May 9th, 1978
The
Montreal Expos (12-11) will look to even the series as they face the
San Francisco Giants (10-12) in game two of the 3 games series. The Expos will start LHP
Jordan Hall, the 27 year old is 1-0 with a 3.75 ERA in 4 starts. The Giants will counter with 31 year old LHP
Al Hewett, he is 1-1 with a 5.91 ERA in 4 starts.
Montreal 5 San Francisco 1
Expos LHP
Jordan Hall made an effective start against the Giants at AT&T Park leading the Expos to a 5-1 win. The Expos bumped their record to 13-11 with the latest triumph.
The 27 year old
Hall is now 2-0 with a 3.03 ERA in 5 starts for the Expos.
Hall is in his 3rd MLB season, he previous best WAR season was last year when he was 0-0 with a 4.59 ERA in 32 games, all in relief for the Giants and Expos.
Hall was in the zone all game, he frustrated the Giants hitters while giving the Expos 8.2 innings of quality work. Hall threw 112 pitches allowing just 3 hits and getting 8 punchouts.
After the game, the Expos activated RF
David de la Torre from the IR, the 31 year old was hitting .350 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs in 5 games before getting injured. To make room on the roster, the Expos have demoted OF
Mat Garnett, the 28 year old is hitting .147 with 0 HRs and 2 RBIs in 11 games with the Expos this year.
Oakland Athletics 3B
Ivan Ruiz was 4 for 4 with a HR and 3 RBIs in a 13-4 win over the Yankees. The 30 year old is now hitting .500 with 7 HRs and 20 RBIs in 16 games. Ruiz has been in the MLB for 10 seasons now, he best WAR season was 1971 when he hit .316 with 36 HRs and 93 RBIs in 97 games for the Athletics.