Atlanta Braves vs Montreal Expos
July 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 3, Montreal Expos 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster ss 5 0 1 2
Bonnell cf 4 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 2 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 3 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 2 0
Nolan c 2 1 0 0
  Beall ph 0 0 0 0
Easterly p 1 0 0 1
  Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 1 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 5 1 2 0
Valentine rf 3 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 1 1 0
Cromartie lf 1 2 0 0
  Mejias ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Carter c 3 2 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 4 6
Fryman p 4 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 6
Atlanta 030 000 000371
Montreal 020 003 11x790
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Easterly  L (2-6) 6.0 7 5 5 2 0
  Mahler   2.0 2 2 2 3 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
5
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (5-7) 8.0 7 3 3 5 7
  Garman  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
9

  E–Royster (15).  DP–Atlanta 1, Montreal 1.  2B–Atlanta Burroughs (21,off Fryman), Montreal Speier (11,off Mahler).  3B–Montreal Speier (2,off Easterly).  HR–Montreal Speier (4,6th inning off Easterly 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cromartie (6,by Easterly).  IBB–Valentine (1,by Mahler); Parrish (6,by Mahler).  SB–Dawson (19,2nd base off Mahler/Nolan).  WP–Mahler (6).  BK–Mahler (2).  HBP–Easterly (2,Cromartie).  IBB–Mahler 2 (4,Valentine,Parrish).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:20.  A–14,108.
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