Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
May 21, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Mota cf 4 0 2 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 0
Bailey 1b 4 0 2 0
  Bosch pr 0 0 0 0
Clendenon lf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 1
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Sutherland 2b 3 1 2 1
Stoneman p 2 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Blefary 1b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 0
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Miller lf 4 0 1 1
Menke ss 4 1 1 0
Rader 3b 2 1 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Bryant c 3 0 1 0
Lemaster p 4 0 1 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Montreal 000 100 010290
Houston 011 001 00x372
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman  L (3-4) 5.2 5 3 3 6 3
  McGinn   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Shaw   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
8
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  W (2-5) 8.0 7 2 2 0 7
  Gladding  SV (7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
7

  E–Miller (1), Alou (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Sutherland (4,off Lemaster); Staub (9,off Lemaster), Houston Menke (6,off Stoneman).  3B–Houston Miller (3,off Stoneman).  HR–Montreal Sutherland (1,8th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bryant (1,by McGinn).  SB–Mota (1,2nd base off Lemaster/Bryant); Morgan (11,2nd base off Stoneman/Bateman).  CS–Morgan (4,2nd base by Stoneman/Bateman).  WP–Lemaster (1).  HBP–McGinn (2,Bryant).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:34.  A–11,649.
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