Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
May 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1974 at Parc Jarry. 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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Houston Astros 8, Montreal Expos 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 5 1 3 0
Metzger ss 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 0 0
Watson lf,1b 3 3 2 2
May L. 1b 1 0 1 2
  Johnson pr,1b 2 2 1 1
  Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0
May M. c 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 0 1
Helms 2b 3 0 1 1
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 2 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Day lf 0 1 0 0
  Woods ph,lf 1 0 0 1
  Stinson ph 0 0 0 0
Lintz ss 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 5 0 1 2
Singleton rf 5 0 2 1
Fairly 1b 1 0 0 0
  Breeden ph,1b 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
Cox 2b 4 0 0 0
Foote c 4 1 1 0
Rogers p 2 0 1 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 0 0 0 0
  DeMola p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Houston 500 020 0018111
Montreal 210 000 001471
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   0.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Cosgrove  W (1-0) 7.0 3 1 1 2 3
  Forsch   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
6
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (7-3) 5.0 7 7 6 3 3
  Montague   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  DeMola   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
4
7

  E–Cosgrove (1), Bailey (2).  DP–Houston 1, Montreal 1.  2B–Houston C Johnson (2,off Rogers), Montreal Foote (7,off Cosgrove).  3B–Houston Gross (2,off Rogers).  HR–Houston Watson (4,9th inning off DeMola 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Metzger (3,off Rogers).  SF–Helms (2,off Rogers); Woods (1,off Cosgrove).  HBP–Woods (1,by Cosgrove).  SB–Lintz (13,3rd base off Griffin/M May); Davis (8,3rd base off Cosgrove/M May).  HBP–Cosgrove (1,Woods).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:38.  A–10,618.
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