Expos boot series over to Phigtin’s despite Rogers 1 hitter

GAME 1 - 9/8 - Olympic Stadium
Chris Short vs Bill Gullickson
Phillies 10, Expos 6
Gullickson gave up 12 hits in 6 innings of work, yet the blame for his loss lies strictly on the shoulders of Expos terrible defense.  4 huge errors prolonged innings, which is not something you want to do when facing the Phillies and their .281 team batting average.  Ellis Valentine, Delino DeShields and Larry Parrish (2) booted everything in site.  Parrish's error in the 6th help open the floodgates, which broke open the game and erased a 5-5 stalemate.  After Parish's error Garry Maddox and Larry Bowa cashed in with RBI singles, which was followed by an RBI double by John Kruk, who was a homer short of a cycle.  Philly banged out 18 hits and won this walking away.

GAME 2 - 9/9
Steve Carlton vs Steve Rogers
Expos 5, Phillies 0
The Phillies stepped into Mr. Rogers' neighborhood and got completely mugged by the dominant righty.  Rogers carried a no hitter into the 9th and looked to become part of KOD history.  Pinch hitter Richie Allen grounded out to Parrish at third for the first out.  Maddox went down swinging for the second out, but the pesky Larry Bowa spoiled the day with a blooper to right for Philly's only hit of the day.  Rogers went 8 2/3 innings, but could not seal the deal.  Johnny Callison would ground out to short to end it giving Rogers a 1 hit shutout.  It took Steve Rogers just 93 pitches to accomplish this fine performance.  Montreal's 4 run 4th gave Rogers a nice cushion to work with.  Ellis Valentine's RBI double got the scoring started.  Tim Raines' sac fly put the finishing touches on the inning.  Valentine's solo shot in the second put the Expos on the board first.

GAME 3 - 9/10
Terry Mulholland vs Dennis Martinez
Phillies 9, Expos 7
Mulholland came into this game looking like a Cy Young candidate.  After giving up 6 runs in 2 innings of work he said "sayanora" to those chances.  Luckily for him Jim Konstanty came out of the pen and pitched 4 solid innings giving up just 1 run.  The rest of the pen, Jack Baldschun/Tug McGraw, blanked the Expos who had woes of their own.  Once again Dennis Martinez was ineffective at best, which meant that he was gone before the 4th inning started.  Steve Renko, was victimized by the Philly bats and his defense to the tune of 3 big runs, which turned out to provide the Phightin's with all they needed to eek out a victory.  On the day Montreal would commit 4 more errors.  Ellis Valentine, Delino DeShields and the normally sure handed Tim Foli (2) made the Expos once again look like the '62 Mets between the white lines.  Clouded in this carnival atmosphere was Cookie Rojas' 4-5 day for the Phils.  Callison went 1 for 4 and saw his season average drop below .400 (.396), but he did hit a 2 run shot which was the margin for victory.