Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 22, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1971 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 2, Houston Astros 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 2 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 2
Staub rf 2 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Swanson cf 3 0 1 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0
Boccabella c 4 1 1 0
Wine ss 3 1 2 0
  McDonald ph 1 0 0 0
McAnally p 2 0 0 0
  Mashore ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 2 0
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 2 0 0
Rader 3b 3 2 1 1
Menke 1b 3 2 1 3
Alou lf 4 0 1 3
  Geronimo lf 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Blasingame p 2 0 0 0
  Culver p 1 0 1 1
Totals 28 8 6 8
Montreal 000 020 000260
Houston 400 000 04x860
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McAnally  L (2-8) 6.0 2 4 4 6 5
  Raymond   1.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Reed   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
8
8
8
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  W (6-8) 7.1 5 2 2 3 9
  Culver  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
12

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Woods (3,off Blasingame), Houston Alou (13,off McAnally); Morgan 2 (19,off McAnally,off Raymond); Menke (14,off Raymond).  HBP–Hunt (29,by Blasingame); Cedeno (1,by McAnally).  IBB–Edwards (6,by Reed).  CS–Hunt (4,2nd base by Blasingame/Edwards); Cedeno (4,2nd base by McAnally/Boccabella); Morgan (6,2nd base by McAnally/Boccabella).  HBP–McAnally (4,Cedeno); Blasingame (6,Hunt).  IBB–Reed (5,Edwards).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:27.  A–15,058.
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