Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 9, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1975 at Astrodome. 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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Montreal Expos 3, Houston Astros 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Mangual cf 5 1 3 2
Scott rf 5 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 2 1
Biittner lf 5 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 1 1 0
Mackanin 2b 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 2 0 0 0
Blair p 4 0 1 0
  DeMola p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 1 2 0
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 2
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 1 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 2 1
Metzger ss 2 0 1 1
Andrews 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 1 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Montreal 120 000 000 0380
Houston 011 000 001 1470
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Blair   8.1 6 3 3 4 1
  DeMola  L (3-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
7
4
4
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   8.0 7 3 3 1 6
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Granger  W (2-2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 2.  2B–Montreal Mangual (11,off Forsch), Houston Howard (6,off Blair).  HR–Houston Rader (6,9th inning off Blair 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jorgensen (4,by Forsch); Howard (2,by DeMola).  IBB–Foli (3,by Forsch).  SH–Gross (6,off DeMola).  SF–Metzger (2,off Blair).  SB–Mangual (20,2nd base off Forsch/Johnson); Cedeno (34,2nd base off Blair/Carter).  HBP–DeMola (2,Howard); Forsch (2,Jorgensen).  IBB–Forsch (3,Foli).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:12.  A–9,304.
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