Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1970 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 7, Chicago Cubs 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 5 0 1 0
Staehle 2b 3 2 1 1
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Fairly 1b 5 2 3 1
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 0
Fairey cf 5 1 1 0
Wine ss 5 0 2 1
Boccabella c 0 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph,c 4 0 1 2
Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 0 1 0 0
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 3 0
Beckert 2b 4 2 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 3
Santo 3b 4 0 1 1
Callison rf 4 1 1 3
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Hickman cf 3 0 1 0
  Day pr 0 1 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 0
Jenkins p 3 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  James pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Montreal 001 110 0137120
Chicago 420 000 0028121
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman   2.0 7 6 6 0 4
  Morton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed   3.2 3 0 0 2 1
  McGinn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Raymond  L (0-1) 1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Sembera   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.2
12
8
8
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   8.0 9 5 5 5 9
  Aguirre   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Abernathy   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Regan  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
6
10

  E–Kessinger (2).  DP–Montreal 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Staehle (2,off Jenkins); Wine (1,off Jenkins); Fairly (2,off Aguirre), Chicago Williams (1,off Stoneman); Smith (1,off Raymond).  3B–Chicago Santo (1,off Reed); Kessinger (1,off Reed).  HR–Montreal Staub (1,9th inning off Aguirre 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Callison (2,1st inning off Stoneman 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Laboy (1,off Abernathy); Hundley (1,off Raymond).  SB–Kessinger (1,2nd base off Stoneman/Boccabella); Beckert (1,2nd base off Stoneman/Boccabella).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:14.  A–6,855.
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