5/5/76 - Jarry Parc
Expos 2, Padres 1
Brent Strom vs Steve Rogers
Montreal entered this contest sporting a 6 game losing streak, which was part of a stretch where they lost 9 of their last 10 games. Sure they showed signs of coming around by losing 3 close contests to defending champ Cincy, but this is a results oriented business, not a place for moral victories. This game set itself up to be another one of those "moral victory" type of losses. Once again Steve Rogers would pitch just good enough to not win. "Stretch" McCovey's RBI single in the first was the lone run on the scoreboard for most of the afternoon. Montreal's lack of hitting prowess was making Brent Strom look like a Cy Young candidate. Entering the bottom of the 9th things did not look good for the home team. Strom took the mound in hopes of finished off a complete game shutout. After getting Gary Carter to pop out to the catcher Strom began to breakdown. A walk to Nate Colbert and a single by Pete Mackanin put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Roger Metzger was brought in to put out the fire. Bombo Rivera hit a one hop bullet to Rader at third. Since Rader was playing back his only play was to first. This allowed the runners to advance 90 feet with 2 outs. Larry Parrish was now up in a do or die situation. A hit could win it, but an out would surely end it. Metzger tried to come inside and jam Parrish, but the strapping third basement turned quickly on the inside offering and lined it into the gap in left center to easily score the runners and give Montreal a walk off win. The 6 game losing streak was now history.
Expos 2, Padres 1
Brent Strom vs Steve Rogers
Montreal entered this contest sporting a 6 game losing streak, which was part of a stretch where they lost 9 of their last 10 games. Sure they showed signs of coming around by losing 3 close contests to defending champ Cincy, but this is a results oriented business, not a place for moral victories. This game set itself up to be another one of those "moral victory" type of losses. Once again Steve Rogers would pitch just good enough to not win. "Stretch" McCovey's RBI single in the first was the lone run on the scoreboard for most of the afternoon. Montreal's lack of hitting prowess was making Brent Strom look like a Cy Young candidate. Entering the bottom of the 9th things did not look good for the home team. Strom took the mound in hopes of finished off a complete game shutout. After getting Gary Carter to pop out to the catcher Strom began to breakdown. A walk to Nate Colbert and a single by Pete Mackanin put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out. Roger Metzger was brought in to put out the fire. Bombo Rivera hit a one hop bullet to Rader at third. Since Rader was playing back his only play was to first. This allowed the runners to advance 90 feet with 2 outs. Larry Parrish was now up in a do or die situation. A hit could win it, but an out would surely end it. Metzger tried to come inside and jam Parrish, but the strapping third basement turned quickly on the inside offering and lined it into the gap in left center to easily score the runners and give Montreal a walk off win. The 6 game losing streak was now history.See the video of Montreal’s 9th inning rally (below):
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