Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 29, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 7, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 4 1
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Bailey lf 5 1 2 2
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Swoboda cf,lf 5 2 2 1
Bateman c 5 1 2 2
Laboy 3b 5 0 2 0
Boccabella 1b 5 1 2 0
Wine ss 3 1 1 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Brand ss 0 0 0 0
McAnally p 2 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Day cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 16 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 3 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 0 0
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 1 0 0 0
  Popovich 3b 4 1 1 2
Pepitone cf,1b 3 2 1 0
Callison rf 4 1 2 1
Hickman 1b 3 0 2 1
  Ortiz pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 1
Holtzman p 2 0 0 1
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Montreal 001 000 1237161
Chicago 010 005 000691
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McAnally   5.1 6 4 4 1 2
  O'Donoghue   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Reed   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Raymond  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Marshall  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   7.2 11 4 3 1 3
  Regan  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Colborn   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Tompkins   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
6
1
4

  E–Bailey (2), Williams (2).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Boccabella (1,off Holtzman); Bateman (1,off Holtzman).  3B–Montreal Swoboda (2,off Regan).  SH–Beckert (1,off McAnally); Regan (1,off Raymond).  SF–Holtzman (1,off Reed).  IBB–Hickman (2,by Reed).  CS–Laboy (1,2nd base by Holtzman/Rudolph).  SB–Kessinger (2,2nd base off McAnally/Bateman); Beckert (2,2nd base off McAnally/Bateman).  IBB–Reed (1,Hickman).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:21.  A–7,889.
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