Montreal Expos Rodney Scott l2 steals second base in the eighth inning of the ex hibition game at Dunedin Fla Monday as Toronto Blue lays second baseman waits for the late throw from his catcher Toronto took the game 32 AP Photo Old rivalry evident as Jays edge Expos DISNEDIN Fla Pt It was different sport Monday but the same intense Montreal Toronto rivalry was very much in evidence After Toronto Blue Jays had edged Montreal Expos 32 in the first meeting of Canadas two majorleague baseball clubs the locker room euphoria had familiar ring It seems like we won the Stanley Cup doesnt it said winning pitcher Lloyd Allen comparing the days conquest to the familiar hockey con frontations between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Ca nadiens We gave it just that little bit extra today he added It took twoout single from former Expo Ron Fairly ill the bottom of the eighth inning to provide the Blue Jays with the margin of victory and even the exhibition season records of both teams at $2 think the media placed lot more emphasis on it than we did said Toronto manager Roy llartsfield when asked if the game had taken on any ad ded significance because of the nature of Torontos opponent But lets face it it was historymaking day and natu rally there was lot of en thusiasm regarding it Canadiens one point from title MONlREAl ICPI It has not been an easy season for op ponents oi Montreal lanadiens as the defending National Hockey Leagtn champions work toward the best overall record in the league The Tanadiens need just one point to clinch the overall title which will give them homeice advantage in all of their Stanley Cup playoff games following Monday nights iO triumph over Los Angeles Kings Guy Lafleur Jacques Le maire and Guy Lapointe scored for the anadiens with Ken Dryden blocking 23 shots for the shutout But it was liafleur who drew particular praise from the Kings as he brought his league leading points total to 122 and stretched his consecutive game points scoring streak to 20 games two short of the NHL record set by Bronco llorvath during the 195960 season The team moves with him said Kings centre Butch iorr ing He has been playing su per Every team needs leader and lafleur seems to be theirs The Kings in the thick of secondplace battle With Pitts burgh lengiiins in the Norris division played better hockey Monday than in their last up pearancc here lan 13 game they lost ti HIItnitii Wilt itoliiNstiN They played well said Ia nadiens defenceman Larry Robinson who assisted in La fleurs third period goal to run his points total to 70 club record for dolenceman Robinson felt the Ianadiens played one of the better games in recent days noting that all the guys played well everybody was good on every shift Kenny lDrydein also made some big saves for us when We necdctllhem The man most allecled by Drydens efforts was ioring who was stopped on second period breakaway and also was foiled twice early in the third period didnt know what was go ing to do on the breakaway said Goring was looking at him from the blueline iii and was hoping that he was going to makethefiist move lledidiit lt was just one of those nights when the goalie just has your nmnber The Expos twice took onerun leads on pair of unearned runs but the Blue Jays battled back on both Occasions tying the game in the second and seventh innings and scoring the winning run in the eighth Second baseman Steve Staggs opened the decisive in ning by pushing bunt to the right side of the infield and beating it out for hit Shoe tstop Jim Mason followed with second bunt which Montreal reliever Will McEnaney fielded and threw to second too late to force the sliding Staggs Left fielder John Scott then grounded to Expos third base man Pete Mackanin who tagged Staggs coming down from second and threw on to fir st for the double play But Fairly hitless in three previous plate appearances slapped the ball past diving Pepe Frias at second and into centre field to bring Mason home and hand Allenithe third Toronto pitcher the victory The lanky lefthander signed by the Blue lays as free agent in January after being released by St Louis Cardinals blanked the Expos on two singles while striking out four in three in nings of work My slider was my best pitch today and also had good sucr cess locating my fastballs Al len said ORILLIA 93 COMMERCE RD 705 3266485 JERRY SMITH Car Rental RENTACAR AND TRUCK SERVICE RATEs DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY YEARLY FEATURING CHEVROLETS If you want bargain rate rent one of our smaller size cars Theyre real deal Other bargain rates also available at Tilden stations in most other cities and airports in Canada Featuring cars by General Motors Reserve ahead USA reservations through our friends NatiOnal Reservations 7370800 The Expos had taken 10 lead in the second when after two outs Mackanin beat out an infield hit utfielder Bombo Rivera then lined to Mason who saw the ball glance off his glove for an error to keep the inning alive Frias followed with 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