1978 NLCS, Game 2: Montreal Expos At Alabama Vipers 10/18/1978
Expos AB R H RBI AVG Vipers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Royster 2B 4 1 1 0 .219 O.Moreno CF 4 0 1 1 .333
B.Boone C 5 1 1 0 .294 D.Bair P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Kemp LF 4 2 2 0 .379 L.Whitaker 2B 4 0 2 0 .429
A-L.Herndon LF 1 0 0 0 .267 J.Rice LF 4 1 2 1 .400
E.Soderholm 3B 5 2 2 5 .324 J.Clark RF 4 0 0 0 .300
D.Driessen 1B 4 2 1 1 .333 P.Lacock 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
R.Yount SS 4 0 1 1 .242 G.Alexander C 4 0 0 0 .125
R.Monday RF 3 0 1 0 .095 M.Cubbage 3B 3 1 2 0 .600
E.Maddox CF 3 0 0 0 .200 F.Taveras SS 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Martinez P 4 0 0 0 .125 B.Blyleven P 2 0 1 0 .500
E.Romo P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-D.Ford PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 37 8 9 7 Totals 33 2 8 2
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kemp In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blyleven In 8th Inning
Expos........... 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 8 9 0
Vipers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 8 1
Expos (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Martinez WIN(2-0) 7 2/3 8 2 2 0 6 1 108 3.00
E.Romo SAVE(3rd) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00
Totals 9 8 2 2 0 6 1
Vipers (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Blyleven LOSS(0-1) 8 8 6 5 3 5 2 131 5.63
D.Bair 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 22 18.00
Totals 9 9 8 7 4 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 37,945 DATE- Wednesday, October 18th 1978 TIME- Night
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Expos: 6 Vipers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Expos: 2 Vipers: 0
ERRORS- M.Cubbage
DOUBLES- S.Kemp(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Soderholm-2(5th), D.Driessen(3rd), J.Rice(1st)
RBIs- E.Soderholm-5(12th), D.Driessen(8th), R.Yount(3rd), O.Moreno(1st),
J.Rice(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Royster(2nd)
WALKS- J.Royster, D.Driessen, R.Monday, E.Maddox
STRIKE OUTS- J.Royster, B.Boone, L.Herndon, E.Soderholm, D.Driessen, D.Martinez,
O.Moreno, L.Whitaker, J.Clark, G.Alexander-2, F.Taveras
GIDP- J.Rice
WILD PITCHES- D.Martinez-2, B.Blyleven
2-out RBI- R.Yount, O.Moreno, E.Soderholm-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Soderholm, D.Martinez-2, J.Rice
TEAM RISP- Expos: 2 for 8 Vipers: 1 for 6
Eric Soderholm rocketed 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Montreal Expos beat
the Alabama Vipers by a score of 8 to 2.
Soderholm enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He lost the ball over the
fence for three runs in the 3rd inning and bombed a two-run dinger in the 9th
inning. Montreal banged out 9 hits on the night.
Dennis Martinez(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 7 and 2/3
innings. Martinez got help from Enrique Romo who earned his 3rd save. Bert
Blyleven(0-1) was tagged with the loss.