Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
July 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1978 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 0, Montreal Expos 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 2 0 1 0
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
Fischlin ss 2 0 1 0
Niekro p 1 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 4 1 2 0
  Frias pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 1
Cromartie lf 4 1 2 1
Carter c 2 0 1 1
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Grimsley p 4 0 2 1
Totals 33 6 11 5
Houston 000 000 000050
Montreal 000 004 02x6112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (5-7) 5.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Forsch   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sambito   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
2
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (12-6) 9.0 5 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
2

  E–Perez (6), Parrish (14).  DP–Houston 1, Montreal 4.  PB–Pujols 2 (3).  2B–Houston Niekro (1,off Grimsley), Montreal Speier (9,off Niekro); Carter (13,off Niekro); Perez (26,off Sambito); Parrish (21,off Sambito).  SH–Niekro (6,off Grimsley); Dawson (2,off Niekro).  HBP–Carter (3,by Niekro).  CS–Cabell (8,2nd base by Grimsley/Carter).  SB–Dawson (17,2nd base off Forsch/Pujols).  BK–Grimsley (1).  HBP–Niekro (4,Carter).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:18.  A–15,337.
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