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MONTREAL (10) VS ATLANTA (2) - FINAL

MONTREAL               ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
E Chavez cf             5  1  1  0   0  1   7  .200
J Vidro 2b              3  0  1  1   1  1   0  .333
R Calloway rf           4  1  2  1   1  0   1  .500
W Cordero 1b            5  0  0  0   0  3   7  .000
 L Ayala p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
B Wilkerson lf          4  1  1  1   1  1   2  .250
O Cabrera ss            4  2  1  2   1  0   0  .250
F Tatis 3b              5  2  3  0   0  0   0  .600
M Barrett c             4  2  1  0   1  1   1  .250
T Armas Jr p            2  0  1  0   0  0   0  .500
 a-H Mateo ph           1  1  1  0   0  0   0 1.000
 D Smith p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 S Stewart p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 b-J Liefer ph-1b       2  0  2  4   0  0   0 1.000

Totals                 39 10 14  9   5  7  18

a-singled to shallow left for T Armas Jr in the 7th;  b-singled to left for S 
Stewart in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - R Calloway (1, G Maddux); F Tatis (1, G Maddux); J Vidro (1, G 
Maddux); J Liefer (1, J Bong). 3B - E Chavez (1, G Maddux). HR - O Cabrera (1, 
1st inning off G Maddux 1 on, 2 Out). S - E Chavez. SF - J Vidro. RBI - J Vidro 
(1), B Wilkerson (1), O Cabrera 2 (2), J Liefer 4 (4), R Calloway (1). 2-out 
RBI - B Wilkerson, O Cabrera 2, R Calloway, J Liefer 2. Runners left in scoring 
position, 2 out - E Chavez 3, W Cordero 3. Team LOB - 9. 
 
FIELDING: Outfield assists - E Chavez (J Lopez at Home). DP: 2 (J Vidro-O 
Cabrera-J Liefer 2). 
 

ATLANTA                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Furcal ss             5  1  3  0   0  0   0  .600
R Fick 1b               4  0  1  1   0  0   3  .250
G Sheffield rf          3  1  1  0   1  0   0  .333
C Jones lf              4  0  2  0   0  0   2  .500
A Jones cf              4  0  1  0   0  0   3  .250
M Giles 2b              4  0  1  1   0  1   2  .250
V Castilla 3b           4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .250
H Blanco c              1  0  0  0   1  0   0  .000
 a-J Lopez ph-c         2  0  1  0   0  0   3  .500
G Maddux p              2  0  0  0   0  1   1  .000
 b-M Franco ph          0  0  0  0   1  0   0  .000
 R King p               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 R Hernandez p          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 J Bong p               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 c-J Franco ph          1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 34  2 11  2   3  2  14

a-reached on infield single to shortstop for H Blanco in the 7th;  b-walked for 
G Maddux in the 7th;  c-grounded to pitcher for J Bong in the 9th.

BATTING: 3B - R Furcal (1, T Armas Jr). SF - R Fick. RBI - R Fick (1), M Giles 
(1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Giles 1, A Jones 1, R Fick 1. 
GIDP - J Lopez, R Fick. Team LOB - 9. 
 
FIELDING: E - C Jones 2 (2, bobble, throw); V Castilla (1, throw). Outfield 
assists - C Jones (J Vidro at Home). DP: 1 (C Jones-H Blanco). 
 

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    MONTREAL        - 400 000 132   --  10
    ATLANTA         - 000 001 010   --   2
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MONTREAL                     ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
T Armas Jr (W, 1-0)           6       5   1   1   1   2   0   1.50
D Smith                         1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
S Stewart (H, 1)                2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
L Ayala                       2       4   1   1   1   0   0   4.50

ATLANTA                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
G Maddux (L, 0-1)             7       9   5   4   1   5   1   5.14
R King                        0       0   2   2   2   0   0  18.00
R Hernandez                   1       2   1   1   2   1   0   9.00
J Bong                        1       3   2   2   0   1   0  18.00

