Warren Cromartie belted a two-run homer, snapping a scoreless tie, in the fifth inning and the Expos went on to down the Reds, 5-1, behind the four-hit pitching of Wayne Twitchell and reliever Joe Kerrigan. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Monday, August    22, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  2  3    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   3   1     0   0   .289      Rose 3b               3   0   0   1     0   1   .298
Cromartie lf          5   1   2   2     0   0   .282      Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .299
Unser rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Griffey rf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .324
Perez 1b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Foster cf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Carter c              3   1   0   0     1   1   .277      Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Parrish 3b            3   1   0   0     0   1   .249      Bench c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Mejias cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .300      Lum lf                2   1   0   0     1   0   .168
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .238        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Twitchell p           4   0   1   1     0   1   .171      Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     0   2   .266
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Armbrister ph       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .258

Totals               37   5  10   5     2   4             Totals               27   1   4   1     3   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 29,768
Left on Base: Expos 8, Reds 4
DP: Expos 2, Reds 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Mejias 2 (4), Cash (30)
Home Runs: Cromartie (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Parrish (2), Armbrister (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rose (2)
GIDP: Twitchell (1), Driessen (11), Foster (14)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell W(3-9)        8     4   1   1   2   5   0  29   4.71
Kerrigan                1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.15
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   6   0  32

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(9-10)      5     5   2   2   1   3   1  22   5.21
Borbon                  2     3   3   3   1   0   0  11   2.98
Murray                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.78
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   4   1  40

Wild Pitches: Borbon (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - John Kibler


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Cromartie
singled to right; Unser flied out to right; Perez lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Morgan grounded out (first
unassisted); Griffey walked; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter struck out; Parrish struck out; Mejias doubled
to center; Speier was walked intentionally; Twitchell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to center; Bench singled to center;
Lum popped to third; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (second to first); Cromartie flied
out to center; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Billingham grounded out (second to first); Rose popped
to shortstop; Morgan singled to center; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Perez singled to right; Carter flied out to left;
Parrish reached on an error by Rose [Perez to third, Parrish to
first]; Mejias popped to catcher in foul territory; Speier
forced Parrish (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster popped to catcher in foul territory; Driessen
grounded out (first unassisted); Bench popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Twitchell flied out to center; Cash singled to left;
Cromartie homered [Cash scored]; Unser popped to shortstop;
Perez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Lum walked; Concepcion singled to right [Lum to
second]; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; Armbrister out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Lum to third, Concepcion to
second]; Rose hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lum scored]; Morgan
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 1.

EXPOS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Carter walked;
Parrish reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Carter to second]; Mejias doubled to left [Carter scored,
Parrish to third]; Speier grounded out (second to first);
Twitchell singled to left [Parrish scored, Mejias to third];
Cash singled to center [Mejias scored, Twitchell to second];
Borbon threw a wild pitch [Twitchell to third, Cash to second];
Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser flied out to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to center; Foster popped to third in
foul territory; Driessen grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Griffey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Carter flied
out to center; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: Bench flied out to left; Lum flied out to center;
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

EXPOS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED BORBON (PLAYING CF); MURRAY
REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Mejias singled to center; Speier flied out to center; Twitchell
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Mejias out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Cash doubled to right; Cromartie grounded out (third
to first); Unser struck out; Perez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.

REDS 9TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Griffey
walked; Foster grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to first) [Griffey out at second]; Driessen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Reds 1.