June 13th, 1977
Montreal 9 Philadelphia 0
The Expos got a 4 run top of the 6th tomake it 7-0 courtesy of CF
David de la Torres 3-run double and wineasily. Expos SP
Carlos Vera (4-4) allowed 0 runs on 3 hits butallowed 6 BB's and had 8 K's over 6.1 innings. LF
Mat Garrett scored3 times for Montreal as did RF
Yue-jiu Zhou while adding his 1stcareer triple. CF
David de la Torre finished the game with 5 RBI's.
Chicago Cubs 1B
John Josey extends hi****ting streak to 20 games in a 8-0 loss to the Mets. The 30 year oldis now hitting .376 with 8 HR's and 34 RBI's in 54 games. Josey wasawarded the 1975 NL Rookie of the Year, 2-time Best hitter at hisposition and 3-time All Star and he is only in his 4th MLB season.
The Montreal Expos pitching depth willget further tested as it was announced that SP
Eric Marks will missup to 6 weeks with an elbow strain. The 29 year old is 5-4 with a5.02 ERA in 11 starts. Marks finished 3rd in Rookie of the yearvoting in 1973 and was selected as an All Star in 1974. The Exposhave promoted SP
Jim Pearcy from AAA Seattle. The 24 year old is 4-2with a 3.27 ERA in 11 starts. For his career in AAA, Pearcy is 10-3with a 3.54 ERA in 28 starts. The
Expos now have 4 of 5 SP's at theage of 24 or less.
June 14th, 1977
Montreal 10 Philadelphia 3
The Expos had a 7-run top of the 5th totake a 10-1 lead and beat the Phillies handily again. The Exposscored 10 runs on 10 hits of which just 2 were for extra bases, bothdoubles. SP
Jamari Taft (6-2) allowed 3 runs on 4 hits with 3 K'sover 6.2 innings in the win. 2B
Chris Nichols was 4 for 4 with 3RBIs.
Chicago White Sox SP
Jake Segnerallowed 0 runs on 1 hit with 7 Ks over 7 innings in a 4-0 win overthe Orioles. The 31 year old is now 3-2 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 starts.Segner was the 1971 NL Cy Young Award winner, the 1971 NL MVP, a 1969World Series MVP and an 1969 World Series winner. As well he is a7-time All Star.
Toronto Blue Jays SP
David Lara allowed0 runs on 3 hits with 6 K's over 8 innings in a 2-1 loss to the RedSox. The 26 year old is now 3-1 with a 1.25 ERA in 12 starts. Lara isa 2-time All Star.
Montreal Expos 2B
Chris Nichols went 4for 4 with 3 RBI's in a 10-3 win over the Phillies. The 25 year oldis now hitting .308 with 1 HR and 19 RBI's in 46 games.
Chicago Cubs 1B
John Josey had hi****ting streak snapped at 20 games in a 7-4 loss to the Mets. The 30year old is now hitting .368 with 8 HR's and 34 RBI's.
June 15th, 1977
Montreal 5 New York 4
The Expos got a walk off RBI single byLF
Yue-jiu Zhou to beat the Mets. The Mets roughed up SP
Jim Pearcymaking his 1st MLB start with a 3-run 1st inning and Pearcy onlylasted 83 pitches giving up 4 runs on 5 hits with 3 BB's and 4 K'sover 4 innings. LHP
Dave Marland (1-0) got the win for his work inthe 9th. The Expos got 3 hits from LF
Yue-jiu Zhou and they had 10hits in total.
June 16th, 1977
New York 4
Montreal 2
The Mets got an early 3-run inning offanother Expos SP making his MLB debute. Expos SP
Joey Caputo (0-1)allowed 4 runs on 8 hits with 5 BB's and 1 K over 6 innings in theloss. The Expos got 8 hits including 2 from PH/C
Nate Samms and 1B
Darren Maher.
Minnesota Twins SP
Adalgiso Wielandallowed 1 run on 3 hits with 9 K's over 7 innings in a 3-2 win overthe Orioles. The 24 year old is now 4-4 with a 2.72 ERA in 13 starts.In his 4th season in the MLB, the 3 previous seasons in relief he hada career best 1.71 ERA in 26 innings in 1974 for the Twins.
June 17th, 1977
Montreal 6 New York 2
The Expos scored 3 runs in the bottomof the 6th to take a 6-1 lead and held on for the win. SS
RicardoDuran hit a 2-run double in the 6th for a key hit. SP
Eddie Hernanez(3-10) allowed 1 run on 5 hits with 4 BB's and 9 K's over 5.1 inningsin the win. The Expos got multiple hits from CF
Danny Plantz, 3B
Vince Bowman and RF
Yue-jiu Zhou. SS
Ricardo Duran had 3 RBI's.
June 18th, 1977
The
Montreal Expos are off today.
St Louis Cardinals were dealt a hugeblow when they learned that SP
Rene Navarro will miss the remainderof the season and up to 14 months with a torn flexor tendon in hiselbow. The 30 year old is 5-1 with a 1.50 ERA in 11 starts. Navarrohad a career best 2.10 ERA in 1974 with the Cardinals in 18 starts.
June 19th, 1977
Chicago 4
Montreal 1
The Expos gave up 2 runs in the bottomof the 3rd and 4th innings and that is all the Cubs would need. ExposSP
Jamari Taft (6-3) allowed 4 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits with 3 K'sover 7 innings in the loss. The Expos were held to just 7 hitsincluding 2 by 2B
Chris Nichols.
Chicago Cubs SP
Justin Chrzanowskiallowed 0 runs on 4 hits with 12 K's over 7 innings in a 4-1 win overthe
Expos. The 34 year old is 6-2 with a 1.91 ERA in 13 starts.Chrzanowski had a career best 1.52 ERA in 1970 when he had 21 startsfor the Padres.
The
Montreal Expos are now ranked 9thin the MLB Power Rankings.
| NL East | W/L | Pct | GB |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 33-25 | .569 |
|
| St Louis Cardinals | 31-28 | .525 | 2 1/2 |
| Montreal Expos | 30-29 | .508 | 3 1/2 |
| Chicago Cubs | 29-30 | .492 | 4 1/2 |
| New York Mets | 29-30 | .492 | 4 1/2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 23-36 | .390 | 10 1/2 |