Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 12, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1983 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 5, Houston Astros 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 1 1 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 1 1 0
  Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Little 2b 1 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 2 1 1
Dawson cf 5 0 3 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 2 2
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Cromartie rf 4 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Welsh p 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Puhl rf 5 1 2 0
Thon ss 4 2 1 0
Garner 3b 3 2 1 1
Cruz lf 4 2 2 1
Knight 1b 4 0 2 2
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Bjorkman c 4 0 1 1
Scott M. p 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 1 0 0 0
  Scott T. ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 7 11 5
Montreal 101 300 0005113
Houston 003 040 00x7111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh   3.0 3 3 0 1 0
  Lerch  L (1-3) 1.0 4 4 4 0 2
  Smith   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Fryman   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  James   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
1
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   3.2 8 5 5 3 4
  Ruhle  W (2-3) 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Smith  SV (3) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
8

  E–Speier (9), Oliver (5), Wallach (12), Bjorkman (1).  PB–Carter (4).  2B–Houston Knight (23,off Welsh); Puhl (8,off Lerch).  SH–Flynn (1,off Ruhle); Doran (4,off Smith).  HBP–Garner (5,by Welsh).  SB–Raines (37,2nd base off M Scott/Bjorkman); Dawson (14,2nd base off Smith/Bjorkman); T Scott (3,2nd base off James/Carter); Puhl (10,2nd base off James/Carter).  WP–Lerch (1), M Scott (3).  HBP–Welsh (4,Garner).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:59.  A–17,027.
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