Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
September 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 4, New York Mets 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 2 0
Cromartie lf 5 0 1 0
Dawson cf 5 0 1 0
Perez 1b 3 2 1 1
Valentine rf 3 1 1 2
  Mejias rf 1 0 0 0
Carter c 2 1 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 1
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Twitchell p 2 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 2 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 2
Boisclair rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 1 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Youngblood 2b,rf 4 1 0 0
Flynn ss 3 0 0 0
  Stearns ph 1 0 0 0
Koosman p 1 0 0 0
  Foster ph,2b 3 0 1 1
Totals 34 3 7 3
Montreal 000 202 000481
New York 000 002 100371
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (4-10) 5.2 5 2 2 1 5
  McEnaney   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Stanhouse  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (8-19) 6.0 6 4 4 2 7
  Myrick   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Lockwood   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
10

  E–Cash (8), Youngblood (4).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  2B–Montreal Parrish (17,off Koosman), New York Henderson (13,off Twitchell).  HR–Montreal Perez (16,4th inning off Koosman 0 on, 0 out); Valentine (21,6th inning off Koosman 1 on, 0 out), New York Mazzilli (4,6th inning off Twitchell 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Cash (17,2nd base off Lockwood/Hodges); Henderson (5,2nd base off Twitchell/Carter).  CS–Carter (3,2nd base by Koosman/Hodges).  WP–Stanhouse (4).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:46.  A–6,583.
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