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Houston Astros @ Montreal Expos

1969-08-01 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 17611 · 2:30

Houston Astros defeated Montreal Expos 5–3. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 1st. Denny Lemaster earned the win. Curt Blefary went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	6
MON	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	7

W: Denny Lemaster L: Steve Renko SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Andy Olsen · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Norm Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Wynn	3	1	1	1	1	1
Denis Menke	3	2	1	0	1	0
Curt Blefary	4	2	2	4	0	1
Doug Rader	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jesus Alou	3	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Lemaster	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Geiger	1	0	1	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Remy Hermoso	5	0	0	1	0	1
Rusty Staub	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Bailey	4	0	0	0	1	1
Coco Laboy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jose Herrera	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mack Jones	4	2	1	0	0	2
John Bateman	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Wine	4	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Renko	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Brand	2	0	1	1	0	0
John Boccabella	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	9.0	7	2	8

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Renko	6.0	5	3	1
Dan McGinn	2.0	0	0	4
Larry Jaster	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Norm Miller: 6
Joe Morgan: 8
Jim Wynn: HR/7
Denis Menke: W
Curt Blefary: HR/9.1-H
Doug Rader: W
Johnny Edwards: 9

Bot 1

Remy Hermoso: 8
Rusty Staub: S
Bob Bailey: K/C
Coco Laboy: S.1-3
Jose Herrera: 13

Top 2

Jesus Alou: 8
Denny Lemaster: 63
Norm Miller: 6

Bot 2

Mack Jones: S
John Bateman: S.1-2#
Bobby Wine: S.2-H;1-2
Steve Renko: K
Remy Hermoso: 8
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 3

Joe Morgan: 9
Jim Wynn: W
Denis Menke: SB2
Denis Menke: 13.2-3
Curt Blefary: 8

Bot 3

Bob Bailey: 9
Coco Laboy: 8
Jose Herrera: W
Mack Jones: K

Top 4

Doug Rader: 8
Johnny Edwards: 5/FL
Jesus Alou: 63

Bot 4

John Bateman: 3/FL
Bobby Wine: 53
Steve Renko: K

Top 5

Denny Lemaster: S
Norm Miller: 6
Joe Morgan: K/C
Jim Wynn: 9

Bot 5

Remy Hermoso: K
Rusty Staub: 9
Bob Bailey: W
Coco Laboy: S.1-2
Jose Herrera: 5(2)/G/FO

Top 6

Denis Menke: S
Curt Blefary: HR/9.1-H
Doug Rader: 53
Johnny Edwards: 43
Jesus Alou: 63

Bot 6

Mack Jones: E7/F
John Bateman: FC.1-3(E4);B-1
Bobby Wine: 8
Ron Brand: D.3-H(UR);1-3
Remy Hermoso: E6/TH1.3-H(UR);2-3
Rusty Staub: FLE5
Rusty Staub: K
Bob Bailey: 53

Top 7

Denny Lemaster: 9
Norm Miller: K/C
Joe Morgan: K

Bot 7

Coco Laboy: 63
Jose Herrera: 4
Mack Jones: K/C

Top 8

Jim Wynn: K
Denis Menke: 63
Curt Blefary: K

Bot 8

John Boccabella: K
Bobby Wine: 63
Ron Brand: 53

Top 9

Doug Rader: 8
Johnny Edwards: 8
Gary Geiger: S
Denny Lemaster: 13

Bot 9

Remy Hermoso: 53
Rusty Staub: 13
Bob Bailey: 63

Notes & reviews

almost to the swimming pool
Mack Jones ejected by HP umpire John Kibler for throwing bat

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