A spell of wildness led to the downfall of Steve Rogers when the Expos lost to the Padres, 3-2. Rogers had a 2-1 lead going into the seventh inning before Derrel Thomas and Jerry Turner singled. Rogers then walked Gene Richards to load the bases and also passed Ozzie Smith to force in the tying run. Gene Tenace followed with a sacrifice fly for the Padres' deciding run. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 3, Montreal Expos 2

Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (Night game) at Stade Olympique

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 3 7 2 Expos 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Cash 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Smith ss 2 1 0 1 2 0 .265 Dawson cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .251 Perkins 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Valentine rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .294 Tenace ph,1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 .242 Mejias rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Winfield cf,rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Perez 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .283 Gamble rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Almon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Ashford 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Carter c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .247 Gonzalez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Speier ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .255 Thomas 3b,cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .237 Rogers p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Sweet c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Turner ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Lee p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 3 2 Totals 31 2 5 2 4 3 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 17,042 Left on Base: Padres 7, Expos 7 DP: Padres 0, Expos 0 Errors: Smith, Sweet Stolen Bases: Carter (6) Caught Stealing: Carter (4) Sacrifice Hits: Sweet (4), Rogers (8) Sacrifice Flies: Tenace (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen W(12-9) 6 5 2 1 4 3 0 27 3.95 Lee SV(1) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.14 Totals 9 5 2 1 4 3 0 36 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rogers L(13-8) 6.1 7 3 3 3 2 0 29 2.42 Knowles 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.47 Bahnsen 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.97 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 2 0 37 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Smith made an out to second; Perkins singled to center; Winfield singled to third [Perkins to second]; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Dawson flied out to left; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. PADRES 2ND: On a bunt Ashford grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas flied out to right; Sweet singled to right; Rasmussen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Perez lined to right; Cromartie singled to center; Parrish forced Cromartie (shortstop to second); Carter popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (third to first); Perkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Speier singled to shortstop; Rogers out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speier to second]; Cash walked; Dawson struck out; Valentine singled to left [Speier scored, Cash to third, Valentine to second (on throw)]; Perez walked; Cromartie flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to right; Gamble flied out to left; Ashford singled to center; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. EXPOS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Carter singled to left; Carter stole second [Carter to third (error by Sweet)]; Speier walked; Rogers flied out to center; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. PADRES 5TH: Sweet flied out to center; Rasmussen flied out to left; Richards flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 1. EXPOS 5TH: Dawson reached on an error by Smith [Dawson to second]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dawson to third]; Perez grounded out (third to first) [Dawson scored (unearned)]; Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Expos 2. PADRES 6TH: Smith walked; Perkins singled to left [Smith to third]; Winfield forced Perkins (third to second) [Smith scored]; Gamble forced Winfield (first to shortstop); Ashford struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 2. EXPOS 6TH: Parrish flied out to center; Carter walked; Speier singled to right [Carter to third]; Carter was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Speier to second]; Rogers made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Expos 2. PADRES 7TH: Thomas singled to right; Sweet out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Turner singled to first [Thomas to third]; Richards walked [Turner to second]; Smith walked [Thomas scored, Turner to third, Richards to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); TENACE BATTED FOR PERKINS; Tenace hit a sacrifice fly to center [Turner scored, Richards to third]; BAHNSEN REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 7TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); GONZALEZ REPLACED ASHFORD (PLAYING 2B); TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Dawson grounded out (second to first); Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2. PADRES 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING RF); Gamble flied out to center; On a bunt Gonzalez made an out to catcher; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 8TH: THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ALMON REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 3B); Perez grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out (first to pitcher); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2. PADRES 9TH: Sweet popped to first in foul territory; Lee grounded out (pitcher to first); Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 9TH: Carter flied out to right; Speier flied out to center; UNSER BATTED FOR BAHNSEN; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Expos 2.

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