Heavy rain forced the Expos and Cardinals to settle for a 2-2 tie in a game called by the umpires after seven innings. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 2, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       1, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        1  0  0    0  0  1    0  -   2  7  0
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  -   2  3  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailey 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Brock lf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .330
Hunt 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Melendez cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .350
Staub rf              3   0   2   1     0   0   .383      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .324
Fairly 1b             2   1   1   0     1   0   .268      Torre 3b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .365
Fairey lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Cardenal rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Day cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Hague 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Bateman c             2   0   2   1     1   0   .286      Javier 2b             1   1   0   0     1   0   .225
Wine ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Maxvill ss            2   0   1   2     0   0   .139
Renko p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .267

Totals               26   2   7   2     2   3             Totals               23   2   3   2     1   4

Time of Game: 1:22   Attendance: 32,061
Left on Base: Expos 6, Cardinals 1
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 1
Doubles: Bailey (3), Staub (6), Bateman (3), Fairly (2)
Triples: Maxvill (1)
Caught Stealing: Brock (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Wine (2)
GIDP: Wine (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   7     3   2   2   1   4   0  24   2.13
Totals                  7     3   2   2   1   4   0  24

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  7     7   2   2   2   3   0  29   3.26
Totals                  7     7   2   2   2   3   0  29

Passed Balls: Simmons (6)
Wild Pitches: Gibson (4)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Bailey doubled to left; Gibson threw a wild pitch
[Bailey to third]; Hunt struck out; Staub doubled to right
[Bailey scored]; Fairly walked; Fairey was called out on
strikes; Day grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Melendez struck out; Simmons
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bateman doubled to left; Wine out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Bateman to third]; Renko popped to third in
foul territory; Bailey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to center; Cardenal flied out to
right; Hague grounded out (first unassisted) [Torre to second];
Javier walked; Maxvill tripled to left [Javier scored, Torre
scored]; Gibson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Hunt lined to left; Staub singled to center; Fairly
flied out to right [Staub to second]; Fairey flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez
flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Day grounded out (second to first); Bateman walked;
Wine grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bateman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre flied out to center; Cardenal lined to
center; Hague popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Renko flied out to center; Bailey popped to third in
foul territory; Hunt singled to left; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Javier popped to catcher in foul territory;
Maxvill grounded out (second to first); Gibson popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Fairly doubled to left; Simmons allowed a passed ball
[Fairly to third]; Fairey flied out to left; Day grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bateman singled to right [Fairly scored];
Wine flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock struck out; Melendez flied out to center;
Simmons was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Renko struck out; Bailey flied out to left; Hunt
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
flied out to center; Hague flied out to center; game called
for rain; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 2.