Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
September 3, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1977 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, Montreal Expos 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 2 0
Howe ss 3 0 1 0
  Fischlin ss 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 2 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Cromartie lf 3 1 1 0
  Unser lf 1 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
Carter c 3 2 2 1
Mejias rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 1 2 3
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Rogers p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Houston 000 100 000161
Montreal 200 201 00x590
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (5-8) 5.1 9 5 5 1 4
  Pentz   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (15-13) 9.0 6 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
4

  E–Ferguson (11).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Cedeno (27,off Rogers), Montreal Cash (33,off Bannister); Perez (26,off Bannister); Carter (23,off Bannister); Parrish (16,off Bannister).  3B–Houston Ferguson (2,off Rogers).  HR–Montreal Parrish (10,4th inning off Bannister 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cedeno (11,by Rogers).  SB–Cedeno (46,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Parrish (1,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson).  HBP–Rogers (4,Cedeno).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:08.  A–16,222.
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