Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
June 3, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1970 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 0, Houston Astros 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Fairey cf 4 0 1 0
Sutherland 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 0
Wine ss 3 0 0 0
  Brand ph 1 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 1 0
  Staehle ph 0 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Davis lf 3 1 2 1
Menke ss 4 1 2 1
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
Pepitone 1b 4 0 2 2
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 4 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Montreal 000 000 000081
Houston 002 003 00x590
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (0-1) 6.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Strohmayer   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (3-0) 9.0 8 0 0 3 10
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
3
10

  E–Laboy (9).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Laboy (8,off Billingham); Gosger (1,off Billingham), Houston Rader (6,off Moore); Edwards (6,off Strohmayer).  BK–Moore (1).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:19.  A–12,665.
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