Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1972 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 1 1 0
Singleton lf,rf 3 1 3 1
Fairly rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen cf 3 0 0 0
Breeden 1b,rf,lf 3 1 1 1
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 1
Torres 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
Stoneman p 3 0 0 0
  Boccabella c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cruz lf,rf 3 1 3 2
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 0
  Crosby 2b 1 0 0 0
Voss cf 3 0 0 1
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Jutze c 4 0 0 0
Simmons 1b 4 1 1 0
Melendez rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 2 2 1
Kelleher ss 1 1 1 0
  Brock ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Wise p 2 0 1 1
Totals 29 5 9 5
Montreal 200 001 000382
St. Louis 100 020 11x591
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman  L (10-11) 6.0 7 4 3 2 3
  Marshall   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (14-14) 9.0 8 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
6

  E–Fairly (5), Breeden (1), Reitz (1).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Montreal Foli (9,off Wise); Breeden (2,off Wise).  3B–St. Louis Cruz (3,off Stoneman).  SF–Breeden (1,off Wise); Voss (1,off Stoneman); Reitz (1,off Marshall).  SH–Wise (4,off Marshall).  IBB–Carbo (7,by Stoneman).  CS–Singleton (9,2nd base by Wise/Jutze); Cruz (1,2nd base by Stoneman/McCarver).  IBB–Stoneman (12,Carbo).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:19.  A–5,586.
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