Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1977 at Veteran's Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 2
Perez 1b 4 1 1 1
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 1
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 3 0 1 0
  Unser lf 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 1 0 0 0
  Mackanin ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 1 0 0
Bowa ss 2 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 2 3
Johnstone rf 4 0 0 0
Hutton 1b 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Carlton p 2 0 1 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Montreal 000 004 000460
Philadelphia 003 000 000371
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   4.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Brown  W (1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (0-1) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Garber   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
6

  E–Luzinski (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (1,off Carlton), Philadelphia Luzinski (1,off Rogers); McCarver (1,off Rogers).  HR–Montreal Valentine (1,6th inning off Carlton 1 on, 1 out); Perez (1,6th inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out); Carter (1,6th inning off Carlton 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:03.  A–43,367.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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