June 27th, 1974
Montreal Expos (33-33) at St Louis Cardinals (36-30)
The Expos will face a familiar foe in RHP
Aaron Cregg, the 31 year old was a star and holds may of the Expos pitching records to this day. Cregg is 6-4 with a 2.17 ERA in 15 starts. For his career, Cregg is 56-31 with a 2.12 ERA in 121 MLB starts. The Expos will send RHP
Javier Trevino to the hill, the 27 year old is 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 11 starts. For his career, Trevino is 21-16 with 1 save, a 3.06 ERA in 122 MLB games including 40 starts. There are 35431 bums in the seats to see if the Cards can even the season series 4-4.
St Louis 7
Montreal 1
The Expos ran into a hot bat and could not beat the Cardinal pitching despite SP
Aaron Cregg leaving the game in the 2nd with an injury. Cardinals lead off hitter LF
Bobby Landolfi had 2 hits and 3 RBIs including his 3rd HR of the year to beat the Expos. The 29 year old is now hitting .200 with 3 HRs and 12 RBIs in 56 games. For his career, Landolfi is hitting .230 with 29 HRs and 135 RBIs in 354 MLB games.
Expos SP
Javier Trevino (4-3) took the loss, he allowed 7 runs on 14 hits with 2 strikeouts in just 4.0 innings. The Expos committed 3 errors which did not help the cause as only 3 of those runs were earned.
Around the MLB.........
Detroit Tigers SP
Justin Chrzanowski allowed 1 run on 3 hits with 9 strikeouts over 8 innings in a 2-1 win over the Indians. The 31 year old is now 3-7 with a 3.09 ERA in 15 starts. For his career, Chrzanowski is 51-28 with a 2.42 ERA in 104 MLB starts.