play (left to catcher)
[Johnstone out at home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Phillies 8.

EXPOS 6TH: Williams doubled to left; Parrish grounded out (third
to first); Foli grounded out (third to first); Rivera reached on
an error by Schmidt [Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rivera
to first]; Thornton flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: Underwood struck out; Cash singled to third;
Harmon singled to right [Cash to third]; Schmidt walked [Harmon
to second]; Luzinski walked [Cash scored, Harmon to third,
Schmidt to second]; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; MORALES REPLACED
KIRBY (PLAYING 1B); KERRIGAN REPLACED THORNTON (PITCHING);
Johnstone singled to right [Harmon scored, Schmidt scored,
Martin to second]; Maddox singled to right [Martin to third,
Johnstone to second]; Hutton grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 11.

EXPOS 7TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TOLAN REPLACED
MADDOX (PLAYING LF); Morales doubled to right; Cromartie made an
out to shortstop; Garrett flied out to right [Morales to third];
Underwood threw a wild pitch [Morales scored]; Valentine walked;
Williams was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
3, Phillies 11.

PHILLIES 7TH: WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MORALES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Oates grounded out (shortstop to
first); Underwood grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash reached
on an error by Williams [Cash to first]; Harmon grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 11.

EXPOS 8TH: Parrish flied out to right; Foli grounded out (third
to first); Rivera grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 11.

PHILLIES 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED RIVERA (PITCHING); MACKANIN
REPLACED KERRIGAN (PLAYING LF); Schmidt struck out; Martin
grounded out (second to first); Johnstone singled to right;
Tolan popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Phillies 11.

EXPOS 9TH: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
struck out; Cromartie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
3, Phillies 11.