79 Expos 08 Cubs Split series

Game 1 at Montreal: Expos 4 Cubs1 The Expos put Bill Lee 4-0 .54 ERA up against Carlos Zambrano 0-5 5.88 ERA in game one of the 4 game set. The game looked like it was going to be a pitchers duel but Zambrano developed a blister on his throwing hand in the 4th and had to be removed from the game after a Lance Parrish lead off homer. They put across 3 more in the 6th for a 4-0 lead. Chicago scored their only run on back to back doubles by Soto and Ramirez in the 7th. Larry Parrish was 3-4 scored 2 runs with a HR. Bill Lee had a base hit and RBI's to help his cause. Game 2 at Montreal: Cubs 5 Expos 0 Ryan Dempster No Hits Montreal in the second game of the series. Dempster walked 4 and struck out 8. He was perfect through 6 as the Cubs lead 3-0. They added 2 more in the 7th. Ryan worked his way out of a 7th inning jam. A lead off walk to Cromartie ended the perfect game. Dawson flied out to right. The next batter Scott reached on a fielders choice then stole 2nd and 3rd. Gary Carter and Lance Parrich walked to load the bases. Valentine flied out to left for the third out. The Expos went down in order in the 8th. Cromartie lead off the 9th and reached on an error by 1st baseman Derrick Lee, Scott walked to put runners at 1st and 2nd no outs. Dempster struck out Dawson for the second time on the day for the 1st out. Gary Carter followed with an easy Foul Out the the catcher. Dempster then got Lance Parrich to Ground Out 5-3 to end the game. Edmonds was 2-4 HR raised his avg to .318. Ramirez went 2-5 had 2 RBI's for Chicago. Game 3 at Chicago: Cubs 6 Expos 5 It looked like Montreal would have an easy day as they scored 4 runs in the 1st. Jim Edmonds spoiled the Expos fast start with a walk off Grand Slam off of Sosa 0-2 9.82 ERA. Lilly settled down and Rogers held the Cubs in check through the 7th. Chicago scored 1 in the 8th and Montreal added 1 in the 9th to take a 5-1 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th. The 9th started with a pair of walks to Theriot and Soriano Lee flied out to center to leave runners on 1st and 2nd and one out. Ramirez followed with a single to load the bases, DeRosa flied out to medium center scoring Theriot from third. Next batter up Soto singled the load the bases again. With 2 outs Montreal decided to stay with Soto in hopes of him preserving the win. Jim Edmonds stepped to the plate and with his signature sweeping swing sent the ball over the right field wall for the walk off GS. Tony Perez and Cromartie went 2-4 2 RBI's each for Montreal Game 4 at Chicago: Montreal 5 Chicago 2 In game 4 Rudy May 2-0 2.87 ERA went 7 solid innings with relief support from Bahnsen Fryman and Soto who picked up his 4th save. Jason Marquis went 8 and dropped to 0-1 with a 2.78 ERA. Montreal scored 2 in the 1st added 1 in the 6th and 2 more in the 9th. Chicago scored one in the 3rd and 4th. The Cubs could only manage 2 runs on 10 hits. Gary Carter hit his 5th HR a solo shot in the 6th and Parrish had 2 RBI's. --submitted by Mark Angle--