ALLEN (3), SCHMIDT (2) COMBINE FOR 5 HRS
2nd 3-HR Game at Jarry Park in 4 Days
MONTREAL, Sept. 26 (AP) - Richie Allen belted three home runs in a game for the
second time this season and teammate Mike Schmidt hit a pair of long balls of
his own as the Philadelphia Phillies whipped the Montreal Expos 8-2 in the first
game of a doubleheader at Jarry Park. It was the eighth time that a major
league player has hit three home runs in a game this year, but Allen, who also
hit three home runs in a May 26 win over the New York Mets, is only the second
to accomplish the feat twice. Dave Kingman of the Mets is the other.
Kingman's second three-run homer contest came just four days ago, on September
22, in a victory over the Expos at Jarry Park. In fact, both of Kingman's
three-homer games have come at Jarry Park; the first was on May 26.
The Phillies seized firm control of the contest in the very first inning with
three runs off Expos starter Dan Warthen. With two outs and the bases
empty, Schmidt drove a Warthen offering into the left field bleachers to put
Philadelphia ahead 1-0. Warthen then walked Greg Luzinski and Allen
drilled a home run of his own for a 3-0 advantage.
In the fourth, the Phillies added a fourth tally when Bob Boone doubled with one
out, advanced to third on Larry Bowa's fly to center and scored when Lonborg
aided his own cause with a two-out run-scoring single.
Montreal tried to keep it close, scoring twice in the bottom of the
fourth. Wayne Garrett led off with a single and was forced at second on
Andre Dawson's fielder's choice grounder, but Ellis Valentine's base hit gave
the Expos runners at first and second with one out. Earl Williams flied to
the edge of the warning track in left, advancing Garrett to third, and then
consecutive singles off the bats of Larry Parrish and Tim Foli scored Dawson and
Valentine to cut the Phillies lead to 4-2.
But Allen's two-out solo home run in the fifth got one of the runs back and,
with the score still 5-2, Allen greeted Bill Atkinson opening the eighth with
his third long ball of the contest to put Philadelphia on top 6-2. Schmidt
capped the scoring in the ninth when he belted his second home run of the game
with Dave Cash, who had singled, aboard.
Allen and Schmdit became the first pair of teammates this year to hit five home
runs in one game.
Schmidt's two home runs give him 37 on the season, tying him atop the National
League leader board with Rick Monday and George Foster. Schmidt continues
his September tear, making him the current favorite to win National League
Player of the Month honors. For the month thus far, Schmidt has homered 13
times--the most home runs by any player in either league in a single month this
year--and driven home 26 runs; prior to September, Schmidt hadn't hit more than
six home runs in any month.
9/26/1976, Phi76-Mon76, game 1, Parc Jarry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1976 Phillies 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 8 12 0 8 1 1976 Expos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 Phillies AB R H BI AVG Expos AB R H BI AVG Cash 2b 3 1 1 0 .308 Unser lf 4 0 1 0 .266 Martin rf 5 0 0 0 .300 Garrett,W 2b 3 0 2 0 .206 Schmidt 3b 5 2 2 3 .268 Dawson cf 4 1 2 0 .246 Luzinski lf 3 1 1 0 .308 Valentine,E rf 4 1 2 0 .293 Allen 1b 5 3 4 4 .286 Williams,E 1b 4 0 0 0 .209 Maddox,G cf 4 0 2 0 .346 Parrish 3b 3 0 1 1 .222 Boone c 5 1 1 0 .254 Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0 .276 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 .225 Foli ss 4 0 1 1 .271 Lonborg p 4 0 1 1 .119 Foote c 4 0 1 0 .251 38 8 12 8 Warthen p 1 0 0 0 .100 Thornton ph 1 0 0 0 .181 Lang p 0 0 0 0 .200 Morales,Jo ph 1 0 0 0 .335 Atkinson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Carrithers p 0 0 0 0 .100 Rivera ph 1 0 0 0 .263 35 2 10 2 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lonborg W 13-11 9.0 10 2 2 1 5 124 90 3.93 9.0 10 2 2 1 5 124 90 Expos INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Warthen L 3-9 5.0 7 5 5 4 5 91 45 4.79 Lang 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 3.12 Atkinson 1.2 5 3 3 0 5 35 26 10.38 Carrithers 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 10 6 3.21 9.0 12 8 8 5 10 158 92 Mon: Thornton batted for Warthen in the 5th Morales,Jo batted for Lang in the 7th Roenicke batted for Parrish in the 9th Rivera batted for Carrithers in the 9th 2B-Boone(17), Foote(10). HR-Schmidt 2(37), Allen 3(22). RBI-Schmidt 3(113), Allen 4(62), Lonborg(4), Parrish(53), Foli(41). SB-Cash(11), Dawson(1). CS-Maddox,G, Garrett,W. K-Martin 3, Schmidt, Allen, Maddox,G, Boone, Bowa, Lonborg 2, Unser, Parrish, Foli, Foote, Rivera. BB-Cash 2, Luzinski 2, Maddox,G, Garrett,W. GWRBI: Schmidt Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH. Attendance: N/A Game Time: 2:34