Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 18, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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 1, Chicago Cubs 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Sutherland 2b 4 0 0 0
Phillips cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Bailey lf 4 1 1 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 1 0 0 0
Hiatt c 3 0 1 0
Wine ss 3 0 0 0
Renko p 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hermoso ph 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 2 2 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 2 1 0
Williams lf 5 3 2 4
Santo 3b 2 0 1 2
  Popovich 3b 1 0 0 0
Callison rf 3 0 1 0
Banks 1b 5 0 2 2
Hickman cf 2 0 1 0
  Day ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Hundley c 5 0 0 0
Holtzman p 3 1 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 8
Montreal 000 100 000141
Chicago 002 400 02x891
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (0-2) 3.1 3 6 5 7 2
  Raymond   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Sembera   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
7
9
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 0 5 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
5
7

  E–Bailey (2), Beckert (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo (2,off Raymond).  3B–Montreal Bailey (1,off Holtzman).  HR–Chicago Williams (3,3rd inning off Renko 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Holtzman (1,off Sembera).  HBP–Santo (1,by Johnson).  IBB–Callison (1,by Raymond).  SB–Fairly (2,2nd base off Holtzman/Hundley); Kessinger (2,2nd base off Renko/Hiatt).  HBP–Johnson (2,Santo).  IBB–Raymond (1,Callison).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:36.  A–21,890.
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