Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
July 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1977 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 2 2 0
Valentine rf 4 2 2 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 1 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 1
Cromartie lf 3 1 1 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
Twitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph 0 0 0 1
  Kerrigan p 1 0 0 0
  Alcala p 0 0 0 0
  Atkinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 1 0
Valentine ss 3 0 1 0
  Youngblood pr 0 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Vail rf 2 0 1 1
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 0
  Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 1 1 2
Totals 33 4 9 4
Montreal 000 200 120570
New York 001 001 002491
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (2-5) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Kerrigan   2.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Alcala   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Atkinson  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (6-10) 7.0 4 3 1 3 4
  Apodaca   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Baldwin   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
3
3
4

  E–Koosman (3).  DP–Montreal 2, New York 2.  2B–Montreal Valentine (22,off Apodaca).  HR–New York Boisclair (4,9th inning off Kerrigan 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Morales (2,off Koosman); Vail (2,off Twitchell).  HBP–Cromartie (1,by Koosman).  IBB–Parrish (8,by Koosman).  HBP–Koosman (3,Cromartie).  IBB–Koosman (2,Parrish).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:42.  A–10,770.
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