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Montreal Expos @ Houston Astros

1977-08-28 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 8587 · 2:25

Houston Astros defeated Montreal Expos 7–2. Houston Astros put up 5 in the 8th. Floyd Bannister earned the win. Joe Ferguson went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Floyd Bannister L: Steve Rogers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Andy Olsen · 1B: Paul Pryor · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Jerry Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Cash	4	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Cromartie	4	1	1	0	0	2
Andre Dawson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tony Perez	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gary Carter	4	0	2	1	0	0
Sam Mejias	4	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Parrish	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Speier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Rogers	3	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Puhl	4	2	2	0	1	1
Wilbur Howard	5	1	3	0	0	0
Art Howe	4	2	0	0	0	1
Jose Cruz	3	1	2	1	2	1
Joe Ferguson	5	1	2	4	0	2
Ed Herrmann	5	0	0	0	0	2
Rob Sperring	3	0	0	0	1	1
Roger Metzger	1	0	0	0	3	0
Floyd Bannister	3	0	0	0	0	1

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Rogers	7.2	9	7	9
Will McEnaney	0.1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Floyd Bannister	8.0	6	2	2
Bo McLaughlin	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Cash: 53
Warren Cromartie: S
Andre Dawson: 8
Tony Perez: D.1-H
Gary Carter: S.2-3
Sam Mejias: 9

Bot 1

Terry Puhl: K
Wilbur Howard: 5
Art Howe: K

Top 2

Larry Parrish: 4
Chris Speier: 8
Steve Rogers: 43

Bot 2

Jose Cruz: W
Joe Ferguson: 64(1)/FO
Ed Herrmann: 9
Rob Sperring: W.1-2
Roger Metzger: E5.2-3;1-2;B-1
Floyd Bannister: 43

Top 3

Dave Cash: 63
Warren Cromartie: K
Andre Dawson: D
Tony Perez: W
Gary Carter: D.2-H;1-3
Sam Mejias: 8

Bot 3

Terry Puhl: W
Wilbur Howard: S.1-2
Art Howe: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Jose Cruz: K
Joe Ferguson: K

Top 4

Larry Parrish: 5
Chris Speier: 53
Steve Rogers: 53

Bot 4

Ed Herrmann: K
Rob Sperring: E6.B-1
Roger Metzger: W.1-2
Floyd Bannister: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Terry Puhl: 43

Top 5

Dave Cash: 7
Warren Cromartie: K
Andre Dawson: W
Tony Perez: 9

Bot 5

Wilbur Howard: 6
Art Howe: 7
Jose Cruz: D
Joe Ferguson: K

Top 6

Gary Carter: 6
Sam Mejias: 9
Larry Parrish: 13

Bot 6

Ed Herrmann: K
Rob Sperring: 63
Roger Metzger: W
Floyd Bannister: K

Top 7

Chris Speier: 9
Steve Rogers: 43
Dave Cash: 43

Bot 7

Terry Puhl: S
Wilbur Howard: S.1-2
Art Howe: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Jose Cruz: W.1-2
Joe Ferguson: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Ed Herrmann: 31.2-3;1-2
Rob Sperring: K

Top 8

Warren Cromartie: 43
Andre Dawson: 53
Tony Perez: S
Gary Carter: 8

Bot 8

Roger Metzger: W
Floyd Bannister: 3
Terry Puhl: S.1-2
Wilbur Howard: S.2-3;1-2
Art Howe: 62(3)/FO.2-H(E2/TH)(NR);1-H(NR);B-3
Jose Cruz: S9.3-H;B-3(E9)
Joe Ferguson: HR.3-H
Ed Herrmann: 8

Top 9

Sam Mejias: 6
Larry Parrish: K
Chris Speier: 9