A triple by Jose Cardenal, driving in two runs in the seventh inning, enabled the Cardinals to defeat the Expos, 4-2. Don Shaw, who pitched 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief, picked up his first victory in a St. Louis uniform. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Friday, April     30, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  6  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  1  0    2  0  x  -   4 10  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailey 3b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .160      Brock lf              5   2   3   0     0   1   .330
Hunt 2b               2   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Melendez cf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .412
Staub rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .368      Simmons c             3   1   1   1     0   0   .338
Fairly 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .256      Torre 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .366
Fairey lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Cardenal rf           4   0   1   2     0   2   .202
  Sutherland ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hague 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Day cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Javier 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .231
  Swoboda ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Maxvill ss            1   0   0   0     3   0   .118
Bateman c             3   0   2   0     0   0   .259      Cleveland p           3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Boccabella c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Shaw p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wine ss               4   1   0   0     0   0   .255
Stoneman p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
  Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .067
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brand ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               32   2   6   0     3   3             Totals               31   4  10   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 10,766
Left on Base: Expos 8, Cardinals 10
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Bateman, Maxvill
Doubles: Bateman (2), Jones (1)
Triples: Cardenal (1)
Stolen Bases: Melendez (2), Brock (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Hunt (1), Melendez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (2)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt (5,by Cleveland)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman                6     7   2   2   3   4   0  27   2.79
Raymond L(1-1)          2     3   2   2   2   1   0  11   5.79
Totals                  8    10   4   4   5   5   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland               6.1   6   2   1   3   2   0  29   3.77
Shaw W(1-0)             2.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     6   2   1   3   3   0  37

Passed Balls: Simmons (5)
Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (2)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Tony Venzon, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Mel Steiner


EXPOS 1ST: Bailey walked; Hunt out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Bailey to second]; Staub walked; Fairly popped to third
in foul territory; Fairey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Melendez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Simmons grounded out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

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

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hague singled to right; Javier
singled to center [Hague to second]; Maxvill walked [Hague to
third, Javier to second]; Cleveland struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Stoneman struck out; Bailey made an out to pitcher;
Hunt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Melendez singled to
center [Brock to third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Brock scored]; Melendez stole second [Melendez to third (error
by Bateman)]; Torre flied out to center; Cardenal struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Fairly singled
to right; Fairey forced Fairly (second to shortstop); Day flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hague popped to shortstop; Javier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maxvill walked; Cleveland struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Bateman doubled to right; Wine grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bateman to third]; Stoneman struck out;
Bailey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Melendez singled to left [Brock scored, Melendez out at second
(left to catcher to second)]; Simmons singled to center; Torre
walked [Simmons to second]; Cardenal struck out; Hague forced
Torre (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Hunt flied out to left; Staub singled to right;
Fairly singled to right [Staub to third, Fairly out at first
(right to second to first)]; Fairey reached on an error by
Maxvill [Staub scored (unearned) (no RBI), Fairey to second];
Day popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Javier flied out to center; Maxvill grounded out
(second to first); Cleveland popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Bateman singled to right; Wine forced Bateman
(pitcher to shortstop); JONES BATTED FOR STONEMAN; Jones doubled
to left [Wine to third]; Bailey was walked intentionally;
Simmons allowed a passed ball [Bailey to second, Jones to third,
Wine scored]; Hunt was hit by a pitch; SHAW REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); Staub popped to third in foul territory; Fairly
forced Hunt (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos
2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: RAYMOND REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); BOCCABELLA
REPLACED BATEMAN (PLAYING C ); Brock singled to center; Melendez
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Brock to second];
Simmons reached on a fielder's choice [Brock out at third
(pitcher to shortstop to third to second to catcher), Simmons to
second]; Torre was walked intentionally; Cardenal tripled to
right [Torre scored, Simmons scored]; Hague flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 8TH: SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR FAIREY; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); SWOBODA BATTED FOR DAY; Swoboda flied out
to left; Boccabella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: SWOBODA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SUTHERLAND
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Javier singled to left; Maxvill
walked [Javier to second]; Shaw forced Javier (pitcher to third)
[Maxvill to second]; Brock was called out on strikes; Melendez
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Wine flied out to left; BRAND BATTED FOR RAYMOND;
Brand grounded out (third to first); Bailey struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 4.