May 10th, 1978
The
Montreal Expos (13-11) will try to win the 3 game series with the
San Francisco Giants (10-13) in the final game of the series. Montreal will start RHP
Eddie Hernanez, the 25 year old is 3-1 with a 2.52 ERA in 5 starts. The Giants counter with RHP
Jeff Brown, the 33 year old is 2-2 with a 1.05 ERA in 5 starts.
San Francisco 3
Montreal 1
The fans that gathered at AT&T Park saw a good contest between the Expos and Giants.
The Giants got a magnificent performance from SP
Jeff Brown who muffled the Expos offense enroute to a tight 3-1 Giants win.
Carlos Sanchez picked up the save, his 6th.
Brown is now 3-2 with a 1.06 ERA in 6 starts for the Giants. This is
Brown's 10th season in the MLB, his previous best for WAR was in 1970 when he was 4-8 with a 2.15 ERA in 21 starts for the Astros.
Brown was effective for the Giants, seldom allowing the Expos to square up a pitch. The RHP tossed 87 pitches over 8 innings. He limited the Expos to just 1 run on 3 hits.
The Expos manager was quoted as saying "we made a couple of mistakes (2 errors) and the cost us."
Expos SP
Eddie Hernanez falls to 3-2.