Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1978 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 2 3 1 0
  Mejias lf 1 0 0 0
Cash 2b 4 2 3 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 2 0 0 0
Carter c 2 1 0 1
Perez 1b 4 0 2 2
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Grimsley p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 2 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Howard lf 4 1 2 2
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Sexton ph,ss 3 0 2 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Montreal 202 020 000681
Houston 000 100 101390
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (4-0) 9.0 9 3 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
1
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (1-3) 3.0 3 4 4 4 0
  Dixon   2.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Bannister   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Pentz   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
4

  E–Cash (1).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 2.  2B–Montreal Perez (4,off Niekro); Parrish (9,off Dixon).  3B–Houston Howard (1,off Grimsley).  HR–Houston Howard (1,9th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dawson (1,off Dixon).  HBP–Carter (1,by Niekro).  BK–Dixon 2 (2).  HBP–Niekro (1,Carter).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:03.  A–11,474.
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