R King pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP - D Smith. IBB - M Barrett (by G Maddux), J Vidro (by R Hernandez). 
Pitches-strikes: T Armas Jr 83-51; D Smith 12-6; S Stewart 4-3; L Ayala 35-22; 
G Maddux 78-55; R King 11-3; R Hernandez 23-10; J Bong 22-14. Ground balls-fly 
balls: T Armas Jr 3-13; D Smith 0-1; S Stewart 1-0; L Ayala 5-1; G Maddux 9-7; 
R King 0-0; R Hernandez 2-0; J Bong 1-1. Batters faced: T Armas Jr 24; D Smith 
3; S Stewart 2; L Ayala 9; G Maddux 31; R King 2; R Hernandez 7; J Bong 6. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Brian Gorman. 2B--Bruce Dreckman. 3B--Brian 
Runge. 

T--2:44. Att--40,258. 
Weather: 55 degrees, sunny. Wind: 17 mph, left to 
right.
 

How They Scored

MONTREAL 1ST:   E Chavez tripled to deep right.  J Vidro hit sacrifice fly to 
left in foul territory, E Chavez scored.  R Calloway doubled to right.  W Cordero 
struck out swinging.  B Wilkerson singled to center, R Calloway scored.  O Cabrera 
homered to left center, B Wilkerson scored.  F Tatis grounded out to third. 
(4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)  MONTREAL 4, ATLANTA 0.

ATLANTA 6TH:   R Furcal tripled to deep right.  R Fick hit sacrifice fly to 
center, R Furcal scored.  G Sheffield grounded out to pitcher.  C Jones singled 
to left.  A Jones singled to left, C Jones to third.  M Giles lined out to 
shortstop. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)  MONTREAL 4, ATLANTA 1.

MONTREAL 7TH:   H Mateo hit for T Armas Jr. H Mateo singled to shallow left.  
E Chavez sacrificed to third, H Mateo to third, H Mateo scored, E Chavez safe 
at second on throwing error by third baseman V Castilla.  J Vidro grounded out 
to pitcher, E Chavez to third.  R Calloway grounded out to second.  W Cordero 
struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error)  MONTREAL 5, ATLANTA 1.

MONTREAL 8TH:   J Lopez catching. R King relieved G Maddux. B Wilkerson 
walked.  O Cabrera walked, B Wilkerson to second.  R Hernandez relieved R King. 
F Tatis singled to right, B Wilkerson to third, O Cabrera to second.  M Barrett 
grounded into fielder's choice to catcher, B Wilkerson out at home, O Cabrera 
to third, F Tatis to second.  J Liefer singled to left, O Cabrera and F Tatis 
scored, M Barrett to second, M Barrett to third, J Liefer to second on throwing 
error by left fielder C Jones. E Chavez struck out swinging.  J Vidro 
intentionally walked.  R Calloway walked, M Barrett scored, J Liefer to third, 
J Vidro to second.  W Cordero grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, 
R Calloway out at second. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)  MONTREAL 8, ATLANTA 1.

ATLANTA 8TH:   J Liefer at first base. L Ayala relieved S Stewart. 
G Sheffield walked.  C Jones singled to right center, G Sheffield to second.  
A Jones flied out to center, G Sheffield to third.  M Giles singled to center, 
G Sheffield scored, C Jones to second.  V Castilla singled to right, C Jones to 
third, M Giles to second.  J Lopez grounded into double play, second to 
shortstop to first, V Castilla out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)  
MONTREAL 8, ATLANTA 2.

MONTREAL 9TH:   J Bong relieved R Hernandez. B Wilkerson struck out swinging. 
 O Cabrera flied out to left.  F Tatis singled to right.  M Barrett singled to 
left, F Tatis to second.  J Liefer doubled to deep left, M Barrett and F Tatis 
scored, J Liefer to third advancing on throw.  E Chavez grounded out to 
shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)  MONTREAL 10, ATLANTA 2.

Game Story

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Even without Vladimir Guerrero, the 
Montreal Expos handed Greg Maddux his first Opening Day defeat.

Orlando Cabrera highlighted a four-run first inning with a
two-run homer against Maddux and the Expos rolled to a 10-2
victory over the Atlanta Braves before a crowd of 40,258 at
Turner Field.

