Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
July 30, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1971 at Parc Jarry. 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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Houston Astros 6, Montreal Expos 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 1 3 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Chiles lf 3 1 1 0
  Geronimo lf 1 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 1
  Wynn cf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Menke 1b 2 1 0 0
Alou rf 5 1 2 2
Howard c 5 1 2 3
Greif p 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 2 1
Day cf 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 2 3 3
Fairly 1b 2 1 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Gosger lf 5 0 0 0
Boccabella c 4 1 3 0
  Brand pr 0 0 0 0
Wine ss 2 0 1 1
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Swanson ph 1 0 0 0
Stoneman p 2 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Houston 000 410 000 16101
Montreal 211 000 001 05100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Greif   2.2 4 4 3 2 2
  Harris   1.2 3 0 0 2 1
  Ray  W (8-2) 5.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
4
6
3
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman   5.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Britton   3.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Marshall  L (2-6) 2.0 4 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.0
10
6
6
7
5

  E–Rader (17).  DP–Houston 4, Montreal 2.  2B–Houston Alou (17,off Stoneman); Rader (18,off Marshall), Montreal Sutherland (4,off Ray).  HR–Houston Howard (1,4th inning off Stoneman 2 on, 2 out), Montreal Staub 2 (9,1st inning off Greif 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Ray 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Chiles (1,off Stoneman); Wynn (1,off Marshall); Day (5,off Greif).  SF–Cedeno (5,off Stoneman).  IBB–Menke (2,by Marshall).  HBP–Boccabella (1,by Greif).  CS–Alou (5,2nd base by Britton/Boccabella); Howard (1,2nd base by Marshall/Boccabella).  HBP–Greif (2,Boccabella).  IBB–Marshall (8,Menke).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:59.  A–23,654.
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