Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1977 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Houston Astros 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 2 1
Cromartie lf 5 1 2 1
Dawson cf 5 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 2 2 3
Carter c 5 0 1 0
Unser rf 5 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 5 1 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Alcala p 2 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 5 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0
Cruz rf 2 0 0 1
Watson 1b 5 0 0 0
Ferguson c 2 1 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 1
Sperring ss 2 1 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  Gardner pr 0 1 0 0
  Metzger ss 0 0 0 0
Lemongello p 1 0 1 0
  Larson p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 2
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 1 1
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Montreal 021 020 000 05110
Houston 000 130 001 1692
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   4.0 3 4 4 5 1
  Alcala   4.1 3 1 1 1 3
  McEnaney   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse  L (9-10) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
9
6
6
8
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello   4.2 7 5 5 2 4
  Larson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sambito   4.0 4 0 0 0 5
  McLaughlin  W (4-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
2
9

  E–Cabell (19), Sperring (6).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Unser (12,off Lemongello); Cromartie (38,off Lemongello), Houston Cabell (31,off Brown); Herrmann (7,off McEnaney); Cedeno (26,off Stanhouse).  HR–Montreal Perez 2 (14,3rd inning off Lemongello 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Lemongello 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Cruz (7,off Brown).  IBB–Cruz 2 (11,by Alcala,by Stanhouse); Ferguson (7,by Stanhouse).  SB–Cedeno (44,2nd base off Brown/Carter).  CS–Ferguson (2,2nd base by Brown/Carter).  IBB–Alcala (5,Cruz); Stanhouse 2 (8,Cruz,Ferguson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:03.  A–10,040.
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