Atlanta Braves vs Montreal Expos
August 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1977 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 4, Montreal Expos 10

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Matthews lf 3 1 1 1
Gilbreath 2b 3 1 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 1 3
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Pocoroba c 4 0 2 0
Moore 3b 3 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 0 0
Rockett ss 3 1 1 0
Ruthven p 1 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 0 0 0 0
  Theiss p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 3 4 2
  Frias pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 5 0 0 0
Unser rf 5 2 3 4
Perez 1b 3 1 1 0
Carter c 4 1 2 1
  Blackwell c 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 1 0 0
Mejias cf 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 2 2 2
Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 9
Atlanta 310 000 000462
Montreal 400 203 10x10120
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (4-10) 6.0 11 9 5 4 3
  Theiss   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
6
5
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen   3.2 5 4 4 3 0
  Stanhouse  W (9-9) 5.1 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
2

  E–Moore 2 (12).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Atlanta Montanez (22,off Stanhouse), Montreal Cash 2 (29,off Ruthven,off Theiss); Unser (11,off Ruthven).  3B–Atlanta Matthews (3,off Bahnsen), Montreal Cash (5,off Ruthven); Speier (4,off Ruthven).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (32,1st inning off Bahnsen 2 on, 0 out), Montreal Unser (12,6th inning off Ruthven 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ruthven (3,off Bahnsen); Mejias (1,off Ruthven); Stanhouse (4,off Theiss).  IBB–Perez (13,by Ruthven).  CS–Pocoroba (2,2nd base by Bahnsen/Carter).  WP–Bahnsen (4).  IBB–Ruthven (5,Perez).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:26.  A–2,539.
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