Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 10, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 5 1 1 2
Scott 2b 5 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 5 2 2 1
Perez 1b 5 1 2 2
Carter c 3 1 1 0
Valentine rf 4 2 3 1
Parrish 3b 5 1 3 0
Speier ss 5 0 1 1
Rogers p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 1 1 1
  May p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 1 1
  Schatzeder p 2 1 1 1
Totals 42 10 16 10
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 1 1 3
Bowa ss 5 1 1 0
Rose 1b 5 1 3 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Unser lf 3 0 0 0
Gross cf 4 0 0 0
  Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 1 0
Meoli 2b 2 1 1 0
  Aviles ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Christenson p 2 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph 0 0 0 0
  Ruthven pr 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 4
Montreal 000 041 31110162
Philadelphia 031 000 001570
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   4.0 6 4 3 1 4
  May  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Schatzeder  SV (1) 4.0 1 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
5
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson   4.2 7 4 4 0 4
  Eastwick  L (1-1) 1.1 4 1 1 0 2
  Bird   2.0 4 4 4 0 3
  Lonborg   1.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
16
10
10
2
11

  E–Speier 2 (6).  2B–Montreal Hutton (1,off Christenson); Perez (4,off Christenson); Speier (6,off Lonborg), Philadelphia Rose (15,off Schatzeder).  HR–Montreal Dawson (11,5th inning off Christenson 1 on, 1 out); Cromartie (3,5th inning off Christenson 0 on, 2 out); Perez (4,7th inning off Bird 1 on, 0 out); Valentine (3,7th inning off Bird 0 on, 1 out); Schatzeder (1,8th inning off Bird 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia McBride (4,2nd inning off Rogers 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Carter (1,by Christenson).  SB–White (3,2nd base off Eastwick/Boone); Rose (5,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  HBP–Christenson (1,Carter).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Tom Telford, 2B–Greg Mills, 3B–Bob Nelson.  T–2:58.  A–33,212.
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