Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Montreal Expos 0, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Scott 2b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 2 0
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Lee p 2 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
  Mumphrey lf 0 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 2
Hendrick rf 3 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Montreal 000 000 000–060
St. Louis 000 002 00x–260
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (4-2) 7.0 6 2 2 1 0
  Fryman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (1-3) 8.0 6 0 0 0 2
  Littell  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
3
  E–None.  PB–Simmons (4).  2B–Montreal Carter (8,off Forsch), St. Louis Hendrick (9,off Lee); Simmons (8,off Lee).  U-HP–Bob Sharp, 1B–Dick Tremblay, 2B–Jim Jones, 3B–Joe Bendekovits.  T–1:53.  A–11,547.
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