Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
July 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1971 at Parc Jarry. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 2
Chiles lf 3 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Menke 1b 3 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 1
Howard c 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 2 1 0 0
  Sutherland 2b 1 0 1 0
Day cf 2 1 1 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 1
Bailey 3b 3 2 1 1
Gosger lf 3 0 2 1
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Wine ss 4 0 2 1
Renko p 3 1 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 11 6
Houston 000 002 110–480
Montreal 000 411 00x–6111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (5-9) 4.2 6 5 5 1 4
  Lemaster   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Culver   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (10-11) 7.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Marshall   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
3
  E–Day (5).  2B–Houston Metzger (10); Chiles (4).  HR–Houston Morgan (8); Alou (2).  SH–Day (6).  HBP–Hunt (31).  HBP–Billingham (12).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:04.  A–14,306.
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