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Southpaw Jim Merritt pitched six innings of hitless ball and the Reds, powered by fourth-inning homers by Lee May, Bernie Carbo and Bobby Tolan, defeated the Expos, 5-1, in the National League opener at Crosley Field. Merritt, the Reds' top pitcher last year with a 17-9 record, allowed only a second-inning walk to Bob Bailey over the first six innings but lost hs bid for a no-hitter and a shutout in the seventh on a triple by Rusty Staub and a single by Ron Fairly. [upi] Cincinnati Reds 5, Montreal Expos 1Game Played on Monday, April 6, 1970 (Day game) at Crosley FieldExpos 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1 Reds 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 x - 5 8 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Sutherland 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Tolan cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Staub rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Fairly 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 Rose rf 2 1 2 0 2 0 1.000 Bailey lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Perez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Laboy 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bench c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Phillips cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 May 1b 3 1 1 3 0 0 .333 Boccabella c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carbo lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .667 Wine ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Sparma p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Merritt p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Herrera ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Morton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brand ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Waslewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 2 8 Totals 32 5 8 5 5 5 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 30,124 Left on Base: Expos 3, Reds 9 DP: Expos 0, Reds 0 Errors: Laboy Doubles: Rose (1), Bench (1) Triples: Staub (1), Rose (1) Home Runs: May (1), Carbo (1), Tolan (1) Caught Stealing: Bailey (1) Sacrifice Flies: May (1) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sparma L(0-1) 5 7 5 5 3 4 3 26 9.00 Morton 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 0.00 Waslewski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 8 5 5 5 5 3 38 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Merritt W(1-0) 9 3 1 1 2 8 0 31 1.00 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 8 0 31 Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen EXPOS 1ST: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub was called out on strikes; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Tolan flied out to center; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose doubled; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. EXPOS 2ND: Bailey walked; Bailey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Laboy flied out to right; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench lined to third; May reached on an error by Laboy [May to first]; Carbo grounded out (second to first) [May to second]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Dave Concepcion; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. EXPOS 3RD: Boccabella grounded out (pitcher to first); Wine was called out on strikes; Sparma struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Merritt singled to center; Tolan forced Merritt (pitcher to shortstop); Helms grounded out (second to first) [Tolan to second]; Rose walked; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. EXPOS 4TH: Sutherland flied out to center; Staub lined to first; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Bench doubled to center; May homered [Bench scored]; Carbo homered; Concepcion struck out; Merritt grounded out (first unassisted); Tolan homered; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 4. EXPOS 5TH: Bailey struck out; Laboy grounded out (third to first); Phillips flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 4. REDS 5TH: Rose tripled to center; Perez walked; Bench struck out; May hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rose scored]; Carbo walked [Perez to second]; Concepcion struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 5. EXPOS 6TH: Boccabella grounded out (second to first); Wine grounded out (pitcher to first); HERRERA BATTED FOR SPARMA; Herrera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 5. REDS 6TH: MORTON REPLACED HERRERA (PITCHING); Merritt struck out; Tolan lined to left; Helms walked; Rose walked [Helms to second]; Perez grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Reds 5. EXPOS 7TH: Sutherland popped to first; Staub tripled to center; Fairly singled to center [Staub scored]; Bailey forced Fairly (shortstop to second); Laboy popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 5. REDS 7TH: Bench flied out to center; May popped to first; Carbo singled to right; Concepcion forced Carbo (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 5. EXPOS 8TH: Phillips popped to catcher; Boccabella popped to third; Wine walked; BRAND BATTED FOR MORTON; Brand was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 5. REDS 8TH: WASLEWSKI REPLACED BRAND (PITCHING); Merritt grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan grounded out (second to first); Helms popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 5. EXPOS 9TH: Sutherland singled to center; Staub grounded out (first unassisted) [Sutherland to second]; Fairly flied out to center; Bailey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Reds 5. |
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