June 11th, 1976
The
Montreal Expos have announced atrade. The Montreal Expos have sent SP
Arnold Powell, RF
CarlosBahena and CF
Ray Allen to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for LF
Mat Garnett, SS
Pete Marshall and LF
Miguel Solis. The 22 year old
Powell is 3-2 with a 3.24 ERA in 6 AAA starts for the Expos. The 16year old
Bahena is not playing at this time, but was a find by theExpos earlier this year in Costa Rica while the 23 year old
Allen i****ting .292 with 3 HR's and 9 RBIs in 20 A games for Montreal. TheExpos get 26 year old
Garnett, he is hitting .245 with 4 HR's and 17RBIs in 49 games for the Blue Jays. The 19 year old
Marshall i****ting .278 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs in 12 A games for the Jays whilethe 23 year old
Solis is hitting .282 with 3 HR's and 20 RBIs in 45 Agames for the Blue Jays.
Chicago 2
Montreal 1
The Expos could not score on theiropportunities as they had 5 LOB and had 3 caught stealing. SP
EricMarks (4-5) allowed 2 runs, both on HR's on 7 hits over 8 innings. LF
Mat Garnett was 1 for 4 in his debut with the Expos.
June 12th, 1976
Montreal 8 Pittsburgh 1
The Expos routed the Pirates despitethe hits being even, 8 apiece. Expos SP
Jamari Taft (4-4) allowed 1run on 6 hits with 4 Ks over 6.1 innings, but ran out of gas at 104pitches. 1B
Darren Maher in his 1st game back after being recalledfrom AAA had 3 runs scored with 2 hits and 2 walks. New comer LF
MatGarnett had 3 hits including his 5th HR of the year. 2B David Sanchezhad his 4th HR of the year and PH
Joe Woodbury hit a 3-Run double tobreak open the game.
Seattle Mariners SP
Tommy Larkmanallowed just 1 hit and struck out 15 batters in a 10-0 win over theAngels. The 26 year old is now 7-2 with a 1.62 ERA in 10 starts.
June 13th, 1976
Pittsburgh 3
Montreal 1
The Expos had just 6 hits in the loss.Expos SP
Eddie Hernanez (6-4) allowed 3 runs on 7 hits with 5 Ks over7 innings in the loss. The Expos got a triple from PH
Ricardo Duran,his 4th of the year.
NL East W/L Pct GB
Chicago Cubs 33-20 .623
New York Mets 26-27 .491 7
Philadelphia Phillies 26-28 .481 7 1/2
St Louis Cardinals 26-28 .481 7 1/2
Montreal Expos 25-28 .472 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 24-30 .444 9 1/2
The
Expos are now in 16th spot in theMLB Power Rankings.