Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
August 30, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 3 0
  Wine ss 0 0 0 0
Day cf 5 0 2 0
Staub rf 5 1 2 0
Fairly 1b 5 1 1 1
Fairey lf 3 1 1 0
  Swanson ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 2 3
Sutherland ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 5 1 1 0
Renko p 3 1 1 2
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 2 2
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 5 0 1 0
Hickman rf 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 2 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 0 0 0
Hands p 2 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Montreal 000 004 0206141
Chicago 000 000 020281
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (13-13) 7.2 7 2 1 3 3
  Marshall  SV (15) 1.1 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (10-17) 7.0 10 4 4 2 0
  Bonham   0.2 3 2 0 0 0
  Newman   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
4
3
0

  E–Sutherland (14), Kessinger (21).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Hunt (14,off Hands); Staub (25,off Hands), Chicago Hickman (10,off Renko).  HR–Montreal Bailey (13,6th inning off Hands 2 on, 0 out); Renko (2,8th inning off Bonham 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Beckert (2,8th inning off Renko 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Renko (4,off Hands); Sutherland (5,off Bonham).  HBP–Hunt (39,by Bonham).  SB–Hunt (4,2nd base off Hands/Cannizzaro).  CS–Sutherland (2,2nd base by Hands/Cannizzaro); Bailey (3,Home by Bonham/Cannizzaro).  WP–Renko (8).  HBP–Bonham (3,Hunt).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:46.  A–13,651.
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