The Expos started their 8 games home stand on the right foot tonight with a 4-3 victory against the San Francisco Giants.
The first batter of the game, Mike Lansing, scored to give the Expos a 1-0 lead in the first when Larry Walker pushed him home with a 2 outs single. In the 4th, Jeff Fassero himself would help double then lead when he pushed Moises Alou home after 2 outs.
The Giants would come back and tie the score in the 6th with a 2 runs homerun by Matt Williams.
Cliff Floyd then hit a 1 run shot in the 7th to give Montreal a 1 run lead.
On top of the 8th, Mike Carreon brought once again the team even with a solo shot against Mel Rojas.
The Expos would take the lead back bottom of the 8th when Wilfredo Cordero hit a bases loaded sac-fly that pushed walker home against Salomon Torres. John Wetteland threw a perfect 9th inning to get his 7th save of the season.
Game Line
SFG 000 002 010 3 7 1
MTL 100 100 11x 4 8 1
WP: Mel Rojas (1-2)
LP: Salomon Torres
S: John Wetteland (7)
2B: Benzinger, Walker (10), Alou (7)
HR: Williams, Carreon, Floyd (1)
Jeff Fassero threw 7 solid innings and hit 2 for 2 with an RBI:
NL East Standings:
ATL 15-6 --- .714
MTL 12-8 2.5 .600
NYM 9-10 5 .474
FLA 9-11 5.5 .450
PHI 8-12 6.5 .400
Next Game:
Giants @ Expos
Mike Portugal vs. Ken Hill (2-1) 4.01
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