Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
August 1, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 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 8, Montreal Expos 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 5 1 3 1
Chiles lf 3 0 0 0
  Wynn ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 1
Rader 3b 5 1 1 1
Menke 1b 4 0 0 0
Alou rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Hiatt c 2 2 1 0
Blasingame p 3 1 2 2
Totals 37 8 12 8
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Sutherland 2b 4 0 2 0
Woods cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 1 1 0
Swanson lf 4 0 0 0
Boccabella 1b 4 0 2 1
Wine ss 4 0 2 0
McAnally p 2 0 1 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Houston 003 000 2038121
Montreal 010 000 0001100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  W (8-8) 9.0 10 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
3
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McAnally  L (3-9) 6.0 8 5 5 2 5
  McGinn   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Britton   1.1 3 3 3 3 0
  Raymond   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
5

  E–Rader (18).  DP–Houston 2, Montreal 2.  2B–Houston Hiatt (6,off McAnally); Blasingame (3,off McAnally), Montreal Boccabella (8,off Blasingame).  HR–Houston Wynn (7,9th inning off Britton 1 on, 0 out); Rader (8,9th inning off Britton 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sutherland (2,by Blasingame); Bateman (4,by Blasingame).  WP–Blasingame 2 (8), McAnally 2 (7).  HBP–Blasingame 2 (10,Sutherland,Bateman).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:20.  A–17,605.
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