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St. Louis Cardinals @ Montreal Expos

1971-07-24 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 24109 · night · 2:30

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Montreal Expos 9–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Jerry Reuss earned the win. Joe Torre went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	16
MON	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

W: Jerry Reuss L: Carl Morton SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	1	2	0	0	0
Julian Javier	5	2	2	0	0	1
Jose Cruz	4	3	2	1	1	1
Joe Torre	3	2	3	4	2	0
Joe Hague	5	0	2	1	0	0
Luis Melendez	5	0	3	1	0	0
Jerry McNertney	5	1	1	1	0	2
Dal Maxvill	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jerry Reuss	4	0	0	0	1	4

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gary Sutherland	4	0	1	0	1	1
Ron Woods	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	3	0	0	0	1	2
Bob Bailey	4	1	1	0	0	1
Stan Swanson	2	1	0	0	2	1
Ron Fairly	3	1	0	0	1	0
John Boccabella	3	0	1	1	1	1
Bobby Wine	3	0	1	2	1	0
Ron Hunt	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Brand	1	0	0	0	0	0
Coco Laboy	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Bateman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Reuss	9.0	4	8	7

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Morton	3.0	9	1	3
Howie Reed	1.0	0	0	1
Ernie McAnally	3.0	5	2	4
Dan McGinn	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: S7.B-2(E6)#
Julian Javier: K
Jose Cruz: S9.2-H;B-3(E9)
Joe Torre: S9.3-H(UR)
Joe Hague: OA.1X2(24)
Joe Hague: 8

Bot 1

Gary Sutherland: W
Ron Woods: 64(1)3/GDP
Rusty Staub: K

Top 2

Luis Melendez: 53
Jerry McNertney: HR/7
Dal Maxvill: 53
Jerry Reuss: W
Lou Brock: 8

Bot 2

Bob Bailey: K
Stan Swanson: 4/P
Ron Fairly: 4/P

Top 3

Julian Javier: S7
Jose Cruz: S9.1-3
Joe Torre: S7.3-H;1-3
Joe Hague: 8
Luis Melendez: S7.3-H;1-3
Jerry McNertney: K
Dal Maxvill: S8.3-H;1-2
Jerry Reuss: K

Bot 3

John Boccabella: K
Bobby Wine: 63
Ron Hunt: W
Gary Sutherland: K

Top 4

Lou Brock: 13
Julian Javier: 8
Jose Cruz: K

Bot 4

Ron Woods: 3/FL#
Rusty Staub: 3/G
Bob Bailey: S7
Stan Swanson: W.1-2
Ron Fairly: W.2-3;1-2
John Boccabella: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Wine: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Ron Brand: 7

Top 5

Joe Torre: W
Joe Hague: 46(1)3/GDP
Luis Melendez: S7
Jerry McNertney: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Gary Sutherland: 2/P
Ron Woods: K
Rusty Staub: W
Bob Bailey: 7

Top 6

Dal Maxvill: K
Jerry Reuss: K
Lou Brock: S8
Julian Javier: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Stan Swanson: K
Ron Fairly: 31
John Boccabella: D8
Bobby Wine: 43

Top 7

Jose Cruz: W
Joe Torre: HR/7.1-H
Joe Hague: S9
Luis Melendez: S8.1-2
Jerry McNertney: PB.2-3;1-2#
Jerry McNertney: K
Dal Maxvill: FC5.3-3;2X3(52526)
Jerry Reuss: K

Bot 7

Coco Laboy: 2/FL
Gary Sutherland: D8
Ron Woods: 63
Rusty Staub: K

Top 8

Lou Brock: 63
Julian Javier: S8
Jose Cruz: WP.1-2#
Jose Cruz: 9
Joe Torre: IW
Joe Hague: S9.2-H;1-2
Luis Melendez: 43

Bot 8

Bob Bailey: 13
Stan Swanson: W
Ron Fairly: 9
John Boccabella: 9

Top 9

Jerry McNertney: 53
Dal Maxvill: 63
Jerry Reuss: K

Bot 9

Bobby Wine: W
John Bateman: 6(1)3/GDP
Gary Sutherland: 53