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Montreal Expos @ St. Louis Cardinals

1972-09-04 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · 1:57

Montreal Expos defeated St. Louis Cardinals 1–0. Carl Morton 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	7
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

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

Umpires — HP: Shag Crawford · 1B: John Kibler · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	3	0	1	0	0	0
Boots Day	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Singleton	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Fairly	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tim McCarver	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jorgensen	3	1	0	0	1	2
Tim Foli	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	3	0	1	1	1	1
Carl Morton	4	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	2	0	0
Ted Sizemore	2	1	2	0
Bernie Carbo	4	0	0	1
Joe Torre	4	1	0	0
Ted Simmons	4	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	2	1	1	0
Dwain Anderson	3	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher	2	0	0	2
Bob Gibson	3	0	0	0
Bill Voss	1	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Morton	9.0	5	3	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	7	2	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron Hunt: S8
Boots Day: 8
Ken Singleton: 5/P
Ron Fairly: 43

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 8
Ted Sizemore: W
Bernie Carbo: 8
Joe Torre: S4/BR.1X2(4)

Top 2

Tim McCarver: 3/G
Mike Jorgensen: K
Tim Foli: S7.BX2(74)

Bot 2

Ted Simmons: 31
Jose Cruz: W
Dwain Anderson: 63.1-2
Mick Kelleher: K

Top 3

Bob Bailey: 53
Carl Morton: K
Ron Hunt: 63

Bot 3

Bob Gibson: 63
Lou Brock: S8
Ted Sizemore: SB2
Ted Sizemore: CS3(25)#
Ted Sizemore: W
Bernie Carbo: CS2(26)

Top 4

Boots Day: 53
Ken Singleton: S9
Ron Fairly: BK.1-2
Ron Fairly: 2/FL
Tim McCarver: 63

Bot 4

Bernie Carbo: 9
Joe Torre: 4/P
Ted Simmons: 143

Top 5

Mike Jorgensen: W
Tim Foli: 53.1-2
Bob Bailey: S9.2-H
Carl Morton: 16(1)/FO
Ron Hunt: 43

Bot 5

Jose Cruz: 3/G
Dwain Anderson: 13
Mick Kelleher: K

Top 6

Boots Day: 43
Ken Singleton: 8
Ron Fairly: K/C

Bot 6

Bob Gibson: 9
Lou Brock: 1/P
Ted Sizemore: S7
Bernie Carbo: 6/P

Top 7

Tim McCarver: 43
Mike Jorgensen: K/C
Tim Foli: S7
Bob Bailey: K

Bot 7

Joe Torre: 8
Ted Simmons: 5/FL
Jose Cruz: S7
Dwain Anderson: SB2
Dwain Anderson: 53

Top 8

Carl Morton: K
Ron Hunt: HP
Boots Day: 164(1)/FO
Ken Singleton: S7.1-3
Ron Fairly: K

Bot 8

Bill Voss: 3/G
Bob Gibson: 9
Lou Brock: D9
Ted Sizemore: 6/P

Top 9

Tim McCarver: 5/P
Mike Jorgensen: 7
Tim Foli: S2
Bob Bailey: SB2
Bob Bailey: IW
Carl Morton: PB.2-3;1-2
Carl Morton: K

Bot 9

Bernie Carbo: K
Joe Torre: 9
Ted Simmons: 63