Two home runs by Mike Schmidt (Nos. 34 and 35) drove in four runs and carried the Phillies to a 7-2 victory over the Expos behind the six-hit pitching of Steve Carlton, who posted his 17th victory in 23 decisions with help from reliever Gene Garber over the last three innings. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 7, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Phillies     3  0  0    1  1  2    0  0  x  -   7 13  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivera lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Maddox cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .335
  Unser ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Cash 2b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .278
Foli ss               3   0   1   0     1   0   .261      Schmidt 3b            4   2   2   4     0   0   .267
Valentine cf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .261      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Williams 1b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .224        Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .324
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hutton 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .204
  Morales ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .331      Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   1   .246
Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      McCarver c            3   2   1   0     0   0   .252
Dawson rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .167        Boone c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Frias 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .174      Carlton p             3   0   2   1     0   0   .218
  Scott ph,2b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .500        Bosetti pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .262        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Blair p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .108
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lang p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Roenicke ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .218
  Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Mackanin 3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .229

Totals               32   2   7   2     3   6             Totals               34   7  13   7     1   1

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 20,114
Left on Base: Expos 6, Phillies 4
DP: Expos 3, Phillies 0
Doubles: McCarver (8)
Home Runs: Williams (13), Schmidt 2 (35)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (13), Maddox (26), Bosetti (1)
Caught Stealing: Dawson (1)
GIDP: Johnstone (8), Boone (8)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blair L(0-1)            0.2   5   3   3   0   0   1   7   8.59
Carrithers              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.51
Lang                    3     2   1   1   1   1   0  12   3.98
Dunning                 1.1   3   3   3   0   0   1   7   4.41
Taylor                  2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.58
Totals                  8    13   7   7   1   1   2  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(17-6)         6     6   2   2   1   5   1  23   3.25
Garber SV(9)            3     1   0   0   2   1   0  12   2.98
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   6   1  35

Wild Pitches: Lang (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jim Quick


EXPOS 1ST: Rivera was called out on strikes; Foli walked;
Valentine forced Foli (pitcher to second); Valentine stole
second; Williams homered [Valentine scored]; Parrish grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox singled to center; Maddox stole second;
Cash singled to shortstop [Maddox to third]; Schmidt homered
[Maddox scored, Cash scored]; Luzinski flied out to center;
Johnstone singled to right; Hutton flied out to left; Bowa
singled to right [Johnstone to second]; CARRITHERS REPLACED
BLAIR (PITCHING); McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R,
5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter grounded out (third to first); Dawson singled
to center; Dawson was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher); Frias singled to
right; FREED BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Freed popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: LANG REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Carlton flied out
to left; Maddox flied out to left; Cash popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Rivera flied out to right; Foli singled to center;
Valentine singled to right [Foli out at third (right to third)];
Williams made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt flied out to left; Luzinski grounded out
(third to first); Johnstone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish flied out to right; Carter grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton walked; Bowa struck out; McCarver forced
Hutton (pitcher to shortstop); Lang threw a wild pitch [McCarver
to second]; Carlton singled to center [McCarver scored]; Maddox
singled to third [Carlton to second]; Cash forced Maddox
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies
4.

EXPOS 5TH: Frias struck out; ROENICKE BATTED FOR LANG; Roenicke
struck out; Rivera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: DUNNING REPLACED ROENICKE (PITCHING); Schmidt
homered; Luzinski flied out to left; Johnstone flied out to
right; Hutton flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Phillies 5.

EXPOS 6TH: Foli flied out to right; Valentine grounded out
(third to first); Williams singled to left; Parrish grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa popped to shortstop; McCarver doubled to
right; Carlton singled to center [McCarver to third]; BOSETTI
RAN FOR CARLTON; TAYLOR REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING); MACKANIN
REPLACED DUNNING (PLAYING 3B); Bosetti stole second; Maddox
singled to third [McCarver scored, Bosetti to third]; Cash hit
into a double play (pitcher to first) [Bosetti scored, Maddox
out at third (first to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 7.

EXPOS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED BOSETTI (PITCHING); BOONE REPLACED
MCCARVER (PLAYING C ); Carter lined to third; Dawson grounded
out (third to first); SCOTT BATTED FOR FRIAS; Scott walked;
Mackanin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Schmidt flied
out to left; Luzinski singled to center; MARTIN RAN FOR
LUZINSKI; Johnstone grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Martin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 7.

EXPOS 8TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); UNSER BATTED FOR
RIVERA; Unser grounded out (second to first); Foli flied out to
right; Valentine walked; Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hutton grounded
out (first unassisted); Bowa singled to shortstop; Boone
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bowa out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 7.

EXPOS 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Morales singled to center;
Carter popped to catcher in foul territory; Dawson grounded out
(second to first) [Morales to second]; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR
SCOTT; Jorgensen popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
2, Phillies 7.