Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1973 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Chicago Cubs 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 1 1 0
Mangual lf 4 1 2 3
Fairly 1b 2 0 1 1
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
Boccabella c 4 0 1 0
Roque cf 4 1 0 0
McAnally p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 5 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 1 1
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Montreal 230 000 000570
Chicago 000 200 000261
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McAnally  W (1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (0-1) 1.2 5 5 5 2 0
  Burris   3.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Bonham   3.0 0 0 0 1 5
  Gura   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
7

  E–Hooton (1).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Chicago Williams (1,off McAnally).  HR–Montreal Mangual (1,1st inning off Hooton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bailey (1,off Burris).  SB–Roque (1,3rd base off Hooton/Hundley); Foli (1,2nd base off Burris/Hundley).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:24.  A–12,963.
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