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Expos
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 12, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Montreal Expos, played on May 12, 1976 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | May 12, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Montreal Expos
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 12, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Montreal Expos |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Woodie Fryman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | J.R. Richard |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 8,665 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Satch Davidson 1B: Dutch Rennert 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Andy Olsen |
Montreal Expos Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pepe Mangual | Left Fielder |
| Jerry White | Center Fielder |
| Mike Jorgensen | First Baseman |
| Gary Carter | Right Fielder |
| Larry Parrish | Third Baseman |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Pete Mackanin | Second Baseman |
| Barry Foote | Catcher |
| Woodie Fryman | Pitcher |
| Karl Kuehl | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Milbourne | Second Baseman |
| Enos Cabell | Third Baseman |
| Bob Watson | First Baseman |
| Cliff Johnson | Catcher |
| Leon Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Wilbur Howard | Center Fielder |
| Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| J.R. Richard | Pitcher |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Expos
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 12, 1976
Top 1
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Richard
Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Richard
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Richard
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Fryman
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Fryman
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Fryman
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli misplays the ball. That's an error on Foli. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Fryman
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Richard
Carter hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Richard
Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Richard
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Fryman
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Fryman
Howard hits a popup towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Fryman
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackanin vs. Richard
Mackanin strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foote vs. Richard
Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Richard
Fryman hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mangual vs. Richard
Mangual takes first base on ball four. Foote moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Richard
White hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Fryman
Metzger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foote settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Fryman
Richard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Fryman
Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Richard
Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Richard
Carter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Richard
The ball gets by Johnson for a passed ball. Carter moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Richard
Parrish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foli vs. Richard
Foli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carter scores. There goes Parrish trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mackanin vs. Richard
Mackanin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Fryman
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Fryman
Watson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of White. Watson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Fryman
Johnson hits a popup towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Fryman
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Fryman
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Foli fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foote vs. Richard
Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Richard
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Richard
Mangual takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Richard
There goes Mangual. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Metzger applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Fryman
Gross strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Fryman
Metzger hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Foote fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Fryman
Richard strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Richard
White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Howard. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jorgensen vs. Richard
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carter vs. Richard
Carter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Parrish vs. Richard
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Fryman
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Fryman
Cabell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Fryman
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field. White picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on White. Cabell moves to third. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Fryman
Johnson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Roberts vs. Fryman
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out. Cabell scores. Watson moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howard vs. Fryman
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Richard
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackanin vs. Richard
Mackanin strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foote vs. Richard
Foote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Fryman
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Fryman
Metzger strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Fryman
Richard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Fryman
Milbourne hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Richard
Jim Dwyer pinch hits for Woodie Fryman.
Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Richard
Mangual hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Richard
White takes first base on ball four. Mangual moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jorgensen vs. Richard
Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mangual moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carter vs. Richard
There goes White. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carter vs. Richard
Carter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mangual scores. White scores. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Hardy
Larry Hardy now pitching.
Parrish hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Hardy
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Murray
Dale Murray now pitching. Pepe Frias now playing second base.
Cabell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Murray
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frias fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Murray
Watson is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Murray
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Murray
Roberts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of White. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Watson scores. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Murray
Howard strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Expos, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frias vs. Hardy
Frias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foote vs. Hardy
Foote hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Hardy
Murray bunts towards the mound. Hardy fields it and throws to first for the out. Foote moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mangual vs. Hardy
Mangual hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Foote scores. View Play -
Expos, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Hardy
Hardy fires over to first and Watson drops the ball. That's an error on Watson. Mangual moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Hardy
There goes Mangual. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Mangual steals third. View Play -
Expos, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Hardy
White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mangual scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Expos, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Hardy
Jorgensen hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Expos, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Murray
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frias misplays the ball. That's an error on Frias. View Play -
Expos, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Murray
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frias fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Expos, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Murray
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Larry Hardy.
Boswell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Murray
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/12/1976 -- Montreal at Houston (N)
Montreal AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Mangual P, lf 3 2 2 1 Milbourne L, 2b 5 0 0 0
White J, cf 4 1 2 1 Cabell E, 3b 3 1 1 0
Jorgensen M, 1b 5 0 1 0 Watson B, 1b 4 1 2 0
Carter G, rf 3 2 1 2 Johnson C, c 3 0 0 0
Parrish L, 3b 3 1 1 2 Roberts L, lf 3 0 1 2
Foli T, ss 4 0 1 1 Howard W, cf 4 0 0 0
Mackanin P, 2b 3 0 0 0 Gross G, rf 4 0 0 0
Frias P, 2b 1 0 0 0 Metzger R, ss 4 0 0 0
Foote B, c 4 1 1 0 Richard J, p 3 0 1 0
Fryman W, p 2 0 0 0 Hardy L, p 0 0 0 0
Dwyer J, ph 1 0 0 0 Boswell K, ph 0 0 0 0
Murray D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 7 9 7 33 2 5 2
Montreal 000 100 042 -- 7
Houston 000 001 010 -- 2
Montreal IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman W (W) 7.0 4 1 1 2 4
Murray D 2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Richard J (L) 7.2 5 4 4 5 3
Hardy L 1.1 4 3 2 0 0
E -- Foli T 2, White J, Watson B, Frias P
DP -- Montreal 1, Houston 1
LOB -- Montreal 5, Houston 8
2B -- Watson B, White J, Roberts L
HR -- Parrish L
SB -- White J, Mangual P
CS -- Mangual P
SH -- Murray D
PB -- Johnson C 2
T -- 2:19
A -- 8665
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