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St. Louis Cardinals @ Montreal Expos

1971-09-17 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 13371 · night · 2:24

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Montreal Expos 7–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 4th. Bob Gibson earned the win. Joe Torre went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	7	12
MON	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Bob Gibson L: Carl Morton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Chris Pelekoudas · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Andy Olsen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	1	1	1	0	1
Ted Sizemore	5	1	2	0	0	0
Matty Alou	5	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Torre	5	2	2	3	0	0
Ted Simmons	5	1	3	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	4	0	2	0	1	0
Joe Hague	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dal Maxvill	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Gibson	3	0	0	1	1	1

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Boots Day	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Fairly	3	0	2	2	1	0
Jim Fairey	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bob Bailey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Sutherland	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Morton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dan McGinn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gosger	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	7	2	4

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Morton	3.0	5	0	0
Dan McGinn	2.1	3	2	2
Howie Reed	0.2	0	1	0
Mike Torrez	3.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: 7/FL
Ted Sizemore: 7
Matty Alou: 63

Bot 1

Ron Hunt: D7
Boots Day: 53
Rusty Staub: 63
Ron Fairly: W
Jim Fairey: K

Top 2

Joe Torre: 13
Ted Simmons: 53
Jose Cruz: 43

Bot 2

Bob Bailey: W
Gary Sutherland: 63.1-2
John Bateman: 8
Carl Morton: K

Top 3

Joe Hague: 43
Dal Maxvill: 53
Bob Gibson: 3/FL

Bot 3

Ron Hunt: 9
Boots Day: 13
Rusty Staub: D9
Ron Fairly: S8.2-H
Jim Fairey: S7.1-2
Bob Bailey: 43

Top 4

Lou Brock: D7
Ted Sizemore: S7.2-3
Matty Alou: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1
Joe Torre: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Ted Simmons: S8
Jose Cruz: S8.1-3
Joe Hague: K
Dal Maxvill: 1(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 4

Gary Sutherland: 9
John Bateman: 6/P
Dan McGinn: 3/G

Top 5

Bob Gibson: 3/FL
Lou Brock: K/C
Ted Sizemore: S7.B-3(E7)
Matty Alou: 13

Bot 5

Ron Hunt: HP
Boots Day: S7.1-2
Rusty Staub: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Ron Fairly: S8.3-H
Jim Fairey: S7.1-2
Bob Bailey: 8

Top 6

Joe Torre: S9
Ted Simmons: S8.1-2
Jose Cruz: 9
Joe Hague: W.2-3;1-2
Dal Maxvill: PB.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dal Maxvill: W
Bob Gibson: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lou Brock: 74(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Ted Sizemore: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Gary Sutherland: K
John Bateman: K/C
Dave McDonald: 8

Top 7

Matty Alou: 43
Joe Torre: 13
Ted Simmons: 13

Bot 7

Ron Hunt: 4
Boots Day: 53
Rusty Staub: 9

Top 8

Jose Cruz: S7
Joe Hague: S9.1-2
Dal Maxvill: K
Bob Gibson: K/C
Lou Brock: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Ron Fairly: 43
Jim Fairey: 43
Bob Bailey: 7

Top 9

Ted Sizemore: 8
Matty Alou: S9
Joe Torre: 9
Ted Simmons: S8.1-2
Jose Cruz: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Hague: 9

Bot 9

Gary Sutherland: 6/P
John Bateman: 13
Jim Gosger: 13

Notes & reviews

Expos manager Mauch ejected by HP umpire Gorman for arguing game should be stopped for rain

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