Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
July 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Cincinnati Reds 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 3 0
Dawson cf 4 2 3 0
Valentine rf 5 1 1 2
Perez 1b 5 1 4 4
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 5 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 5 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Grimsley p 3 1 1 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Pirtle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 2
Foster lf 4 3 3 5
Bench 1b,c 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Correll c 3 0 0 0
  Driessen 1b 1 0 0 0
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 0 1 0 0
  Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Montreal 320 100 0006153
Cincinnati 000 240 20x8102
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   4.1 7 6 5 2 2
  Bahnsen  L (0-4) 2.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Pirtle   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   0.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Borbon   4.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Sarmiento  W (7-5) 2.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Bair  SV (15) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
1
5

  E–Dawson (3), Valentine (4), Perez (7), Foster (10), Correll (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Montreal Perez (28,off Borbon), Cincinnati Foster (14,off Bahnsen).  HR–Montreal Valentine (16,1st inning off Norman 1 on, 1 out); Perez (8,1st inning off Norman 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Foster 2 (21,4th inning off Grimsley 1 on, 0 out,5th inning off Grimsley 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Dawson (8,by Sarmiento).  SB–Dawson (18,2nd base off Borbon/Correll).  HBP–Sarmiento (1,Dawson).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:25.  A–32,113.
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