Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
August 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1971 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 1
Woods cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 0
Bailey lf,3b 4 0 2 0
Laboy 3b 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Boccabella 1b 2 0 0 0
  Day cf 2 0 1 1
Bateman c 4 1 1 1
Wine ss 2 0 1 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0
Morton p 2 0 0 0
  Brand ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 2 2 0
Carbo lf 3 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 1 1 0
May 1b 4 2 3 5
Perez 3b 4 0 1 1
  Concepcion 3b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Foster cf 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 0
Woodward ss 3 0 0 0
Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Cline ph,lf 3 1 2 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Montreal 000 020 001370
Cincinnati 200 010 0036120
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton   6.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Strohmayer  L (4-5) 2.1 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.1
12
6
6
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   5.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Carroll  W (6-2) 4.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Helms (23,off Morton); Foster (18,off Strohmayer).  HR–Montreal Bateman (8,5th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out); Hunt (4,5th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati May 2 (32,1st inning off Morton 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Strohmayer 2 on, 1 out).  CS–Helms (4,2nd base by Morton/Bateman).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:15.  A–28,158.
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