July 8th, 1976
The Montreal Expos made a major tradetoday. The Expos have shipped CF
Chris Whitman, RHP
Felix Montoya andSP
Scott Turner to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for LF
David DeLa Torre, RHP
Hyuk Jung and C
Alex Perez. The 23 year old
Whitman wa****ting .298 with 6 HR's and 41 RBIs in 70 AAA games for the Expos.The 22 year old
Montoya was 1-0 with 1 save, a 1.61 ERA in 28 AAAinnings for the Expos while the 30 year old
Turner was 6-7 with a3.83 ERA in 14 starts for the Expos. The 29 year old
De La Torre wa****ting .276 with 7 HR's and 28 RBIs in 59 games for the Indians.
DeLa Torre finished 3rd in the MLB AL Rookie voting in 1974. The 22year old RHP
Hyuk Jung was 3-4 with 1 save, a 3.55 ERA in 17 gamesincluding 5 A starts for the Indians while the 23 year old
Perez i****ting .250 with 3 HR's and 22 RBIs in 58 A games for Cleveland.
To make room on the roster, the Exposhave demoted RF
Jesse Irons to AAA Seattle and have promoted SP
Carlos Vera from AAA Seattle. The 22 year old Vera is 7-2 with a 3.02ERA in 15 AAA starts this season.
Montreal 8 San Fransisco 7
This was a make up game for a previousrained out game this year. The Expos were the home team in San Fran.Both teams had big innings including the Expos taking a 6-2 lead witha 3-run 4th and the Giants coming back with 3 of their own in the 6thfor a 7-6 lead. The Expos got 2 in the bottom of the 8th for the win.Expos SP
Jamari Taft struggled, he allowed 5 runs on 9 hits with 4 Ksover just 5 innings. LHP
Robbie Jones has been on fire, but not todayhe allowed 2 runs in the 6th for his 1st blown save of the year. LHP
Jesse Deck (2-1) got the win for his work in the 8th and CL
AidenBeasley collected his 15th save. CF
Danny Plantz had 3 hits includinghis 4th HR of the year. 1B
Darren Maher hit his 7th HR of the season,a 2-run shot.
San Fransisco 3
Montreal 2
The Expos LHP
Dave Marland walked inthe bases loaded run for a Giant walk off win. The Expos relieversstruggled again today, but this time the offense could not pick themup. SP
Carlos Vera making his MLB debut allowed 1 run on 6 hits with4 BB's and 6 Ks over 6.2 innings and left the game with the lead. RHP
Chris Muckenfuss allowed 4 hits while facing just 7 hitters and getshis 1st blown save. LHP
Dave Marland (1-2) allowed 1 run on 2 hitsand gave up 2 walks in the loss. The Expos had just 5 hits, allsingles.
July 9th, 1976
San Fransisco 3
Montreal 0
The Expos give up a 3-run HR in the 5thand thats all the Giants needed for the win. Expos SP
Javier Trevino(4-7) allowed 3 runs on 5 hits with 5 Ks over 6.1 innings in theloss. New comer RF
David De La Torre had 3 hits for the Expos in alosing cause.
July 10th, 1976
Montreal 9 San Fransisco 2
The Expos had 13 hits and SP
EddieHernanez no hit the Giants through 6 innings for the win.
Hernanez(10-4) allowed 0 runs on 1 hit with 6 Ks over 6 innings for the win.RHP
Mark Holmgren got the final 9 outs for his 5th save. 1B
CoryCarlson hit his 3rd triple, a 2-run hit in the 2nd inning while CF
Danny Plantz hit his 5th HR, a solo shot in the 9th inning.
The Montreal Expos have traded 1B
CoryCarlson, 1B
Leon Brown and CF
Jon Wiley to the San Diego Padres inexchange for 1B
Vince Bowman, SS
David Ortiz and CF
Melvin Delgado.The 31 year old pending free agent
Carlson was hitting .341 with 4HR's and 22 RBI's in 59 games. The 24 year old
Brown was hitting .253with 5 HR's and 30 RBI's in 53 AA games while the 20 year old
Wileywas hitting .233 with 1 HR and 12 RBI's in 33 A games. The 25 yearold
Bowman was hitting .228 with 3 HR's and 17 RBIs in 34 AAA gamesfor the Padres, in 51 career MLB games
Bowman is hitting .229 with 1HR and 3 RBI's in 70 at bats. The Expos also get 23 year old
Ortiz,he is hitting .331 with 1 HR and 32 RBI's in 51 A games while the 20year old
Delgado is hitting .257 with 3 HR's and 11 RBIs in 56 Agames.
July 11th, 1976
Montreal 4 Los Angeles 1
The Expos tried to give SP
Eric Marksthe opportunity to collect the complete game shutout, but with thebased loaded and just one out, the Expos turned to their closer toget the final 2 outs.
Eric Marks (6-7) allowed 1 run on 6 hits with 9K's over 8.1 innings for the win. CL
Aiden Beasley got his 16th save.C
Nate Samms got his 1st HR of the year, a 3-run shot in the 1stinning. It took 80 games to get his 1st HR this year, his previouscareer low was 9 HR's in 1972.
Oakland Athletics 3B
Ivan Ruiz wasnamed the AL Player of the Week. The 28 year old is hitting .293 with24 HR's and 57 RBIs in 78 games.
The
Montreal Expos are currently ranked11th in the MLB Power Rankings.
The Montreal Expos have made a tradewith the Toronto Blue Jays. The Expos will send RF
Jesse Irons andRHP
Hyuk Jung to the Blue Jays in exchange for 3B
Gilberto Luna andRHP
Kevin Poole. The 27 year old
Irons is hitting .376 with 4 HR'sand 14 RBIs in 101 AAA at bats. The 22 year old
Jung was 3-4 with 1save, a 3.55 ERA in 17 A games including 5 starts. The Expos will getthe 25 year old
Luna who is hitting .284 with 4 HR's and 18 RBIs in44 AAA games for the Jays,
Luna has played in 158 MLB games over hiscareer hitting .253 with 9 HR's and 52 RBIs. The 23 year old
Poole is3-5 with a 5.14 ERA in 11 AA starts.