Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 2, Houston Astros 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 1 1 0
Dawson cf 3 1 1 0
Perez 1b 3 0 2 1
Carter c 4 0 2 1
Mejias rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Rogers p 3 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 2 2 0
Howard lf 5 1 3 0
Howe 2b 4 2 0 0
Cruz rf 3 1 2 1
Ferguson 1b 5 1 2 4
Herrmann c 5 0 0 0
Sperring 3b 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 3 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 5
Montreal 101 000 000264
Houston 000 000 25x790
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (14-13) 7.2 9 7 7 7 9
  McEnaney   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
7
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (5-7) 8.0 6 2 2 2 2
  McLaughlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3

  E–Carter (6), Mejias (2), Parrish (16), Speier (19).  2B–Montreal Perez (24,off Bannister); Dawson (18,off Bannister); Carter (21,off Bannister), Houston Cruz (28,off Rogers).  HR–Houston Ferguson (16,8th inning off Rogers 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Howe (1,off Rogers); Bannister (5,off Rogers).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:25.  A–8,587.
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