Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
July 31, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1972 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets 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, New York Mets 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 2 0
Mashore rf 3 1 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 1 0
Breeden 1b 2 0 0 0
  Morton pr 0 0 0 0
  Fairly 1b 1 0 1 0
  Stoneman pr 0 0 0 0
Singleton lf 2 0 0 1
Woods cf 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Humphrey c 4 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 2 0 1 1
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Boswell 2b 0 0 0 0
Mays 1b 3 1 1 0
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 2 1 0 0
Schneck rf 4 0 1 1
Dyer c 2 1 1 2
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
Martinez 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Strom p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 1 0 1 0
Totals 26 4 6 4
Montreal 000 000 200241
New York 000 011 02x461
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   6.0 4 2 1 5 7
  Renko  L (1-7) 1.1 2 2 2 3 2
  Strohmayer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
8
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Strom   6.2 2 2 1 4 7
  Frisella  W (4-5) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
4
10

  E–Foli (11), Garrett (9).  DP–Montreal 2.  PB–Dyer (1).  HR–New York Dyer (7,8th inning off Renko 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Mashore (5,off Strom); Strom (1,off Moore).  SF–Singleton (2,off Strom).  IBB–Woods (2,by Strom); Jones (4,by Moore); Dyer (5,by Moore).  CS–Foli (5,3rd base by Strom/Dyer); Mays (5,2nd base by Moore/Humphrey); Garrett (1,2nd base by Strohmayer/Humphrey).  SB–Agee (5,2nd base off Moore/Humphrey).  IBB–Moore 2 (3,Jones,Dyer); Strom (1,Woods).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:56.  A–18,685.
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