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Tuesday May 11, 1971
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Turning sluggers, the Cardinals smashed four homers to defeat the Expos, 10-4. Joe Torre hit two round-trippers and Dick Schofield and Jose Cardenal clouted one apiece. Boots Day hit his first major league homer for the Expos. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 10, Montreal Expos 4

Game Played on Tuesday, May 11, 1971 (Night game) at Parc Jarry

Cardinals    1  0  0    2  2  0    0  1  4  -  10 16  1
Expos        1  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   1   .360      Day cf                5   1   1   1     0   1   .228
Alou cf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .311      Hunt 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .313
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Staub rf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .318
Simmons c             5   1   3   2     0   0   .346      Fairly 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .310
Torre 3b              5   2   2   4     0   1   .328      Jones lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .174
Cardenal rf           5   1   1   1     0   1   .193        Sutherland ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hague 1b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .209      Bateman c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Sizemore 2b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .221      Laboy 3b              4   0   2   2     0   1   .313
Schofield ss          4   1   2   2     0   0   .222      Wine ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .221
  Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .145      Morton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Cleveland p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Gosger ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carlton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burda ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .400        Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .270
  Melendez pr,cf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .276        Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               41  10  16  10     1   4             Totals               36   4  10   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,862
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Expos 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Expos 1
Errors: Schofield
Doubles: Simmons (10), Bateman (6), Fairly (4), Wine (2)
Triples: Hunt (1)
Home Runs: Schofield (1), Torre 2 (6), Cardenal (4), Day (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Brock (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (2)
GIDP: Torre (4)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(3-2)        7     8   4   4   0   3   1  29   3.45
Carlton                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.61
Linzy SV(5)             1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.62
Totals                  9    10   4   4   0   4   1  37

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton L(3-5)           5     9   5   5   0   3   2  23   3.38
Reed                    2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.90
Strohmayer              2     6   5   5   1   1   2  13  11.25
Totals                  9    16  10  10   1   4   4  43

Wild Pitches: Morton (3)
Balks: Morton (1)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Morton balked [Brock to
second]; Alou flied out to center; Simmons doubled to right
[Brock scored]; Morton threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third];
Torre flied out to center; Cardenal struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Day homered; Hunt popped to second; Staub flied out
to right; Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague flied out to center; Sizemore singled to
left; Schofield singled to center [Sizemore to second];
Cleveland was called out on strikes; Brock struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Jones struck out; Bateman doubled to left; Laboy
reached on an error by Schofield; Wine lined into a double play
(second to shortstop) [Bateman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Alou grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons
singled to left; Torre grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Morton grounded out (third to first); Day flied out
to right; Hunt popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cardenal grounded out (third to first); Hague
singled to right; Sizemore forced Hague (shortstop to second);
Schofield homered [Sizemore scored]; Cleveland grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: On a bunt Staub singled; Fairly doubled to right
[Staub to third]; Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Bateman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Laboy singled to center
[Fairly scored, Staub scored]; Wine forced Laboy (second
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to center; On a bunt Alou made an
out to catcher; Simmons flied out to right; Torre homered [Brock
scored]; Cardenal flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: GOSGER BATTED FOR MORTON; Gosger popped to second; On
a bunt Day made an out to first; Hunt singled to center; Staub
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: REED REPLACED GOSGER (PITCHING); Hague grounded
out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first);
Schofield grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Fairly popped to second; Jones grounded out (first to
pitcher); Bateman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cleveland popped to shortstop; Brock lined to
second; Alou singled to left; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Laboy struck out; Wine doubled to left; SWOBODA
BATTED FOR REED; Swoboda was called out on strikes; Day flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED SWOBODA (PITCHING); Torre was
called out on strikes; Cardenal homered; Hague singled to right;
Sizemore popped to second; Schofield grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PLAYING SS); Hunt tripled
to left; CARLTON REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Staub hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Hunt scored]; Fairly flied out to right;
SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR JONES; Sutherland popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Expos 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BURDA
BATTED FOR CARLTON; Burda singled to right; MELENDEZ RAN FOR
BURDA; Brock out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Melendez to second]; Alou singled to right [Melendez scored,
Alou to second (on throw)]; Simmons singled to center [Alou
scored]; Torre homered [Simmons scored]; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hague walked; Sizemore forced Hague
(shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 10,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 9TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LINZY REPLACED
ALOU (PITCHING); Bateman singled to right; Laboy singled to
center [Bateman to second]; Wine grounded out (catcher to first)
[Laboy to second, Bateman to third]; FAIREY BATTED FOR
STROHMAYER; Fairey lined to left; Day struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Expos 4.



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