Led by Ellis Valentine, who rapped five hits including a homer and drove in three runs, the Expos defeated the Phillies, 7-4, to bring Steve Rogers his 11th victory. However, Rogers was chased in the eighth inning, ending his string of six consecutive complete games. Warren Cromartie homered for the Expos in the second inning and Valentine connected for the circuit with a man on base in the third. Valentine accounted for his third RBI of the game with a single in the fifth. Rogers was sailing along with a 7-0 lead before the Phillies whacked him for three runs in the eighth.

Jerry Martin singled and Greg Luzinski homered to account for the first two tallies. The third was produced when Richie Hebner was hit by a pitch, Jose Cardenal walked and Ted Sizemore singled, sending Rogers to the showers. In the ninth, after Larry Bowa homered, the Phillies went on to load the bases, but Mike Garman struck out Bob Boone to save the game. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Friday, July 7, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Expos 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 7 15 0 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 11 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .276 McBride rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Frias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Bowa ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .303 Dawson cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .242 Maddox cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Valentine rf 5 1 5 3 0 0 .302 Martin cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .306 Mejias pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Luzinski lf 3 1 1 2 2 0 .247 Perez 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .273 Hebner 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .255 Unser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Cardenal 1b 2 0 2 0 3 0 .307 Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Boone c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Cromartie lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .265 Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .222 Carter c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .225 Ruthven p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Speier ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .255 Johnson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Rogers p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .115 Lerch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 McCarver ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schmidt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 38 7 15 6 1 4 Totals 36 4 11 4 6 4 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 45,193 Left on Base: Expos 6, Phillies 12 DP: Expos 1, Phillies 2 Doubles: Valentine (18), Cromartie (16), Dawson (7) Home Runs: Cromartie (3), Valentine (13), Carter (7), Luzinski (21), Bowa (2) Stolen Bases: Valentine (6) Sacrifice Hits: Rogers (6) GIDP: Cash (12), Perez (5) Hit by Pitch: Hebner (5,by Rogers) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rogers W(11-7) 7.2 9 3 3 4 3 1 35 2.13 Knowles 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 2.19 Garman SV(6) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5.59 Totals 9 11 4 4 6 4 2 43 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(5-8) 5 8 5 5 0 3 2 22 3.85 Lerch 3 6 2 2 1 1 1 15 4.54 Brusstar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.65 Totals 9 15 7 7 1 4 3 40 Hit by Pitch: Rogers (2) Wild Pitches: Ruthven (4) Balks: Ruthven (1) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Vargo EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to left; Dawson grounded out (third to first); Valentine doubled to center; Perez singled to right [Valentine out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride lined to third; Bowa grounded out (second to first); Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Phillies 0. EXPOS 2ND: Parrish lined to second; Cromartie homered; Carter grounded out (second to first); Speier was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner lined to shortstop; Cardenal singled to third; Boone forced Cardenal (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Phillies 0. EXPOS 3RD: Rogers was called out on strikes; Cash singled to left; Dawson flied out to center; Valentine homered [Cash scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore lined to shortstop; Ruthven singled to shortstop; McBride grounded out (first to pitcher) [Ruthven to second]; Bowa singled to left [Ruthven stayed at second]; Maddox forced Bowa (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Phillies 0. EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (second to first); Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Hebner struck out; Cardenal singled to right; Boone lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Phillies 0. EXPOS 5TH: Speier singled to right; Rogers out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Speier to second]; Cash singled to center [Speier to third]; Dawson was called out on strikes; Ruthven balked [Speier scored, Cash to second]; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Cash to third]; Valentine singled to center [Cash scored]; Valentine stole second; Perez popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore singled to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Johnson singled to center [Sizemore to second]; McBride struck out; Bowa forced Johnson (second to shortstop) [Sizemore to third]; Maddox forced Bowa (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 5, Phillies 0. EXPOS 6TH: LERCH REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); MARTIN REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING CF); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie doubled to right; Carter grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Speier walked; Rogers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski walked; Hebner popped to shortstop; Luzinski was picked off first (pitcher to first); Cardenal walked; Boone walked [Cardenal to second]; Sizemore popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 5, Phillies 0. EXPOS 7TH: Cash flied out to center; Dawson doubled to right; Valentine singled to shortstop [Dawson stayed at second]; Perez singled to right [Dawson scored, Valentine to second]; Parrish flied out to left; Cromartie flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 6, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Lerch grounded out (first unassisted); McBride popped to shortstop; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 6, Phillies 0. EXPOS 8TH: Carter homered; Speier flied out to center; Rogers singled to center; Cash grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rogers out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 7, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: Martin singled to center; Luzinski homered [Martin scored]; Hebner was hit by a pitch; Cardenal walked [Hebner to second]; Boone hit into a double play (center to second) [Hebner to third, Cardenal out at second]; Sizemore singled to shortstop [Hebner scored]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR LERCH; KNOWLES REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); SCHMIDT BATTED FOR MCCARVER; Schmidt flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 7, Phillies 3. EXPOS 9TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine singled to third; MEJIAS RAN FOR VALENTINE; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mejias out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 7, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); UNSER REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa homered; Martin singled to shortstop; Luzinski walked [Martin to second]; Hebner grounded out (second to first) [Martin to third, Luzinski to second]; GARMAN REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Cardenal walked; Boone struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 7, Phillies 4.

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