Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
June 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1974 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 8, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 3b 4 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 1 3 0
Davis cf 4 2 1 1
Bailey lf 4 1 1 1
  Woods lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 1 0
Breeden 1b 1 0 1 1
  Jorgensen ph,1b 3 1 2 2
Cox 2b 4 1 2 2
Humphrey c 5 0 1 0
Torrez p 4 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson lf,1b 4 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 1 2 0
  Milbourne pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson C. ph 1 0 0 0
May M. c 4 1 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 2 1
Helms 2b 2 0 0 1
Osteen p 0 0 0 0
  York p 1 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Montreal 300 000 0238140
Houston 000 020 010391
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (5-4) 8.0 9 3 3 0 2
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (5-5) 1.1 6 3 3 1 0
  York   3.2 3 0 0 0 2
  Forsch   3.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Johnson   1.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
5

  E–M May (1).  DP–Montreal 2, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Bailey (5,off Osteen); Foli 2 (3,off York,off J Johnson); Humphrey (3,off Forsch), Houston M May (4,off Torrez); L May (8,off Torrez).  3B–Houston Cedeno (2,off Torrez); Gross (4,off Torrez).  SH–Foli (3,off Osteen); Hunt (2,off Osteen).  HBP–Jorgensen (1,by Forsch).  IBB–Davis (5,by J Johnson); Singleton (7,by J Johnson).  SF–Helms (3,off Torrez); Metzger (2,off Torrez).  BK–Forsch (1).  HBP–Forsch (2,Jorgensen).  IBB–J Johnson 2 (5,Davis,Singleton).  T–2:06.  A–10,472.
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