Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 10, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1971 at Veterans Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The ball park was new, but Saturday's sellout crowd for Veterans Stadium inaugural was typical Philadelphia. The 55,352 in attendance didn't wait long to vent their emotions. The pre-game festivities served as a warmup for the fans' vocal chords. Warm up, they did. In typical Philadelphia fashion, the fans cheered the visiting dignitaries and booed the home town VIPs." - Staff Writer Bill Simmons in The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 11, 1971, Baseball Like Never Before - But Old Philadelphia Crown, Page 2)

Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Day cf 4 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 1 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 1
Fairly 1b 2 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 2 0
Wine ss 1 0 0 0
  Fairey ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Laboy ph 1 0 0 0
Stoneman p 2 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 4 1 2 0
Money 3b 3 1 1 2
Montanez cf 2 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 1 0
Briggs lf 3 0 0 0
Freed rf 3 0 2 1
McCarver c 3 0 1 1
Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 8 4
Montreal 000 001 000161
Philadelphia 000 003 10x481
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Stoneman  L (0-1) 5.0 7 3 3 3 1
  O'Donoghue   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Marshall   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Raymond   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Reed   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 8 4 4 5 3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (1-0) 7.1 6 1 1 3 4
  Hoerner  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 4 6

  E–Jones (1), Money (3).  DP–Montreal 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Montreal Hunt (1,off Bunning); Bailey (1,off Bunning).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (1,off Raymond).  HR–Philadelphia Money (1,6th inning off Stoneman 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hunt (1,by Bunning).  SH–Bunning (1,off Stoneman).  IBB–Briggs (1,by Stoneman).  SB–Hunt (1,2nd base off Bunning/McCarver); Bowa (1,2nd base off Stoneman/Bateman).  CS–Montanez (1,2nd base by Stoneman/Bateman).  HBP–Bunning (1,Hunt).  IBB–Stoneman (1,Briggs).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:43.  A–55,352.

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There were 2,617 regular season Major League Baseball games played in Veterans Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies won 1,415 of those games, lost 1,199 of them, and hit 4,348 home runs across the thirty-three year history of the ballpark.

Veterans Stadium First Major League Baseball Game

Veterans Stadium First Baseball Game | The Bridgeport Post | April 11, 1971

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