St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
April 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1970 at Parc Jarry. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Montreal Expos 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 1
Cardenal cf 5 0 0 0
Allen 3b 5 2 3 3
Torre c 3 0 0 0
Lee rf 5 1 1 0
Hague 1b 3 0 1 1
Javier 2b 4 1 3 1
Maxvill ss 2 1 1 1
Gibson p 3 1 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Staehle 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub rf 3 1 0 0
Fairly 1b 3 0 2 1
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 1
Phillips cf 3 0 0 0
Boccabella c 4 0 2 0
Wine ss 4 0 0 0
Stoneman p 3 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
St. Louis 000 100 0157110
Montreal 200 000 000261
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (1-0) 8.0 5 2 2 4 9
  Taylor  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
11
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman  L (0-1) 8.1 8 4 4 3 5
  Sembera   0.1 3 3 3 2 0
  McGinn   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
6

  E–Jones (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Montreal 1.  2B–St. Louis Allen 2 (2,off Stoneman,off Sembera); Maxvill (1,off Sembera); Brock (1,off Sembera).  HR–St. Louis Allen (1,8th inning off Stoneman 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hague (1,off Stoneman).  IBB–Torre (1,by Sembera).  CS–Gibson (1,2nd base by Stoneman/Boccabella).  SB–Fairly (1,2nd base off Gibson/Torre); Phillips (1,2nd base off Gibson/Torre).  IBB–Sembera (1,Torre).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:41.  A–21,173.
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