Extending his hitting streak to 35 games -- two short of the modern league record -- Pete Rose drove in a run and Johnny Bench cracked a homer to lead the Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Expos. Rose's hit came in the sixth inning and scored Dan Driessen, who had reached first on a single and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt.

A homer by Warren Cromartie tied the contest for the Expos in the bottom of the frame but Bench connected for his round-tripper in the next inning to win the game for the Reds. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 2, Montreal Expos 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 22, 1978 (Day game) at Stade Olympique

Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 5 1 Expos 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .305 Cash 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .267 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Dawson cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .253 Griffey rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Valentine rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .306 Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Perez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Frias pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Bench c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Unser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Concepcion ss 2 0 1 0 2 0 .299 Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Henderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Cromartie lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274 Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .291 Carter c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Norman p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .171 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Collins ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Hutton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Schatzeder p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Papi ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 28 2 5 2 4 5 Totals 34 1 8 1 4 6 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 28,920 Left on Base: Reds 4, Expos 11 DP: Reds 0, Expos 2 Errors: Bench, Schatzeder Home Runs: Bench (12), Cromartie (6) Sacrifice Hits: Rose (2), Knowles (1) GIDP: Foster (9), Henderson (2) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman W(9-5) 7 6 1 1 2 4 1 29 3.31 Bair SV(17) 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 1.53 Totals 9 8 1 1 4 6 1 39 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schatzeder L(3-2) 7 4 2 1 4 4 1 26 2.49 Knowles 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.31 Totals 9 5 2 1 4 5 1 33 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Griffey walked; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson grounded out (third to first); Valentine singled to center; Perez walked [Valentine to second]; Parrish popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. REDS 2ND: Bench lined to pitcher; Concepcion singled to center; Concepcion was picked off first (pitcher to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie flied out to center; Carter flied out to left; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. REDS 3RD: Driessen struck out; Norman struck out; Rose lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Schatzeder grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash walked; Dawson popped to second; Valentine singled to left [Cash to second]; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan flied out to center; Foster popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); Carter singled to left; Speier struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to left; Concepcion walked; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 5TH: Schatzeder grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson singled to left; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Expos 0. REDS 6TH: Driessen singled to shortstop; Driessen was picked off first but was safe on an error by Schatzeder [Driessen to third]; Norman struck out; Rose singled to right [Driessen scored (unearned)]; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rose to second]; Morgan popped to first in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 6TH: Perez popped to second; Parrish grounded out (second to first); Cromartie homered; Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Expos 1. REDS 7TH: Foster popped to second; Bench homered; Concepcion walked; Henderson forced Concepcion (third to second); Driessen flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1. EXPOS 7TH: Speier struck out; PAPI BATTED FOR SCHATZEDER; Papi struck out; Cash singled to center; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1. REDS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED PAPI (PITCHING); COLLINS BATTED FOR NORMAN; Collins singled to left; Rose out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Collins to second]; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted) [Collins to third]; Morgan grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1. EXPOS 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); BAIR REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); Valentine flied out to center; Perez singled to right; FRIAS RAN FOR PEREZ; Parrish singled to left [Frias to second]; Parrish was picked off first but was safe on an error by Bench [Frias to third, Parrish to second]; Cromartie struck out; Carter struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1. REDS 9TH: UNSER REPLACED FRIAS (PLAYING 1B); Foster struck out; Bench lined to third; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1. EXPOS 9TH: HUTTON BATTED FOR SPEIER; Hutton walked; Knowles out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Hutton to second]; Cash grounded out (second to first) [Hutton to third]; Dawson walked; Valentine popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Expos 1.

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