Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
July 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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 1, Montreal Expos 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 0 0
Puhl cf 3 1 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Howe 2b 3 0 1 1
Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Cruz rf 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 4 0 0 0
Bannister p 2 0 1 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sexton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 2 4 1
  Frias pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 5 1 2 0
Valentine rf 5 1 1 1
  Mejias rf 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 1
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 2 1
Cromartie lf 5 1 3 1
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 4 1 2 1
Totals 40 6 17 6
Houston 000 100 000170
Montreal 010 014 00x6170
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (3-5) 5.1 12 4 4 1 5
  Zamora   0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Williams   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  McLaughlin   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
17
6
6
2
10
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  W (3-1) 9.0 7 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Howe (25,off Schatzeder); Bannister (1,off Schatzeder), Montreal Cash 2 (18,off Bannister 2); Schatzeder (1,off Bannister); Valentine (22,off Zamora).  SF–Howe (3,off Schatzeder).  IBB–Perez (7,by Zamora).  SB–Schatzeder (1,3rd base off Bannister/Pujols).  IBB–Zamora (2,Perez).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:35.  A–21,440.
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