Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 9, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 3b 4 2 2 1
Foli ss 5 1 1 1
Davis cf 4 1 2 3
Singleton rf 2 1 1 0
Fairly 1b 2 1 1 0
  Breeden ph,1b 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Bailey lf 2 1 0 0
  Woods lf 0 0 0 0
Cox 2b 3 1 0 1
Foote c 4 0 1 1
Rogers p 5 1 1 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 3 1
Smith rf 3 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 3 2 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 1
Tyson ss 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 1 0 0
Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Totals 33 5 9 5
Montreal 302 000 400990
St. Louis 101 100 002594
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (3-0) 8.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (0-2) 3.0 4 5 4 5 5
  Thompson   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Garman   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Richert   1.0 1 3 1 1 0
  Pena   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Hrabosky   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
9
6
10
8

  E–Brock (2), Sizemore (4), Smith (2), Richert (2).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Sizemore (3,off Rogers); McBride (2,off Rogers).  3B–Montreal Foli (1,off Gibson), St. Louis Melendez (1,off Taylor).  SH–Foli (1,off Garman); Cox (3,off Richert).  SF–Foote (2,off Gibson); Smith (2,off Rogers); Torre (1,off Rogers).  HBP–Hunt (3,by Garman).  IBB–Bailey (2,by Gibson); Fairly (1,by Thompson); Davis (2,by Garman).  SB–Davis (3,3rd base off Gibson/Simmons); Singleton (1,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Brock 2 (8,2nd base off Rogers/Foote 2).  CS–Cox (1,2nd base by Thompson/Simmons); Foote (1,2nd base by Thompson/Simmons).  WP–Gibson (1).  HBP–Garman (1,Hunt).  IBB–Gibson (2,Bailey); Thompson (1,Fairly); Garman (2,Davis).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:39.  A–12,327.
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