Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
September 1, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Chicago Cubs 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Day cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Fairly 1b 4 1 1 0
Fairey lf 4 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 4 1 1 1
Bateman c 4 0 1 1
Wine ss 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Stoneman p 2 0 0 0
  Swanson ph 1 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Hickman 1b 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 2 1
  James pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Callison rf 3 2 1 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 1 1
Jenkins p 3 2 2 3
Totals 31 5 8 5
Montreal 010 100 000260
Chicago 010 021 10x581
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman  L (14-13) 6.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Britton   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
1
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (21-11) 9.0 6 2 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
6

  E–Beckert (9).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Fairey (6,off Jenkins); Bateman (15,off Jenkins).  3B–Chicago Cannizzaro (1,off Stoneman); Hickman (2,off Stoneman).  HR–Chicago Jenkins 2 (4,5th inning off Stoneman 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Britton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cannizzaro (6,off Stoneman).  HBP–Davis (2,by Britton).  WP–Jenkins (3).  BK–Jenkins (3).  HBP–Britton (1,Davis).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:10.  A–11,575.
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