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Houston Astros @ Montreal Expos

1996-08-12 · Night game · Stade Olympique · Att: 35458 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:28

Montreal Expos defeated Houston Astros 8–1. Montreal Expos put up 4 in the 3rd. Mark Leiter earned the win. Darrin Fletcher went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
MON	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		8	10

W: Mark Leiter L: Danny Darwin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Layne · 1B: Paul Runge · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Brian Hunter	4	1	1	1	1
Craig Biggio	4	0	0	0	1
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	0	0	2
Derrick May	1	0	0	0	0
Tony Eusebio	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	3	0	0	0	0
James Mouton	3	0	1	0	0
Orlando Miller	3	0	0	0	1
Danny Darwin	1	0	0	0	1
Ricky Gutierrez	2	0	1	0	0
Randy Knorr	1	0	0	0	0
Sean Berry	1	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Grudzielanek	3	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Lansing	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cliff Floyd	3	2	2	0	0	0
Moises Alou	2	1	1	2	0	0
Darrin Fletcher	3	2	2	2	1	1
Henry Rodriguez	1	1	1	2	0	0
Rondell White	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Silvestri	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Leiter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sherman Obando	2	1	1	0	0	0
F. P. Santangelo	2	0	1	2	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Darwin	2.1	6	1	2
Mark Small	2.2	1	0	3
Xavier Hernandez	1.0	0	0	1
Todd Jones	1.0	3	1	0
Alvin Morman	1.0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Leiter	9.0	3	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Hunter: HR/F7D.B-H
Craig Biggio: K
Jeff Bagwell: 53/G56
Derrick May: 8/L8RS

Bot 1

Mark Grudzielanek: 7/F78M
Mike Lansing: D8/L89S/R6
Cliff Floyd: HP
Moises Alou: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 2

Tony Eusebio: 43/G4M
Bill Spiers: 3/G3L
James Mouton: 3/G34

Bot 2

Darrin Fletcher: D9/L3D/R4
Henry Rodriguez: HR/F9D.2-H;B-H
Rondell White: 8/F8RS
Dave Silvestri: K/C
Mark Leiter: K/C

Top 3

Orlando Miller: 4/P4MS
Danny Darwin: K
Brian Hunter: 7/F7M

Bot 3

Mark Grudzielanek: W
Mike Lansing: 9/L9M/R4
Cliff Floyd: D7/F7LS/R6.1-3
Moises Alou: D8/L89S.3-H;2-H
Darrin Fletcher: HR/L9LD.2-H;B-H
Henry Rodriguez: HP
Rondell White: 46(1)/FO/G4M.B-1
Dave Silvestri: K/C

Top 4

Craig Biggio: 7/F7M
Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9LD
Ricky Gutierrez: S7/L7S/R6
Tony Eusebio: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 4

Mark Leiter: 63/G6
Mark Grudzielanek: 9/F9LM
Mike Lansing: S8/L4MD/R4
Cliff Floyd: 8/L8RM

Top 5

Bill Spiers: 7/F7LD
James Mouton: 53/G6S
Orlando Miller: K

Bot 5

Sherman Obando: 63/G6
Darrin Fletcher: K
F. P. Santangelo: K

Top 6

Randy Knorr: 13/G13
Brian Hunter: K
Craig Biggio: 2/P2LF

Bot 6

Rondell White: 8/F78S
Dave Silvestri: 9/F9S
Mark Leiter: K

Top 7

Jeff Bagwell: K
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G56
Tony Eusebio: 43/G4M

Bot 7

Mark Grudzielanek: 63/G6M
Mike Lansing: 63/G56
Cliff Floyd: S8/G6M/R6
Sherman Obando: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Darrin Fletcher: W.2-3;1-2
F. P. Santangelo: D8/L78XD.3-H;2-H;1XH(862)

Top 8

Bill Spiers: 3/L3
James Mouton: S4/G4MD.B-2(E4/TH)
Orlando Miller: 53/G5
Sean Berry: 8/F8LXD

Bot 8

Rondell White: 63/G6M
Dave Silvestri: 63/G6
Mark Leiter: 53/G5

Top 9

Brian Hunter: 8/F8RD
Craig Biggio: 6/P6D
Jeff Bagwell: K

Notes & reviews

Henry Rodriguez took his time leaving the plate as he admired his home run
Henry Rodriguez charged the mound and both benches emptied; in the 10-minute brawl, Astros manager Terry Collins was hit on the face with a batting helmet and needed four stitches to close the gash; Collins, Darwin, Rodriguez, John Cangelosi, Derrick May, Moises Alou and Jeff Juden ejected by HP umpire Jerry Layne

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