Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1976 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Montreal Expos 0, Houston Astros 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Mangual cf 4 0 0 0
Lyttle rf 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen lf 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0
Mackanin 2b 2 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 0 0 0
  Foote ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Frias ss 2 0 0 0
  Foli ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Stanhouse p 1 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Warthen p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 0 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 2 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 3 2 2 0
Cruz cf 4 1 2 1
Johnson lf 4 1 0 0
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 1 2 2
Metzger ss 3 1 2 1
Dierker p 3 0 0 1
Totals 32 6 11 6
Montreal 000 000 000002
Houston 020 220 00x6110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stanhouse  L (6-4) 3.2 6 4 4 4 0
  Carrithers   1.1 3 2 1 0 1
  Warthen   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Kerrigan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (8-8) 9.0 0 0 0 4 8
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
4
8

  E–Thornton (5), Parrish (15).  DP–Montreal 3, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Cruz (9,off Stanhouse).  HR–Houston Herrmann (1,4th inning off Stanhouse 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dierker (1,off Stanhouse).  SB–Thornton (4,2nd base off Dierker/Herrmann); Watson (3,2nd base off Carrithers/Johnson).  WP–Stanhouse (2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:26.  A–12,511.
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