Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1980 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Houston Astros 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
White lf 5 1 3 0
Scott 2b 3 1 0 1
Dawson cf 5 0 2 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 1
Cromartie 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 5 1 2 2
Parrish 3b 5 0 1 0
Bernazard ss 3 1 1 1
Lee p 3 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,3b 6 1 3 0
Puhl lf 6 0 1 0
Heep 1b 4 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 6 2 4 1
Howe 3b,1b 4 0 2 1
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
Leonard rf 5 1 1 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Pujols c 6 0 3 0
Ruhle p 3 0 1 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 1 0
  Bergman pr,1b 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 18 4
Montreal 110 000 110 015100
Houston 200 010 010 004181
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   7.1 13 4 4 4 3
  Fryman  W (4-4) 2.2 4 0 0 4 2
  Sosa   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Norman  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
18
4
4
8
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   8.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Sambito   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Smith  L (1-3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
3
6

  E–Morgan (3).  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 3.  2B–Montreal Dawson (19,off Ruhle), Houston Cedeno (15,off Lee).  3B–Montreal White (1,off Ruhle).  HR–Montreal Carter (17,2nd inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out); Bernazard (4,7th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 2 out), Houston Leonard (2,8th inning off Lee 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Fryman (1,off Sambito); Morgan (3,off Fryman); Reynolds (11,off Sosa).  SF–Valentine (3,off Ruhle); Scott (4,off Ruhle).  IBB–Cromartie (11,by Smith); Leonard (1,by Fryman).  SB–Scott (33,3rd base off Ruhle/Pujols); Dawson (22,2nd base off Ruhle/Pujols); Landestoy 2 (13,2nd base off Lee/Carter 2); Cedeno (25,2nd base off Lee/Carter).  CS–White (4,2nd base by Ruhle/Pujols); Cedeno (7,2nd base by Lee/Carter).  WP–Smith (2).  BK–Ruhle (1).  IBB–Fryman (6,Leonard); Smith (4,Cromartie).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:24.  A–26,389.
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