Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 25, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1971 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 3b,2b 5 0 2 0
Woods cf,lf 4 1 1 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ss 1 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Bailey lf,3b,lf 3 1 1 1
Sutherland 2b 1 0 0 0
  Day ph,cf 3 1 1 0
Boccabella 1b 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 3 1 2 1
Humphrey c 2 0 0 0
  McDonald ph,lf 2 0 1 1
  Laboy 3b 0 0 0 0
Hacker ss 1 1 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 1
  Wine ss 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 1 0 0 0
  Swanson ph 1 1 1 2
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Bateman ph,c 2 0 1 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 1
Alou 1b 5 2 2 0
  Melendez rf 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 1
Cruz cf 5 2 1 0
Hague rf,1b 3 1 2 2
McNertney c 3 1 1 1
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 1 1
  Santorini p 1 0 1 1
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 11 7
Montreal 000 031 2006121
St. Louis 302 012 00x8110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L (10-18) 1.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Strohmayer   3.0 3 2 0 1 0
  Raymond   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Britton   1.2 2 2 2 3 0
  Marshall   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
6
9
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   4.2 5 3 3 3 1
  Santorini   1.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Shaw  W (7-2) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
1

  E–Hunt (15).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Montreal Fairly (23,off Santorini).  3B–St. Louis Sizemore (5,off Morton); Hague (3,off Britton).  HR–Montreal Swanson (2,5th inning off Reuss 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Staub (9,by Reuss).  SH–Shaw (1,off Britton).  SF–McNertney (3,off Morton).  IBB–Hague (8,by Morton); Maxvill (3,by Raymond).  CS–Sizemore (6,2nd base by Strohmayer/Humphrey).  HBP–Reuss (7,Staub).  IBB–Morton (13,Hague); Raymond (8,Maxvill).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:40.  A–9,114.
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