Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 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 2, Houston Astros 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Cash 2b 4 0 1 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Mejias lf 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 1
May p 3 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard rf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bergman pr 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 1 0
Sexton ss 3 0 0 0
Lemongello p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Montreal 000 100 100263
Houston 000 000 001151
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
May  W (2-1) 8.1 5 1 1 2 0
  Bahnsen  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (2-3) 8.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3

  E–Parrish (5), Speier 2 (7), Cabell (5).  DP–Montreal 2.  HR–Montreal Dawson (3,4th inning off Lemongello 0 on, 1 out), Houston Cedeno (2,9th inning off May 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lemongello (4,off May); Alou (1,off May).  SB–Howard (1,2nd base off May/Carter).  WP–Lemongello (2).  BK–Lemongello (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:01.  A–11,515.
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