Clutch pitching by Woodie Fryman and two relievers, who choked off every Cardinal scoring opportunity, enabled the Expos to emerge with a 2-0 victory. The Cardinals twice failed to break through with runners on first and third and less than two outs. Fryman's victory was his first with the Expos in his second start since being obtained from the Cubs.

Ellis Valentine singled Warren Cromartie home with the Expos' initial run in the third inning. Larry Parrish tripled and Dave Cash singled for their other counter in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Game Played on Saturday, June 24, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Expos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .284 Templeton ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .225 Frias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Morales cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .246 Speier ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Cromartie lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .268 Simmons lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Perez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .278 Mumphrey pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Garman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Valentine rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .287 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Dawson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Swisher c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .229 Carter c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Tyson 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Parrish 3b 2 1 2 0 2 0 .279 Phillips ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 Fryman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .050 Martinez p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Unser 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Totals 34 2 9 2 5 8 Totals 32 0 6 0 4 4 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 19,122 Left on Base: Expos 11, Cardinals 9 DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Reitz Doubles: Perez (23), Morales (12) Triples: Parrish (2) Stolen Bases: Dawson (13), Valentine (4), Cash (6) Caught Stealing: Valentine (3) Sacrifice Hits: Fryman (4) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman W(3-5) 7 5 0 0 3 3 0 28 4.20 Knowles 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.69 Garman SV(5) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5.17 Totals 9 6 0 0 4 4 0 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martinez L(2-3) 7 7 1 1 4 5 0 31 3.26 Littell 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 9 2.63 Totals 9 9 2 2 5 8 0 40 Wild Pitches: Fryman (4) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert EXPOS 1ST: Cash struck out; Speier flied out to center; Cromartie singled to right; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton walked; Morales singled to right [Templeton to third]; Hernandez lined into a double play (second to first) [Morales out at first]; Simmons walked; Hendrick forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 2ND: Valentine singled to third [Valentine to second (error by Reitz)]; Dawson singled to left [Valentine to third]; Dawson stole second; Carter struck out; Parrish was walked intentionally; Valentine was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Fryman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to left; Swisher struck out; Tyson singled to left; Martinez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (third to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie singled to center; Perez walked [Cromartie to second]; Valentine singled to right [Cromartie scored, Perez to third]; Valentine stole second; Dawson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales flied out to left; Hernandez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 4TH: Carter flied out to left; Parrish singled to left; Fryman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Parrish to second]; Cash grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hendrick flied out to center; Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 5TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie flied out to center; Perez doubled to left; Valentine walked; Dawson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Swisher struck out; Tyson lined to center; Martinez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 6TH: Carter flied out to right; Parrish walked; Fryman popped to pitcher; Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (catcher to first); Morales doubled to right; Fryman threw a wild pitch [Morales to third]; Hernandez walked; Simmons popped to second; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 7TH: Speier grounded out (second to first); Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz flied out to right; Swisher popped to catcher in foul territory; Tyson singled to right; FREED BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Freed grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Valentine flied out to right; Dawson struck out; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton singled to right; KNOWLES REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Morales singled to left [Templeton to third]; Hernandez popped to second; Simmons reached on a fielder's choice [Templeton out at home (third to catcher), Morales to second]; MUMPHREY RAN FOR SIMMONS; GARMAN REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); UNSER REPLACED KNOWLES (PLAYING 1B); Hendrick popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 9TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Parrish tripled to left; Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Cash singled to right [Parrish scored]; Cash stole second; Speier struck out; Cromartie was walked intentionally; Garman was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); Reitz struck out; Swisher grounded out (first unassisted); PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips walked; BROCK BATTED FOR LITTELL; Brock lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

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