Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1972 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 5 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 1 1 0
  Boccabella c 1 1 1 0
Singleton lf 4 1 0 0
Fairly rf,1b 3 1 2 2
Woods cf 2 0 0 0
  Marshall p 1 0 1 1
Breeden 1b 3 0 2 0
  Day pr,rf,cf 2 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Torres 2b 4 0 1 0
Stoneman p 3 0 0 0
  Mashore rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 3 0
Wynn rf 4 1 2 2
May 1b 5 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 1 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1
Wilson p 2 0 1 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Montreal 200 001 0014101
Houston 000 001 2003111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman   6.0 8 1 1 3 6
  Marshall  W (14-3) 3.0 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   6.0 6 3 1 3 9
  Ray  L (10-7) 2.2 4 1 1 2 2
  Roberts   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
2
5
11

  E–Bailey (19), Rader (14).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Bailey (9,off Ray); Boccabella (7,off Ray); Marshall (1,off Ray).  HR–Montreal Fairly (11,6th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out), Houston Wynn (21,7th inning off Marshall 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Fairly 2 (5,by Ray 2).  IBB–Ray 2 (6,Fairly 2).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:50.  A–15,126.
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