August 12th, 1978
The
Montreal Expos are trying to punch their ticket to the World Series with a win over the
Cincinnati Reds. The Expos will try their luck with LHP
Jordan Hall, the 27 year old 0-0 with a 0.00 in his 1 start so far in the playoffs (6 IP) The Reds go with LHP
John Martin, the 27 year old is 0-0 with a 11.57 ERA in his only post season start (2.1 IP)
Montreal 2 Cincinnati 1 (The Expos win the series 4-2)
The Montreal Expos will be going onto the World Series with their win over the Reds. Expos got a solo HR by 1B
Darren Maher who was named the League Championship MVP in the 8th to make it 2-1. The very next batter
Mat Garnett got plunked by a frustrated
Mark Jardin, likely because he was the pitcher of record in all four Expos victories. Both
Garnett and
Jardin were ejected after the benches cleared.
Maher in his 1st post season in the MLB, hit .368 with 1 HR and 5 RBIs in the 6 games (25 PA), he was also walked 5 times.
The player of the game was Expos SP
Jordan Hall, he is 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA in 2 starts this post season. (13.2 IP)
The Expos got a solid inning of relief from RHP
Will Gibson and had LHP
Charlie Rancourt face the final 2 Reds hitters, both lefties. He got his 1st save.
Boston Red Sox SP
Jared Sims allowed 3 hits and struck out 5 over 6 innings in a 3-0 win over the Royals. The 34 year old is now 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA in 3 post season games including 2 starts. For his career, Sims is 5-2 with a 3.38 ERA in 11 games including 10 starts in the post season.
Boston Red Sox 1B
Freddy Solis was named the AL League Championship Series MVP as the Red Sox defeated the Royals 3-0 and won the series 4-3. The 31 year old hit .357 with 2 HRs and 9 RBIs in 7 games. For his career in the post season, Solis has hit .324 with 4 HRs and 16 RBIs in 18 games.