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Montreal Expos 6 Houston Astros 3

April 28,1978

Visiting Team

Montreal Expos (10-7)

Home Team

Houston Astros (9-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

11,474

Time of Game

2:03

Umpires

[HP]: Satch Davidson [1B]: Joe West [2B]: John Kibler [3B]: Nick Colosi

Montreal Expos 6 Houston Astros 3

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5th inning: BK.3-H **Bill Virdon argued the balk called by 1B umpire Joe West**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Montreal Expos	MON	10-7		2	0	2		0	2	0		0	0	0			6	8	1		1	3	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	9-11		0	0	0		1	0	0		1	0	1			3	9	0		4	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Montreal Expos - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Warren Cromartie	lf	24.211	L	2	3	1	0		2	1	.220		14	210
	Sam Mejias	lf	25.354	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		12	104
2	Dave Cash	2b	29.321	R	4	2	3	0		0	0	.338		17	1074
3	Andre Dawson	cf	23.292	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.250		17	180
4	Gary Carter	c	24.020	R	2	1	0	1		1	0	.270		17	414
5	Tony Perez	1b	35.349	R	4	0	2	2		0	1	.219		17	1897
6	Ellis Valentine	rf	23.272	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.321		14	247
7	Larry Parrish	3b	24.169	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.317		16	463
8	Chris Speier	ss	27.304	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		17	1049
9	Ross Grimsley	p	28.111	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.077		4	108
Totals

Errors: Dave Cash

2B: Tony Perez (4), Larry Parrish (9)

RBI: Gary Carter (12), Tony Perez 2 (5)

SH: Andre Dawson (1)

HBP: Gary Carter (1)

GDP: Tony Perez (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	rf	21.294	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.289		20	80
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.202	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.273		20	546
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	27.062	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.257		19	1121
4	Bob Watson	1b	32.018	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.296		20	1205
5	Art Howe	2b	31.134	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.315		20	258
6	Wilbur Howard	lf	29.110	B	4	1	2	2		0	0	.350		13	395
7	Joe Ferguson	c	31.221	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.203		18	636
8	Roger Metzger	ss	30.200	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.217		20	990
	Denny Walling	ph	24.011	L	1	1	0	0		0	0	.300		10	25
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.035	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.600		5	1261
	Julio Gonzalez	ph	25.124	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		4	114
	Jimmy Sexton	ph-ss	26.134	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.500		9	23
Totals

3B: Wilbur Howard (1)

HR: Wilbur Howard (1)

RBI: Terry Puhl (4), Wilbur Howard 2 (3)

GDP: Enos Cabell (3), Roger Metzger (4)

Montreal Expos - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ross Grimsley	L	W 4-0	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	1		1.53	1.02		4	234
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ross Grimsley (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 1-3	3.0	3	4	4	4	0	0		7.50	1.92		5	369
2	Tom Dixon	R		2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0		4.70	1.83		5	14
3	Floyd Bannister	L		2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3.78	1.74		4	28
4	Gene Pentz	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5.79	1.57		9	103
Totals				0.0

BK: Tom Dixon 2 (2)

HB: Joe Niekro (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Tom Dixon (0-0-0), Floyd Bannister (0-0-0), Gene Pentz (0-0-0)