Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 0 1 1
Scott 2b 3 1 2 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 5 1 2 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
White rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 2 1 0 0
Speier ss 2 1 1 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 1
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Grimsley p 3 0 2 2
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Brock lf 4 0 3 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 0 1
Scott cf 4 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Swisher c 1 0 0 1
  Kennedy ph,c 2 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Montreal 001 003 1005100
St. Louis 011 001 000372
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (8-4) 5.1 6 3 3 1 1
  Bahnsen   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Fryman  SV (4) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (3-6) 7.0 8 5 4 4 3
  McEnaney   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Frazier   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
4
3

  E–Swisher (3), Denny (1).  PB–Kennedy (1).  2B–Montreal Perez (13,off Denny); Scott (7,off Denny), St. Louis Scott (9,off Grimsley).  SH–Dawson (5,off Denny).  IBB–Parrish (5,by Denny).  SF–Swisher (1,off Grimsley).  CS–Scott (7,2nd base by Denny/Swisher).  SB–Brock (5,2nd base off Grimsley/Carter).  WP–Grimsley (2).  IBB–Denny (4,Parrish).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:24.  A–16,791.
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