Ron Santo and Billy Williams each homered with a man on base to power the Cubs to a 5-1 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but four unearned runs enabled the Expos to win the nightcap, 5-4. Chicago Cubs 5, Montreal Expos 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Wednesday, July 8, 1970 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldExpos 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Cubs 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 5 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staehle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 Jones lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Staub rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Williams lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .324 Fairly 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .270 Hickman cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .341 Gosger cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .322 James cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Bateman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Santo 3b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .241 Laboy 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .210 Smith 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Wine ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .199 Callison rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Renko p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Rudolph c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hahn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Pappas p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .053 Wegener p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 31 1 7 1 1 4 Totals 28 5 5 5 4 8 Time of Game: 1:59 Left on Base: Expos 4, Cubs 3 DP: Expos 1, Cubs 2 Doubles: Laboy (16) Home Runs: Santo (11), Williams (26) Stolen Bases: Jones (5) GIDP: Bateman (7), Santo (8) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(5-5) 7 4 5 5 4 8 2 29 4.17 Wegener 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.28 Totals 8 5 5 5 4 8 2 32 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pappas W(4-3) 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 32 4.42 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 32 Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Dezelan EXPOS 1ST: Staehle grounded out (second to first); Jones struck out; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (first to pitcher); Beckert flied out to left; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cubs 0. EXPOS 2ND: Fairly singled to right; Gosger singled to left [Fairly to second]; Bateman grounded into a double play (third to first) [Gosger to second, Fairly out at third]; Laboy doubled to center [Gosger scored]; Wine walked; Renko flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Hickman walked; Santo homered [Hickman scored]; Smith struck out; Callison popped to third in foul territory; Rudolph flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 2. EXPOS 3RD: Staehle flied out to center; Jones singled to first; Jones stole second; Staub struck out; Fairly singled to right [Jones out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 2. CUBS 3RD: Pappas struck out; Kessinger walked; Beckert struck out; Williams homered [Kessinger scored]; Hickman lined to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. EXPOS 4TH: Gosger was called out on strikes; Bateman lined to third; Laboy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. CUBS 4TH: Santo was called out on strikes; Smith struck out; Callison was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. EXPOS 5TH: Wine flied out to right; Renko flied out to right; Staehle singled to right; Jones popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. CUBS 5TH: Rudolph grounded out (second to first); Pappas struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. EXPOS 6TH: Staub popped to second; Fairly singled to right; Gosger lined into a double play (third to first) [Fairly out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 4. CUBS 6TH: Beckert singled to right; Williams walked [Beckert to second]; Hickman singled to left [Beckert scored, Williams to second]; Santo struck out; Smith grounded out (third to first) [Williams to third, Hickman to second]; Callison was walked intentionally; Rudolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. EXPOS 7TH: Bateman popped to first; Laboy flied out to left; Wine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. CUBS 7TH: Pappas grounded out (third to first); Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. EXPOS 8TH: HAHN BATTED FOR RENKO; Hahn flied out to center; Staehle grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. CUBS 8TH: WEGENER REPLACED HAHN (PITCHING); Williams flied out to right; Hickman singled to left; Santo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hickman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. EXPOS 9TH: JAMES REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING CF); Staub flied out to center; Fairly flied out to right; Gosger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cubs 5. |
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