Four homers -- two by Rusty Staub and one each by Jim Gosger and Bobby Wine -- powered the Expos to a 6-2 victory over the Mets, who surrendered first place in the N. L.'s Eastern division to the Pirates. Staub hit his first homer of the game in the opening inning with Marv Staehle on base via a walk. Gosger and Staub connected in succession in the third and the Expos' final runs followed in the fourth when John Bateman singled and Wine homered.

The Mets had circuit clouts by Art Shamsky and Tommie Agee. In the ninth inning, the Mets had a chance to come from behind, loading the bases with one out, but Claude Raymond replaced Mike Wegener and struck out both Jerry Grote and Ron Swoboda. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      11, 1970 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        2  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
Mets         0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staehle 2b            4   1   1   0     1   2   .242      Agee cf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .291
Gosger cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .303      Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Staub rf              4   2   2   3     0   0   .292      Singleton lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Fairly 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .270      Shamsky rf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .323
Fairey lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Clendenon 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .320
  Hahn ph,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Bateman c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .239      Boswell 2b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .255
Laboy 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Wine ss               3   1   1   2     1   1   .203      McAndrew p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Wegener p             4   0   0   0     0   3   .083        McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .229

Totals               34   6   8   6     3   9             Totals               31   2   4   2     5   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 53,968
Left on Base: Expos 5, Mets 7
DP: Expos 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Singleton (1)
Home Runs: Staub 2 (15), Gosger (3), Wine (3), Shamsky (7), Agee (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Hahn (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wegener W(1-2)          8.1   4   2   2   5   3   2  34   4.62
Raymond SV(16)          0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   3.76
Totals                  9     4   2   2   5   5   2  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew L(4-7)         4     5   6   6   1   4   4  18   5.27
McGraw                  4     3   0   0   2   3   0  17   3.64
Taylor                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.92
Totals                  9     8   6   6   3   9   4  38

Wild Pitches: Wegener (3), McAndrew (3)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Frank Secory


EXPOS 1ST: Staehle walked; Gosger popped to first in foul
territory; Staub homered [Staehle scored]; Fairly flied to
right; Fairey grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrelson
grounded out (first unassisted); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bateman grounded out (second to first); Laboy flied
to center; Wine flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky homered; Clendenon struck out; Garrett flied
to right; Boswell walked; Grote grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Mets 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Wegener struck out; Staehle struck out; Gosger
homered; Staub homered; Fairly struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 4, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: McAndrew popped to first in foul territory; Agee
homered; Harrelson walked; Singleton flied to right; Shamsky
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4,
Mets 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairey grounded out (pitcher to first); Bateman
singled to center; McAndrew threw a wild pitch [Bateman to
second]; Laboy was called out on strikes; Wine homered [Bateman
scored]; Wegener flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6,
Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Clendenon lined to second; Garrett popped to third;
Boswell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

EXPOS 5TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCANDREW (PITCHING); Staehle singled
to right; Gosger forced Staehle (pitcher to shortstop); Staub
flied to center; Fairly singled to center [Gosger to second];
Fairey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 6, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Grote flied to left; McGraw grounded out (third to
first); Agee flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6,
Mets 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Bateman flied to center; Laboy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wine walked; Wegener struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Harrelson popped to shortstop; Singleton doubled to
left; Shamsky popped to third in foul territory; Clendenon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
6, Mets 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Staehle struck out; Gosger grounded out (shortstop to
first); Staub popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
6, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Garrett flied to right; Boswell flied to center; Grote
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Fairly singled to right; HAHN BATTED FOR FAIREY; Hahn
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Fairly to second];
Bateman was walked intentionally; Laboy flied to center; Wine
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets
2.

METS 8TH: HAHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL BATTED FOR
MCGRAW; Marshall flied to right; On a bunt Agee singled;
Harrelson forced Agee (second to shortstop); Wegener threw a
wild pitch [Harrelson to second]; Singleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

EXPOS 9TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Wegener struck
out; Staehle grounded out (second to first); Gosger was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: Shamsky walked; Clendenon struck out; Garrett walked
[Shamsky to second]; Boswell walked [Shamsky to third, Garrett
to second]; RAYMOND REPLACED WEGENER (PITCHING); Grote struck
out; SWOBODA BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Swoboda was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.