Expos take 2 of 3 from Dodgers and move to 15-2

GAME 1 (Dodger Stadium) LA 3, MON 2: The mighty 'Spos jumped out to a 2-0 lead and starter Dennis Martinez looked to be cruising. Montreal manager, Georges Bseraini, let his aprhension show as he didn't have a lot of faith in his squads ability to comeback. During his on camera interview in the middle of the 4th he said, "Some staff...how do you beat them. No wonder they only have 1 loss". Well his team must have heard him, especially his starter, Rick Sutcliffe. The tall bearded right shut the Expos down for the final 6 frames, which allowed his offense to chip away slowly. To lead off the bottom of the 4th Steve Garvey doubled to left and with 2 outs Bill Russell delivered a clutch RBI single to make it 2-1. In the 5th Sutcliffe helped his own cause with a long homer into the left center field pavilion just under the Union 76 sign. With the score knotted at 2 "General" Dusty Baker led off the the 6th with a double down the left field line. Cey hit one that Tim Raines tracked down in the power alley to advance Baker to third with 1 out. Bill Russell delivered again by chasing Raines to the warning track for a great sac fly out. Montreal threatened in the 8th, but Sutcliffe closed the door on them as the Dodgers win the opener.

GAME 2 (Olympic Stadium) MON 3, LA 1: Bryn Smith tossed 8 innings of 1 run ball and handed it off to Tim Burke and Joe Hesketh to close it out. LA's Jerry Reuss went the distance, but yielded 2 more runs than Smith did to earn the loss. Montreal scored first in the 3rd, when "the Rock" Tim Raines hit a solo shot to dead center. LA evened it up in the 4th when Dusty Baker led the inning off with a solo shot. The bottom of the 6th would be Reuss' undoing as the Expos plated 2 with only 1 hit, a Tim Wallach RBI double.

GAME 3 (Olympic Stadium) MON 6, LA 2: Pascual Perez won his 4th game of the season as he went the distance and yielded only 2 runs. LA's Don Sutton was victimized for 6 runs over 8 innings of work. Montreal scored 3 big runs in the 3rd to jump out to a 4-0 lead that they would never relinquish. Nixon led that inning off with a single and then promptly stole second. With 2 out "El Ghatto" Andres Galarraga singled him home. Sutton looked to be a bit rattled at this point and third baseman Tim Wallach locked in on his first offering and crushed a hanging curve ball that never broke deep into the left field bleachers. With the score 4-2 the Expos tacked on 2 insurance runs in the 7th and 8th innings to win this one going away. Montreal improved to a league best 15-2. LA dropped below .500 (8-9) for the first time this season.