Northern Expos-ure

Expos 3, Mets 1
Craig Swan vs Don Carrithers
After 2 straight wins Expo fans decided to turn out in record numbers on a beautiful 71 degree Sunday afternoon getaway day game.  Their hometown team treated them to two quick runs in the bottom of the first when Gary "kid" Carter doubled home Pepe Mangual and Jerry White with 1 out.  Both runners reached base thanks to walks issued by Craig Swan, who normally has fine control.  An error by Pepe Frias at short was followed by a two out opposite field single by John Milner, which cut Montreal's lead in half.  By this point Swan had overcome his 1st inning wildness and had now settled into a nice groove.  Six shutout innings for Swan kept his team in the game, but Carrithers was in the process of shocking all in attendance by going toe to toe with “Swannie”.  The Mets threatened to tie it in the 7th when Hodges came to the plate with runners on the corners and two out.  Chip Lang was brought in from the pen to replace the rapidly fading Carrithers and got New York's backup backstop to fly out weakly to center to end the threat.  Back to back doubles by Jerry White and Jim Lyttle added an insurance run for the Expos in the bottom of the 8th.  Fearing another Murray collapse the Expos stuck with Lang in the 9th even when he walked two of the first 3 batters that he faced.  Lang rebounded nicely by getting Hodges to fly out to center again for the second out and fanning pinch hitter Bruce Boisclair for the final out.  Swan, who would fan 7 would be the hard luck loser, while Carrithers, who walked 6 would luck out and get the win.  Break up the Expos !  Three straight wins and a series sweep vs the 2nd place Metropolitians is nothing to sneeze at !