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St. Louis Cardinals @ Montreal Expos

1971-07-23 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 20480 · night · 2:25

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Montreal Expos 6–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 4th. Chris Zachary earned the win. Ron Fairly went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	6	13
MON	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14

W: Chris Zachary L: Dan McGinn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: John McSherry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	3	1	0	0	2	2
Matty Alou	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	4	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Torre	4	1	3	0	0	0
Ted Simmons	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ted Sizemore	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chuck Taylor	2	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Zachary	2	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	4	0	3	1	0	0
Boots Day	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Fairly	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bob Bailey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Fairey	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Boccabella	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bobby Wine	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dan McGinn	2	1	1	0	0	0
Dave McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Woods	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coco Laboy	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chuck Taylor	4.2	9	0	2
Don Shaw	0.0	1	1	0
Chris Zachary	4.1	4	0	2

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan McGinn	6.1	9	3	4
Howie Reed	0.2	1	0	0
Claude Raymond	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Matty Alou: 31
Luis Melendez: 43

Bot 1

Ron Hunt: 13
Boots Day: S7
Rusty Staub: S7.1-2
Ron Fairly: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Torre: S9
Ted Simmons: K
Ted Sizemore: 9
Jose Cruz: S8.1-2
Dal Maxvill: 43

Bot 2

Bob Bailey: D9
Jim Fairey: POCS3(15)
Jim Fairey: 63
John Boccabella: K

Top 3

Chuck Taylor: 3/G
Lou Brock: W
Matty Alou: 64(1)/FO
Luis Melendez: POCS2(136)

Bot 3

Bobby Wine: 31
Dan McGinn: S8.B-2(E4)
Ron Hunt: WP.2-3
Ron Hunt: S7.3-H(UR)
Boots Day: K
Rusty Staub: 3/FL

Top 4

Luis Melendez: W
Joe Torre: D7.1-H(E7)(NR)#
Ted Simmons: SB3
Ted Simmons: PO3(E1).3-H
Ted Simmons: K
Ted Sizemore: S7
Jose Cruz: 9
Dal Maxvill: S7.1-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Chuck Taylor: S8.2-H(UR)
Lou Brock: K

Bot 4

Ron Fairly: HR/9
Bob Bailey: 8
Jim Fairey: S8
John Boccabella: BK.1-2
John Boccabella: 9
Bobby Wine: S/BR.2X3(5)

Top 5

Matty Alou: 63
Luis Melendez: 53
Joe Torre: S8
Ted Simmons: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Dan McGinn: 8
Ron Hunt: T9
Boots Day: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Rusty Staub: S9.1-3
Ron Fairly: W.1-2
Bob Bailey: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Ted Sizemore: S7
Jose Cruz: 36(1)3/GDP
Dal Maxvill: S8
Chris Zachary: 7

Bot 6

Jim Fairey: 1
John Boccabella: S9
Bobby Wine: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Lou Brock: W
Matty Alou: 34/SH.1-2
Luis Melendez: S7.2-H;BX2(754)
Joe Torre: 8

Bot 7

Dave McDonald: 43
Ron Hunt: S8
Boots Day: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ted Simmons: K
Ted Sizemore: 63
Jose Cruz: D8.B-3(E8)
Dal Maxvill: S8.3-H(UR)
Chris Zachary: 8

Bot 8

Rusty Staub: 3/G
Ron Fairly: K
Bob Bailey: S9
Jim Fairey: 7

Top 9

Lou Brock: 43
Matty Alou: 3/G
Luis Melendez: S6.BX2(64)

Bot 9

John Boccabella: S7
Ron Woods: 64(1)3/GDP
Coco Laboy: K/C

Notes & reviews

37 minute delay due to power failure; Bob Gibson ejected by HP umpire Ken Burkhart for leaving the bench and shouting at the umpires

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