Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
September 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1970 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 10

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 1 0 0 0
  Hahn ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Day cf 2 0 1 0
  Phillips ph,cf 3 1 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 5 1 1 3
Gosger 1b 1 0 0 0
  Boccabella ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Bateman c 5 1 1 0
Staehle 2b 2 1 2 0
  Sutherland ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Wine ss 4 0 1 0
Renko p 1 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 1 2
  Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0
  Mashore ph 1 0 0 0
  Wegener p 0 0 0 0
  Laboy ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 6 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 2 1 0
Jones lf 5 2 3 1
Shamsky rf 1 1 1 0
  Gaspar pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 0 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 5 1 2 3
Grote c 4 1 2 1
Harrelson ss 1 1 1 1
Gentry p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 3 0 1 3
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 10
Montreal 000 200 0035111
New York 202 000 06x10111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (10-10) 3.0 5 4 3 3 4
  Strohmayer   2.0 1 0 0 3 4
  Wegener   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Raymond   0.2 4 6 6 3 0
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
9
11
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry   3.1 6 2 2 2 3
  McGraw  W (3-5) 5.0 4 3 2 1 6
  Herbel  SV (10) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
3
10

  E–Gosger (3), Garrett (7).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  PB–Grote (6).  2B–Montreal Hahn (6,off McGraw), New York Harrelson (17,off Renko); Jones 2 (22,off Strohmayer,off Raymond); Boswell (11,off Raymond).  3B–New York Jones (6,off Renko).  HR–Montreal Bailey (25,9th inning off McGraw 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jones 2 (13,by Gentry 2).  SF–Clendenon (6,off Renko); Harrelson (8,off Renko).  IBB–Shamsky 2 (11,by Strohmayer,by Raymond).  SB–Harrelson (20,2nd base off Strohmayer/Bateman).  HBP–Gentry 2 (7,Jones 2).  IBB–Strohmayer (3,Shamsky); Raymond (7,Shamsky).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:00.  A–15,505.
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