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Montreal Expos @ St. Louis Cardinals

1971-09-26 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 11473 · 2:40

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Montreal Expos 7–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 5th. Dennis Higgins earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MON	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5
SLN	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0		7	10

W: Dennis Higgins L: Bill Stoneman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Satch Davidson · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Mel Steiner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	5	0	2	1	0	0
Boots Day	4	0	1	0	1	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Fairly	2	0	0	0	2	1
Bob Bailey	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Fairey	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Hacker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Terry Humphrey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Stoneman	2	1	0	0	0	1
Stan Swanson	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Gosger	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Bateman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Sutherland	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	0	1	0	0	0
Milt Ramirez	5	2	2	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	2	1	0	0	2	0
Joe Torre	4	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Hague	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jorge Roque	4	2	3	1	0	0
Ted Kubiak	4	0	1	2	0	1
Bob Stinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Patterson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Higgins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Stoneman	6.0	8	3	3
John Strohmayer	2.0	2	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daryl Patterson	4.2	2	3	3
Mike Jackson	0.2	1	1	0
Dennis Higgins	3.2	2	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron Hunt: 4/P
Boots Day: 63
Rusty Staub: 9

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 1/BP
Milt Ramirez: S7
Luis Melendez: WP.1-2
Luis Melendez: W
Joe Torre: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Hague: WP.3-H;1-2
Joe Hague: 3/G

Top 2

Ron Fairly: W
Bob Bailey: 9
Jim Fairey: 6/P
Rich Hacker: K

Bot 2

Jorge Roque: S7
Ted Kubiak: SB2
Ted Kubiak: K
Bob Stinson: 7
Daryl Patterson: 3/G

Top 3

Terry Humphrey: 53
Bill Stoneman: K
Ron Hunt: 63

Bot 3

Lou Brock: D9
Milt Ramirez: S4.2-3
Luis Melendez: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Joe Torre: 53.2-3;1-2
Joe Hague: IW
Jorge Roque: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Boots Day: S9
Rusty Staub: SB2
Rusty Staub: WP.2-3
Rusty Staub: 7
Ron Fairly: 9
Bob Bailey: W
Jim Fairey: 5/FL/P

Bot 4

Ted Kubiak: E4
Bob Stinson: WP.1-2
Bob Stinson: 3/G.2-3
Daryl Patterson: K
Lou Brock: 13

Top 5

Rich Hacker: 63
Terry Humphrey: K/C
Bill Stoneman: E6
Ron Hunt: D8.1-H(UR)
Boots Day: W
Rusty Staub: 8

Bot 5

Milt Ramirez: E6
Luis Melendez: WP.1-2
Luis Melendez: W
Joe Torre: S7.2-H(UR);1-2
Joe Hague: 9/L
Jorge Roque: S7.2-H;1-3(E5);B-2(TH3)
Ted Kubiak: S9.3-H;2-H(UR);BX2(94)
Bob Stinson: S9
Mike Jackson: K

Top 6

Ron Fairly: W
Bob Bailey: 8
Stan Swanson: S9.1-2
Rich Hacker: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Dave McDonald: K

Bot 6

Lou Brock: 53
Milt Ramirez: 63
Luis Melendez: 63

Top 7

Jim Gosger: W
Ron Hunt: 41.1-2
Boots Day: 7
Rusty Staub: 6/P

Bot 7

Joe Torre: S7
Joe Hague: 2/FL/P
Jorge Roque: S9.1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-H(NR)(UR)
Ted Kubiak: 31
Bob Stinson: 7

Top 8

Ron Fairly: K/C
Bob Bailey: K
Stan Swanson: 53

Bot 8

Dennis Higgins: 13
Lou Brock: 1/G
Milt Ramirez: 53

Top 9

Rich Hacker: S7
John Bateman: 4/P
Gary Sutherland: 64(1)/FO
Ron Hunt: S7.1-2
Boots Day: K