Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1971 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Day cf 4 1 2 0
Hunt 2b 3 2 1 0
Staub rf 5 2 2 1
Bailey 3b 2 1 1 0
  Laboy 3b 0 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 5 0 1 2
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
  Mashore lf 1 0 0 0
Bateman c 5 0 2 3
Wine ss 4 0 0 0
Renko p 5 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 2 0
Jones lf 3 1 1 2
Shamsky rf 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 3 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Gentry p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Montreal 300 000 300690
New York 100 100 0002102
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (1-0) 9.0 10 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (0-1) 6.2 7 6 3 6 4
  Taylor   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
3
8
7

  E–Agee (1), Aspromonte (1).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–New York Boswell (1,off Renko); Clendenon (2,off Renko).  3B–New York Harrelson (1,off Renko).  HR–New York Jones (1,4th inning off Renko 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Wine (1,by Gentry); Jones (1,by Gentry).  SF–Jones (1,off Renko).  IBB–Gentry 2 (2,Wine,Jones).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:48.  A–13,033.
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