Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1972 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Houston Astros 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Mashore rf 3 0 0 0
  Day ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 1
Bailey 3b 5 1 3 1
Breeden 1b 3 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 2 0 2 0
Singleton lf 5 1 1 0
Woods cf 3 1 0 0
Humphrey c 4 0 2 3
  Boccabella c 0 0 0 0
Torres 2b 3 0 1 0
Torrez p 2 1 1 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 3 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 2 3
Wynn rf 1 2 0 0
May 1b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 2 0
Alou lf 3 0 1 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 1 1 0
  Fenwick pr 0 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Miller lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Montreal 001 003 1005120
Houston 111 000 1026100
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   7.0 7 4 4 6 3
  Marshall  L (14-4) 1.1 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
10
6
6
7
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Griffin   2.2 6 1 1 0 1
  Gladding  W (4-5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 3.  2B–Montreal Torrez (2,off Reuss); Humphrey (8,off Reuss), Houston Cedeno (30,off Marshall).  HR–Houston Cedeno (20,7th inning off Torrez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Torrez (3,off Reuss); Torres (2,off Griffin); Alou (1,off Torrez).  SB–Foli (8,2nd base off Reuss/Edwards); Wynn (13,2nd base off Torrez/Humphrey).  CS–Wynn (6,2nd base by Torrez/Humphrey).  WP–Torrez (4), Marshall (6).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:39.  A–15,015.
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