Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
September 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, San Diego Padres 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
Mejias rf 4 1 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 1
Papi ss 2 0 1 0
Sanderson p 3 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 2 1
Smith ss 3 0 2 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Turner cf 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 2 0
Tenace c 4 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 1 1
Thomas 3b 4 0 0 0
Champion 2b 4 1 2 0
Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Beswick ph 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 0
  Almon pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Montreal 012 000 000370
San Diego 010 000 1002102
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  W (1-2) 6.2 9 2 2 0 9
  Bahnsen   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Garman  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
11
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (2-1) 5.0 6 3 3 1 3
  D'Acquisto   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Fingers   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5

  E–Smith (22), Thomas (12).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–Montreal Parrish (33,off Lolich); Dawson (17,off Lolich); Papi (10,off Lolich), San Diego Winfield 2 (26,off Sanderson 2).  IBB–Papi (1,by Lolich).  WP–Lolich (1).  IBB–Lolich (2,Papi).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:27.  A–18,142.
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