Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1973 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 7, Houston Astros 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 2 2 0
Fairly lf 4 1 1 1
  Mashore pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 1 1
Day cf 5 1 1 2
Stinson c 4 1 2 1
Frias ss 5 0 2 1
McAnally p 4 0 0 0
  Marshall p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 1 3 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 1
Watson lf 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,3b 2 0 1 0
May 1b 3 1 1 1
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 4 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Montreal 001 000 5107110
Houston 000 011 000280
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McAnally  W (7-4) 7.1 8 2 2 2 6
  Marshall  SV (18) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (6-11) 6.2 7 5 5 6 2
  Pizarro   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Upshaw   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Richard   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2.  PB–Stinson (1).  2B–Montreal Jorgensen (11,off Wilson); Stinson (1,off Pizarro).  3B–Montreal Stinson (1,off Richard), Houston Metzger (12,off McAnally).  HR–Houston May (15,5th inning off McAnally 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cedeno (3,by McAnally).  SB–Bailey (2,2nd base off Wilson/Jutze); Mashore (3,3rd base off Upshaw/Jutze); Cedeno (32,2nd base off McAnally/Stinson).  CS–Watson (3,2nd base by McAnally/Stinson).  WP–McAnally (4), Wilson (2), Upshaw (3).  HBP–McAnally (2,Cedeno).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:44.  A–18,156.
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