Led by Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt, each with three hits and two runs batted in, the Phillies defeated the Expos, 8-5, and now needed only one more victory or one more loss by the Pirates to clinch the East Division title. Luzinski homered in the sixth inning and knocked in a run with a double in the eighth, giving him 127 RBIs to set the Phillies' club record for a righthanded batter. The previous high was 126 by Del Ennis in 1950. Larry Parrish, Andre Dawson and Ellis Valentine homered for the Expos. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 8, Montreal Expos 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 25, 1977 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Phillies     2  0  1    0  2  2    0  1  0  -   8 13  0
Expos        0  0  2    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  8  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            5   2   1   0     1   1   .317      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .288
Bowa ss               4   2   1   0     0   0   .275      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Schmidt 3b            5   1   3   2     0   0   .275      Dawson cf             3   1   1   1     1   1   .281
Luzinski lf           3   2   3   2     2   0   .310      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .289
  Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Valentine rf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .300
Hebner 1b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .287      Carter c              3   1   1   0     1   2   .277
Maddox cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .290      Cromartie lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .282
Boone c               4   0   2   0     1   1   .284      Parrish 3b            2   1   1   2     0   0   .240
Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  McCarver ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .317        Unser ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .270
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alcala p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .282        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGraw p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .400        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Reed p                1   0   0   0     1   0   .111      Dues p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .313        Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Harmon 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Landreth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Papi 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .211

Totals               37   8  13   6     6   2             Totals               32   5   8   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 19,246
Left on Base: Phillies 11, Expos 5
DP: Phillies 3, Expos 0
Errors: Cash, Parrish
Doubles: Luzinski (35), Boone (25)
Home Runs: Luzinski (37), Parrish (11), Dawson (17), Valentine (25)
Caught Stealing: Hebner (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (4), McCarver (6)
GIDP: Perez (13), Cromartie (15), Dawson (6)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed                    4     4   4   4   1   3   2  17   2.62
Brusstar W(7-2)         2     4   1   1   2   0   1  10   2.84
McGraw SV(9)            3     0   0   0   2   2   0  10   2.28
Totals                  9     8   5   5   5   5   3  37

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dues                    3     2   3   1   4   1   0  17   4.34
Landreth L(0-2)         1.1   2   2   2   2   0   0   8  12.27
Brown                   1.2   4   2   2   0   0   1   7   4.53
Alcala                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.83
McEnaney                2     4   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.90
Totals                  9    13   8   6   6   2   1  46

Wild Pitches: Reed (4), Dues (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Satch Davidson


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; Bowa reached on an error by Cash
[McBride to second]; Schmidt singled to center [McBride scored,
Bowa to third]; Dues threw a wild pitch [Bowa scored (unearned),
Schmidt to second]; Luzinski walked; Hebner popped to shortstop;
Maddox forced Luzinski (second to shortstop) [Schmidt to third];
Boone struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Speier lined to right;
Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Sizemore popped to catcher; Reed walked; McBride
flied out to center; Bowa lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez grounded out (third to first); Valentine flied
out to left; Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
walked; Hebner forced Luzinski (first to shortstop); Maddox
singled to right [Hebner to second]; Boone reached on an error
by Parrish [Hebner scored (unearned) (no RBI), Maddox to third,
Boone to first]; Sizemore popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie singled to center; Parrish homered
[Cromartie scored]; MACKANIN BATTED FOR DUES; Mackanin flied out
to right; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
3, Expos 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: LANDRETH REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); Reed
grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride flied out to left;
Bowa lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson homered; Perez struck out; Valentine grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carter walked; Cromartie singled to
center [Carter to third]; Reed threw a wild pitch [Carter
scored, Cromartie to second]; Parrish popped to third in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski singled to left
[Schmidt to second]; Hebner walked [Schmidt to third, Luzinski
to second]; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to center [Schmidt
scored]; Boone walked [Luzinski to third, Hebner to second];
MCCARVER BATTED FOR SIZEMORE; BROWN REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING);
PAPI REPLACED LANDRETH (PLAYING 3B); McCarver hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Luzinski scored, Hebner to third, Boone to second];
JOHNSON BATTED FOR REED; Johnson grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); HARMON
REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B); Papi grounded out (second to
first); Cash singled to center; Speier singled to third [Cash to
second]; Dawson walked [Cash to third, Speier to second]; Perez
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dawson
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride singled to third; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [McBride to second]; Schmidt singled to
left [McBride scored, Schmidt out at second (left to second)];
Luzinski homered; Hebner singled to first; Hebner was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 7, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine homered; Carter singled to shortstop;
Cromartie grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Carter out at second]; UNSER BATTED FOR BROWN; Unser
walked; Papi forced Unser (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: ALCALA REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Maddox flied out
to right; Boone singled to center; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
BRUSSTAR; Johnstone flied out to center; Harmon popped to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Cash walked;
Speier forced Cash (third to second); Dawson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Speier out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 7, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED ALCALA (PITCHING); McBride
struck out; Bowa singled to left; Schmidt flied out to center;
Luzinski doubled to center [Bowa scored]; MARTIN RAN FOR
LUZINSKI; Hebner flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 8, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez struck out;
Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first); Carter struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox flied out to center; Boone doubled to left;
McGraw singled to left [Boone to third]; Harmon popped to
second; McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 8, Expos 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Cromartie grounded out (third to first); MORALES
BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first);
Papi walked; Cash forced Papi (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 8, Expos 5.