Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 18, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 3, Houston Astros 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Mashore lf 3 0 0 0
Woods cf 2 0 1 0
Breeden 1b 5 1 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 5 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 1 1 1
Stinson c 4 0 1 0
Frias ss 4 0 0 0
Rogers p 2 0 0 0
  Renko ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 0 0 1
Metzger ss 4 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 1 0
Watson lf 5 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 2 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
  Agee pr 0 0 0 0
  Jutze c 1 0 0 0
Stewart 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 1 1 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Montreal 000 011 000 1361
Houston 100 000 100 0250
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   8.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Marshall  W (8-6) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   9.0 6 2 2 4 8
  Upshaw  L (1-3) 0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Pizarro   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
5
8

  E–Breeden (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston May (15,off Rogers); Helms (20,off Rogers).  HR–Montreal Singleton (15,5th inning off Reuss 0 on, 0 out); Breeden (8,6th inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Mashore (6,off Pizarro); Reuss (3,off Rogers); Stewart (2,off Marshall).  HBP–Hunt (22,by Upshaw); Cedeno (4,by Marshall).  IBB–Woods 2 (2,by Reuss,by Pizarro); Helms (8,by Marshall); May (8,by Marshall).  SF–Wynn (4,off Rogers).  SB–Hunt (7,3rd base off Reuss/Edwards); Mashore (4,2nd base off Reuss/Edwards); Cedeno 2 (34,2nd base off Rogers/Stinson,2nd base off Marshall/Stinson).  WP–Pizarro (1).  HBP–Marshall (3,Cedeno); Upshaw (1,Hunt).  IBB–Marshall 2 (3,Helms,May); Reuss (3,Woods); Pizarro (1,Woods).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:55.  A–14,352.
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