Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
May 30, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 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 4, Montreal Expos 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 4 2 2 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson lf,1b 3 0 0 1
Johnson C. 1b 3 0 2 2
  May M. c 1 1 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 1 0
  Gallagher pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
Helms 2b 5 0 2 1
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  May L. ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 3b 4 1 1 0
Foli ss 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 2 3
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0
  Lintz pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Bailey lf 3 0 1 0
Cox 2b 3 0 0 0
Foote c 2 0 0 0
  Stinson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Torrez p 2 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Day ph 1 1 1 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
  Breeden ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Houston 200 000 100 14111
Montreal 000 000 030 0380
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   8.0 7 3 3 3 8
  Johnson  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Scherman  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
5
8
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   6.1 7 3 3 5 3
  Montague   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  L (1-1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
5
5

  E–Gallagher (1).  DP–Houston 3, Montreal 2.  PB–Foote 2 (7).  2B–Houston Helms (7,off Montague), Montreal Bailey (3,off Dierker).  HR–Montreal Davis (1,8th inning off Dierker 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Metzger (4,off Torrez); Dierker (2,off Montague); Gallagher (2,off Taylor); Bailey (1,off J Johnson).  SF–C Johnson (1,off Montague).  HBP–Watson (2,by Torrez); Edwards (1,by Montague); Davis (1,by Scherman).  IBB–Edwards (2,by Torrez); Watson (4,by Torrez); Stinson (1,by J Johnson).  SB–Edwards (1,2nd base off Torrez/Foote).  CS–Hunt (3,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).  WP–Torrez (5).  HBP–Scherman (5,Davis); Torrez (2,Watson); Montague (1,Edwards).  IBB–J Johnson (3,Stinson); Torrez 2 (2,Edwards,Watson).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:01.  A–6,593.
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