Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1997 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 8, Houston Astros 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo rf 3 1 0 1
Lansing 2b 4 3 2 2
White cf 5 3 3 4
Vidro 3b 3 0 1 0
  Strange 3b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 2 1
  Urbina p 1 0 0 0
Grudzielanek ss 5 0 0 0
McGuire 1b 4 0 0 0
Widger c 4 1 2 0
Hermanson p 1 0 0 0
  Falteisek p 0 0 0 0
  Valdes p 1 0 0 0
  DeHart p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 3 2
Howard cf 3 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 1 1 3
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 0 1
Gonzalez lf 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 1 2 0
Berry 3b 3 2 3 2
Ausmus c 4 1 1 1
Bogar ss 3 1 1 0
  Spiers ph,ss 1 1 0 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Carr ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Montreal 302 100 002 08102
Houston 140 000 003 19130
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hermanson   1.1 6 5 5 0 1
  Falteisek   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Valdes   2.1 3 0 0 0 2
  DeHart   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Veres   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Urbina  L (3-7) 1.1 3 4 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
0
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   2.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Lima   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Magnante   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Springer   2.0 1 2 2 3 4
  Wagner  W (7-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
10
8
8
3
9

  E–Strange (8), Grudzielanek (23).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Widger (13,off Lima), Houston Biggio 2 (28,off Hermanson 2); Bell (14,off Hermanson); Berry (15,off Hermanson).  HR–Montreal Lansing (14,1st inning off Garcia 1 on, 0 out); White 2 (15,3rd inning off Garcia 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Springer 1 on, 2 out), Houston Phillips (1,9th inning off Urbina 2 on, 1 out); Berry (7,10th inning off Urbina 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Falteisek (1,off Lima); Santangelo (8,off Lima); Garcia (3,off Hermanson).  HBP–Santangelo (20,by Garcia); Berry 2 (4,by Falteisek,by Veres).  SB–White (12,2nd base off Garcia/Ausmus); Berry (1,2nd base off Falteisek/Widger); Bagwell (20,2nd base off Urbina/Widger).  WP–Springer (3).  HBP–Falteisek (1,Berry); Veres (2,Berry); Garcia (6,Santangelo).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:21.  A–33,868.
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