Montreal Expos vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1978 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 1 0
Mejias lf 4 0 2 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 0
Cromartie 1b 3 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 1 1
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Dues p 2 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Papi ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Frias ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes cf,2b 4 1 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 2 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 1
Cey 3b 3 1 1 0
  Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0
Lacy 2b,lf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson lf,c 2 1 1 3
Oates c 3 0 2 0
  North cf 1 0 0 0
John p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Montreal 010 000 000161
Los Angeles 000 310 00x472
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Dues  L (5-6) 4.2 5 4 4 4 2
  Twitchell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garman   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (16-9) 9.0 6 1 0 4 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
4
6

  E–Cromartie (8), Lacy 2 (8).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Montreal Mejias (1,off John), Los Angeles Garvey (27,off Garman).  HR–Los Angeles Ferguson (13,4th inning off Dues 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Mejias (1,off John).  IBB–Speier (9,by John).  SF–Garvey (6,off Dues).  SB–Cromartie (7,3rd base off John/Oates); Speier (1,2nd base off John/Oates); Lopes (38,2nd base off Dues/Carter).  IBB–John (7,Speier).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:31.  A–37,179.
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