Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Sutherland 2b 6 0 0 0
Phillips cf 4 2 2 0
Staub rf 4 2 3 1
Bailey lf 3 0 1 1
  Fairey lf 0 0 0 0
Boccabella 1b 5 1 1 1
Laboy 3b 4 1 1 1
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Wine ss 5 1 3 2
Wegener p 4 0 1 1
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Renko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Crosby ss 2 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0
Hague rf 5 1 2 0
Allen 1b 4 1 2 0
Torre c 4 1 3 2
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
  Javier 2b 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
Davalillo cf 4 2 2 1
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
Maxvill 2b 3 0 1 1
  Simmons ph,c 1 0 1 1
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Chlupsa p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor C. ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor C. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 5
Montreal 011 000 4107130
St. Louis 111 001 0206142
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Wegener  W (3-3) 7.0 12 6 5 2 2
  Morton   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McGinn   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Renko  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
5
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (6-16) 6.1 11 6 3 4 4
  Linzy   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Chlupsa   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
4
5
4

  E–Shannon 2 (8).  DP–Montreal 2.  PB–Bateman 2 (8).  2B–Montreal Wine 2 (17,off Carlton 2); Laboy (24,off Carlton), St. Louis Maxvill (4,off Wegener); Simmons (4,off Morton).  3B–Montreal Phillips (2,off Carlton).  HR–Montreal Staub (23,3rd inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Torre (12,6th inning off Wegener 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bailey (2,off Chlupsa).  IBB–Bateman (6,by Carlton).  SB–Brock 2 (30,2nd base off Wegener/Bateman 2).  WP–Morton (2), Carlton 2 (11).  IBB–Carlton (13,Bateman).  U-HP–Dick Tremblay, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–(none), 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:32.
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