Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
May 31, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1970 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Cincinnati Reds 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hahn lf 4 1 2 0
  Day ph 1 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 5 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Phillips cf 4 0 3 0
Bateman c 3 1 2 0
  Fairly ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 3 1 1 1
  Staehle ph 1 0 0 0
Boccabella 1b,c 3 0 1 1
  Fairey ph 1 0 1 0
Wine ss 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 0 0 0 0
McGinn p 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 2 0 0 0
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 1 0
Tolan cf 3 1 0 0
Perez 3b 3 1 2 3
Bench c 4 0 0 0
May 1b 4 2 2 2
McRae lf 3 1 2 1
  Stewart pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 1 0
Merritt p 3 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Montreal 000 220 0004121
Cincinnati 110 200 20x681
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McGinn   3.0 5 4 4 0 2
  Reed  L (1-3) 4.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Morton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
2
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (10-3) 7.1 11 4 4 0 3
  Carroll   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gullett   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Granger  SV (12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
4

  E–Sutherland (3), Concepcion (12).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Montreal Staub (9,off Merritt); Hahn (2,off Merritt); Laboy (7,off Merritt), Cincinnati Rose (9,off McGinn).  3B–Montreal Phillips (1,off Merritt).  HR–Montreal Staub (6,5th inning off Merritt 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati May 2 (14,2nd inning off McGinn 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off McGinn 0 on, 0 out); McRae (5,4th inning off McGinn 0 on, 0 out); Perez (18,7th inning off Reed 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Perez (3,off McGinn).  CS–Concepcion (1,2nd base by Reed/Bateman).  WP–McGinn (5).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:15.  A–10,279.
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