Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1980 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 5 0 1 0
Scott 2b 5 2 1 0
Dawson cf 5 1 1 0
Carter c 4 3 4 5
Cromartie 1b 4 0 1 1
Macha 3b 4 0 1 0
Hutton rf 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 2 0 1 0
Rogers p 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
  Gullickson p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0
Scott cf 4 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 0
Iorg lf 4 2 4 2
  Bonds ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 1 1 1
Hendrick rf 3 1 1 3
Reitz 3b 4 1 3 0
Ramsey 2b 3 0 1 0
Forsch p 3 0 2 1
  Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 15 8
Montreal 100 102 2006101
St. Louis 102 041 00x8150
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (5-5) 4.2 11 7 7 3 2
  Norman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gullickson   2.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Fryman   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (4-3) 5.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Vuckovich  SV (1) 4.0 3 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
5

  E–Carter (2).  DP–Montreal 3.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (10,off Forsch), St. Louis Hernandez (13,off Rogers); Iorg 2 (5,off Rogers,off Gullickson); Reitz (10,off Rogers).  3B–St. Louis Scott (2,off Rogers).  HR–Montreal Carter 2 (9,6th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Vuckovich 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Hendrick (10,5th inning off Rogers 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Rogers (5,off Forsch).  IBB–Kennedy (1,by Rogers); Ramsey (1,by Rogers).  SB–Scott (13,2nd base off Forsch/Kennedy); Templeton (12,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  WP–Rogers (2), Vuckovich (4).  IBB–Rogers 2 (4,Kennedy,Ramsey).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:39.  A–19,106.
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