Philadelphia Phillies vs Montreal Expos
June 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Montreal Expos 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 3 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Rose 1b 5 1 2 1
Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 2 1
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 5 0 1 0
Boone c 4 1 2 1
Christenson p 3 2 3 1
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 3 0 1 0
Scott 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 1 0 0
Carter c 4 1 2 0
Hutton rf 4 0 2 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 1
Speier ss 4 0 2 0
Lee p 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
  Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Philadelphia 002 100 0205140
Montreal 000 101 000291
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (2-5) 6.0 8 2 2 2 2
  McGraw  SV (5) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (7-4) 6.2 11 3 3 2 0
  Sosa   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Palmer   0.1 2 2 1 0 1
  Fryman   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
4
3

  E–Cromartie (4).  2B–Philadelphia Christenson 2 (3,off Lee 2), Montreal Carter (12,off Christenson); Parrish (20,off Christenson).  3B–Philadelphia McBride (8,off Lee).  HR–Philadelphia Christenson (1,4th inning off Lee 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McBride (2,off Lee); Lee (2,off Christenson).  SB–McBride (16,2nd base off Fryman/Carter).  CS–Trillo (2,2nd base by Lee/Carter); Cromartie (4,2nd base by Christenson/Boone); Scott (6,2nd base by McGraw/Boone).  WP–Fryman (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:41.  A–41,593.
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