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.

The Cubs took a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning of the second game. Willie Smith hit a two-run homer. Johnny Callison doubled, stole third and continued home on a throwing error by Ron Brand. The Expos bounced back with three runs in the seventh. Bobby Wine singled, Brand was safe on an error and, with one out, Gary Sutherland singled to score Wine. After Adolfo Phillips grounded out, the Cubs elected to pass Bob Bailey intentionally. John Boccabella then batted for Dan McGinn and singled, driving in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Montreal Expos 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, July      8, 1970 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Expos        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.