Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 29, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1973 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 3, Houston Astros 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 0
Fairly lf 4 0 2 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 1
Boccabella c 4 1 1 0
Roque cf 3 0 0 0
Frias 2b 2 0 0 0
  Day ph 1 0 0 0
  Laboy 3b 1 0 0 0
Torrez p 2 0 1 0
  Breeden ph 1 1 1 2
  Marshall p 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 2 1 1 0
Torres ss 3 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Watson lf 3 2 2 2
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 0
  Agee pr 0 0 0 0
  Howard c 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 2
Montreal 000 000 210380
Houston 010 100 002450
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   6.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Marshall  L (1-3) 2.1 2 2 2 2 4
  Walker   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
5
4
4
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   8.0 8 3 3 3 6
  Ray  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 2.  2B–Montreal Torrez (1,off Wilson); Jorgensen (3,off Wilson); Fairly (3,off Wilson); Boccabella (4,off Wilson).  HR–Montreal Breeden (2,7th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out); Singleton (3,8th inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out), Houston Watson 2 (3,2nd inning off Torrez 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Torrez 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wynn (2,by Torrez).  IBB–Rader (4,by Walker).  SB–Roque (2,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).  WP–Marshall (4).  BK–Walker (1).  HBP–Torrez (1,Wynn).  IBB–Walker (2,Rader).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:13.  A–10,539.
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