Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
White lf 3 0 1 1
Cash 2b 5 0 1 0
Dawson cf 5 2 3 2
Perez 1b 5 0 2 0
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 2 3 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
Speier ss 5 2 2 3
Lee p 4 0 1 1
Totals 39 7 15 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 2 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Moreland c 4 0 2 1
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Gross lf 3 0 0 0
Anderson rf 3 1 2 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Espinosa p 0 0 0 0
  Mackanin ph 1 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 1 1 2
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Montreal 120 102 1007150
Philadelphia 000 022 000491
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (16-10) 9.0 9 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  L (14-12) 2.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Bird   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Eastwick   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Saucier   3.0 5 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
6

  E–Schmidt (24).  2B–Montreal Lee (2,off Bird); Perez (29,off Bird); Valentine 2 (29,off Eastwick,off Saucier).  3B–Philadelphia Trillo (1,off Lee).  HR–Montreal Dawson 2 (25,1st inning off Espinosa 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Saucier 0 on, 0 out); Speier (6,2nd inning off Espinosa 1 on, 1 out), Philadelphia McBride (12,6th inning off Lee 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lee (7,off Eastwick).  HBP–White (1,by Espinosa); Valentine (1,by Bird).  IBB–Parrish (10,by Saucier).  SB–White 2 (8,2nd base off Espinosa/Moreland,2nd base off Eastwick/Moreland); Valentine (11,2nd base off Bird/Moreland).  CS–White (4,2nd base by Saucier/Moreland).  HBP–Espinosa (3,White); Bird (2,Valentine).  IBB–Saucier (3,Parrish).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:27.  A–26,507.
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