#3 Pick Valentine Caps Expos Rally

Grapefruit League
Red Sox 2, Tigers 1
Yankees 4, Orioles 3
Royals 6, Dodgers 2
Braves 12, Rangers 0
Expos 8, Astros 7
Mets 11, Reds 4
Twins 3, Phillies 0
Pirates 5, White Sox 1

Cactus League: idle

• Top prospect Ellis Valentine's double off Rick Rhoden capped 3-run Expos rally in 9th versus Astros
• The Tigers Jim Slaton and John Hiller two-hit the Red Sox but still lose
• Rookies Pete Redfern and Paul Hartzell combine with Tom Johnson in Twins shutout of the Phils at Clearwater
• Mets rookie 3B Phil Mankowski hit his 3rd home run of the spring as the Reds get thumped in St. Pete
• Fritz Peterson and Jim Bibby are crushed by the Braves who led 12-0 after three versus Texas 

Expos 8, Astros 7

3/23/1976, HOU76-MON76, Daytona Beach,FL
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Astros            0  3  1  0  0  0  1  2  0     7 11  0    12  1
1976 Expos             3  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  3     8 13  3     9  0
 
Astros               AB  R  H BI   AVG    Expos                AB  R  H BI   AVG
Lopes             2b  6  1  4  2  .556    Wohlford          cf  5  1  2  0  .556
Gross             rf  4  1  0  1  .125    Foli              ss  4  2  2  3  .444
Cedeno            cf  5  0  1  0  .125    Driessen          lf  3  1  0  0  .000
Ivie              1b  4  1  2  1  .250    Parrish           3b  5  2  3  2  .444
Jutze             c   4  1  1  0  .143    Milner            1b  3  0  2  0  .667
DaVanon           3b  1  0  1  1  .333    Valentine         rf  5  0  1  2  .222
Taveras           ss  4  1  0  0  .000    Briggs            dh  3  0  1  0  .167
Andrews           dh  5  1  0  0  .000    Frias             2b  4  0  0  0  .250
Scott             lf  4  1  2  1  .333    Herrmann          c   4  2  2  0  .500
                     37  7 11  6                               36  8 13  7
 
Astros                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lemongello                       5.0  4  4  3  2  2  71  43  5.40
Pentz                            1.0  5  1  1  0  2  27  18  9.00
Niekro                           2.0  2  0  0  1  0  19   9  0.00
Konieczny        BS 1, L 0-1     0.1  1  3  3  3  1  20   6 27.00
Rhoden                           0.0  1  0  0  0  0   3   2  0.00
                                 8.1 13  8  7  6  5 140  78 
 
Expos                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
McNally                          5.0  7  4  1  2  1  93  61  1.80
Kerrigan                         2.0  0  1  0  2  3  39  20  0.00
Granger          W 1-0           2.0  4  2  2  0  1  40  30  9.00
                                 9.0 11  7  3  4  5 172 111 
 
E-Parrish, Frias, McNally. 2B-Ivie, DaVanon, Parrish, Milner 2, Valentine, 
Herrmann. HR-Lopes(2), Foli(1). SB-Cedeno(1). CS-Lopes. K-Lopes, Ivie, Jutze, 
Andrews 2, Wohlford, Parrish, Valentine, Briggs, Herrmann. BB-Jutze, 
DaVanon 3, Foli, Driessen 2, Milner 2, Briggs. SF-Ivie, DaVanon. HBP-Gross, 
Taveras, Scott. PB-Jutze. HB-McNally, Kerrigan, Granger. WP-Lemongello, 
McNally. 
GWRBI: Valentine
 
 
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