The four-time Cy Young Award winner was 6-0 with a 1.66 ERA in
seven Opening Day starts.  Facing an Expos lineup Monday which
was missing Guerrero, Maddux (0-1) gave up four runs and four
hits in the first inning alone.

"I didn't pitch good in that first inning, obviously," Maddux
said.  "The ball was up.  I need to get the ball down next time
and do better out of the gate.  You put your team in such a hole
in the first inning like I did, you just try to hang around for
as long as you can."

Endy Chavez pulled Maddux's third pitch of the game into the
right field corner.  Outfielder Gary Sheffield stumbled
awkwardly as he appeared to make the catch, but the ball dropped
out of his glove.  Chavez cruised into third for a triple and
scored on Jose Vidro's sacrifice fly.

Rookie Ron Calloway, who played in right field for the suspended
Guerrero, doubled to right for his first major league hit and
finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.

After Wil Cordero struck out, Brad Wilkerson singled to center
to score Calloway and Cabrera belted the first pitch he saw over
the 380-foot sign in left.

"Maddux is always trying to get ahead and throw that first
strike and I was looking for it," Cabrera said.  "It was a
slider up and in.  You always are going to have one opportunity
to hit the ball off of him. You have to be aggressive every
time. Compared to him three years ago, he's missing some spots.
He's leaving the ball high and in."

Signed to a one-year, $14.75 million contract last month, Maddux
allowed just one unearned run and five hits over the next six
innings.

"Maddux could easily have had a shutout after that first
inning," Braves manager Bobby Cox said.  "He just had some
trouble with location in the first inning."

Making his first Opening Day start, Tony Armas Jr. (1-0), who is
making $2.1 million in 2003, gave up just one run and five hits
in six innings to earn the win.  He had lost his last six
decisions against the Braves, dating to June 29, 2001

"It was an honor," Armas said of the Opening Day assignment.
"I'm here to pitch and perform and everything went well. I was
still pitching as if the game was 0-0.  Sometimes with a
four-run lead, you think you have the game won but you have to
pitch your game still."

Armas struck out two, walked just one and threw 51 of his 83
pitches for strikes.

"He (Armas) was in the zone.  His slider was awesome," Cabrera
said.  "He used a lot of fastballs and they had a lot of 
movement."

Jeff Liefer had four RBI for the Expos after coming into the
game as a pinch hitter in the eighth.  He delivered a two-run
single in that inning and added a two-run double in the ninth.

Even without Guerrero, who will finish serving his two-game 
suspension Wednesday for charging the mound in a spring 
training game, the Expos banged out 14 hits.

After managing just two hits in the first five innings, the
Braves scored their only run off Armas in the sixth.  Rafael
Furcal led off the inning with the first of his three hits, a
triple that went off the glove of a leaping Calloway in right,
and came home on Robert Fick's sacrifice fly.

Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones had two-out singles later in the
inning, but shortstop Cabrera made a leaping catch of a liner by
Marcus Giles to end the inning.  Giles later had an RBI single
in the eighth.

But the Expos turned two errors into an unearned run in the
seventh.  Pinch hitting for Armas, Henry Mateo singled to start
the inning and advanced to second when left fielder Chipper
Jones booted the ball.  Chavez put down a perfect sacrifice bunt
which third baseman Vinny Castilla fielded and threw wildly past
first, allowing Mateo to score.

Montreal broke open the game with three runs in the eighth off
Ray King and Roberto Hernandez.   King walked Wilkerson and
Cabrera and Tatis singled off Hernandez to load the bases before
Liefer delivered his two-run single, giving the Expos a 7-2
lead.  Calloway drew a bases-loaded walk to cap the inning.

Liefer, who was acquired from the Chicago White Sox in the
three-team trade involving pitchers Orlando Hernandez and
Bartolo Colon, was credited with a gift two-run double in the
ninth when Jones misjudged his liner to left.

"It's a great feeling," said Liefer, who hit only .188
(9-for-48) in the spring.  "You always want to get off to a
great start and really everybody contributed today. "We know
we're good and we have a lot of confidence."

The Expos won their third straight season opener and snapped
Atlanta's four-game winning streak on Opening Day.  The Braves
are just 16-22 in season openers since moving to Atlanta in
1966.