Extended Box
COLORADO (4) VS MONTREAL (10) - FINAL
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Miles 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278
R Clayton ss 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 .298
T Helton 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 .341
V Castilla 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 .315
J Burnitz cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .274
C Johnson c 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .300
M Holliday lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .375
B Hawpe rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .600
J Jennings p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091
T Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-L Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263
J Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Totals 35 4 8 4 5 7 14
a-struck out swinging for T Wendell in the 7th; b-grounded to second for J
Lopez in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (4, C Vargas). HR - J Burnitz (7, 4th inning off C
Vargas 0 on, 2 Out), R Clayton (2, 7th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 2 Out). RBI -
J Burnitz (16), B Hawpe (3), R Clayton 2 (10). 2-out RBI - J Burnitz, R Clayton
2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - V Castilla 2. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: PB - C Johnson. DP: 1 (R Clayton-A Miles-T Helton).
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 .244
J Vidro 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .245
B Wilkerson 1b 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 .230
O Cabrera ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 .283
T Batista 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .230
B Schneider c 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .247
J Rivera rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .264
T Sledge lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .208
C Vargas p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111
C Bentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 10 14 9 4 2 13
BATTING: 2B - O Cabrera (2, J Jennings); B Wilkerson (6, J Lopez). HR - J Vidro
(3, 1st inning off J Jennings 0 on, 1 Out), E Chavez (1, 5th inning off J
Jennings 2 on, 1 Out), T Sledge (1, 6th inning off T Wendell 1 on, 1 Out). S -
C Vargas. RBI - J Vidro (10), O Cabrera 2 (8), E Chavez 3 (6), T Sledge 2 (3),
J Rivera (4). 2-out RBI - O Cabrera, J Rivera. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Batista 1, L Ayala 1. GIDP - O Cabrera. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Vidro (1, 2nd base off J Jennings/C Johnson). CS - O
Cabrera (2, 2nd base by J Jennings/C Johnson).
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COLORADO - 000 100 300 -- 4
MONTREAL - 100 142 20x -- 10
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Jennings (L, 1-4) 5 8 6 6 1 2 2 10.57
T Wendell 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 4.85
J Lopez 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 6.52
MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas (W, 2-1) 6 2/3 6 4 4 3 7 2 5.22
C Bentz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.48
L Ayala 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.02
C Cordero 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.02
C Bentz pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
WP - J Lopez. IBB - T Batista (by J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: J Jennings
81-53; T Wendell 18-10; J Lopez 35-22; C Vargas 125-84; C Bentz 5-3; L Ayala
13-8; C Cordero 21-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Jennings 6-6; T Wendell 2-1; J
Lopez 4-2; C Vargas 5-8; C Bentz 0-0; L Ayala 3-1; C Cordero 2-1. Batters
faced: J Jennings 23; T Wendell 6; J Lopez 11; C Vargas 29; C Bentz 1; L Ayala
4; C Cordero 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Mike
Everitt.
T--2:38. Att--4,001.
Weather: INDOORS
How They Scored
MONTREAL 1ST: E Chavez grounded out to second. J Vidro homered to center.
B Wilkerson lined out to third. O Cabrera grounded out to first.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, MONTREAL 1.
COLORADO 4TH: T Helton grounded out to first. V Castilla flied out to
center. J Burnitz homered to right. C Johnson walked. M Holliday flied out
to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 1, MONTREAL 1.
MONTREAL 4TH: J Vidro walked. B Wilkerson struck out looking, J Vidro
stole second. O Cabrera singled to center, J Vidro scored. O Cabrera caught
stealing second, catcher to second. T Batista singled to left center.
B Schneider flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 1, MONTREAL 2.
MONTREAL 5TH: J Rivera singled to center. T Sledge singled to right,
J Rivera to third. C Vargas sacrificed to first, T Sledge to second. E Chavez
homered to right center, J Rivera and T Sledge scored. J Vidro grounded out to
shortstop. B Wilkerson singled to center. O Cabrera doubled to deep left
center, B Wilkerson scored. T Batista popped out to shortstop.
(4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 1, MONTREAL 6.
MONTREAL 6TH: T Wendell relieved J Jennings. B Schneider walked. J Rivera
flied out to right. T Sledge homered to right, B Schneider scored. C Vargas
grounded out to third. E Chavez walked. J Vidro grounded out to second.
(2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 1, MONTREAL 8.
COLORADO 7TH: M Holliday doubled to deep center. B Hawpe singled to
center, M Holliday scored. L Gonzalez hit for T Wendell. L Gonzalez struck out
swinging. A Miles flied out to left. R Clayton homered to center, B Hawpe
scored. C Bentz relieved C Vargas. T Helton singled to left. L Ayala relieved
C Bentz. V Castilla grounded into fielder's choice to third, T Helton out at
second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, MONTREAL 8.
MONTREAL 7TH: J Lopez relieved T Wendell. B Wilkerson doubled to center.
B Wilkerson to third on passed ball by C Johnson. O Cabrera grounded out to
pitcher. T Batista intentionally walked. B Wilkerson scored, T Batista to
second on wild pitch by J Lopez. B Schneider grounded out to first, T Batista
to third. J Rivera singled to left, T Batista scored. T Sledge singled to
left, J Rivera to second. L Ayala flied out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 4, MONTREAL 10.
Game Story
MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Expos displayed some rare
power and got to enjoy a rare laugher.
Endy Chavez, rookie Termell Sledge and Jose Vidro homered as the
Expos turned their best offensive outburst of the season into a
10-4 rout of the Colorado Rockies.
Montreal, which has the worst record in the major leagues,
scored more than six runs for the first time this season. The
Expos belted three homers for the second straight game after
managing only 11 in their first 25 contests.
"It's been a while coming, but it's started to pick up a little
bit in the last few games on the West Coast," Expos manager
Frank Robinson said. "The guys started swinging the bats a
little better and this is what we've been looking about with
this ballclub."
Chavez had a three-run shot off Rockies starter Jason Jennings
(1-4) with one out in the fifth inning. Sledge, who had three
hits, added a two-run blast against Turk Wendell in the sixth
for an 8-1 bulge.
"It's a good feeling to help the team win like that," Chavez
said. "We've been struggling so I feel pretty good, because it's
my first home run of the season and we got the win."
Montreal has won two straight for the second time this season
and captured consecutive games at home for the first time in
2004.
Expos starter Claudio Vargas (2-1) was the beneficiary of the
offense. Vargas allowed four runs and six hits but struck out a
career-high seven in 6 2/3 innings - also a season high.
Every starter for the Expos except the battery of Vargas and
Brian Schneider had at least one hit as Montreal pounded out 14,
including five for extra bases. Vidro's first-inning solo
homer started the onslaught. "They're not going to hit like that
all year, but that doesn't mean we have to be the team that
gives up 10 runs and 14 hits," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle
said.
Colorado evened the game at 1-1 on Jeromy Burnitz's seventh
homer in the fourth inning. Montreal answered and took the lead
for good in the bottom of the inning when Vidro drew a leadoff
walk, stole second and scored on Orlando Cabrera's one-out
single.
"It took us a long time to see offense like we put out there
tonight." Vidro said. "It's two games in a row and now we've got
to keep building and keep building."
Jennings was tagged for six runs and eight hits in just five
innings. The struggling righthander is 0-3 with a 13.20 ERA in
his last three starts.
"I pitched a lot better than I did, even the last game,"
Jennings said. "That's why this game is a little more
frustrating. because I had good stuff tonight."
