A walk to Ron Swoboda with the bases loaded in the seventh inning handed the Expos a 3-2 victory over the Braves. With the score tied, 2-2, Rusty Staub and Bob Bailey drew passes and Ron Fairly was safe on an error. Coco Laboy struck out for the fourth consecutive time, but Swoboda then worked his walk off Phil Niekro. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 3, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       25, 1971 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Braves       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Expos        0  1  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   3  8  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jackson cf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .281      Sutherland 2b         5   0   1   0     0   1   .208
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .371      Staub rf              3   2   1   0     1   0   .352
H. Aaron rf           2   1   0   0     2   1   .281      Bailey lf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .229
Cepeda 1b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .313        Mashore cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Fairly 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .299
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Laboy 3b              4   0   0   0     0   4   .295
Didier c              3   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Swoboda cf,lf         3   0   1   1     1   0   .250
  King ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .163      Bateman c             3   1   0   0     1   2   .256
Perez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .210      Wine ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Morton p              3   0   0   0     1   2   .133
Niekro p              3   0   1   1     0   0   .120
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .218

Totals               32   2   7   2     5   5             Totals               32   3   8   2     5   9

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  8,426
Left on Base: Braves 8, Expos 10
DP: Braves 1, Expos 1
Errors: Millan
Doubles: Cepeda (9), Jackson (11), Staub (10)
GIDP: Sutherland (1)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-4)           8     8   3   2   5   9   0  37   2.87
Totals                  8     8   3   2   5   9   0  37

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(4-5)           9     7   2   2   5   5   0  37   3.22
Totals                  9     7   2   2   5   5   0  37

Passed Balls: Didier (4)
Wild Pitches: Niekro (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ken Burkhart


BRAVES 1ST: Jackson walked; Garr hit into a double play (right
to first) [Jackson out at second]; H. Aaron walked; Cepeda
doubled [H. Aaron scored]; Millan singled [Cepeda to third];
Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Staub
flied out to center; Bailey singled; Fairly singled [Bailey to
third]; Laboy struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos
0.

BRAVES 2ND: Didier struck out; Perez flied out to center; Niekro
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Swoboda grounded out (third to first); Bateman
walked; Wine singled [Bateman to second]; Morton flied out to
center; Sutherland singled [Bateman to third, Wine to second];
Niekro threw a wild pitch [Bateman scored, Wine to third,
Sutherland to second]; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Jackson doubled; Garr grounded out (pitcher to
first); H. Aaron was called out on strikes; Cepeda was walked
intentionally; Millan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
1, Expos 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Bailey singled; Fairly grounded out (pitcher to
second to first) [Bailey to second]; Laboy struck out; Swoboda
singled [Bailey to third]; Bateman popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Didier
singled; Perez singled [Didier to second]; Niekro singled to
right [Didier scored, Perez out at third (right to third)];
Jackson flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Wine grounded out (third to first); Morton walked;
Sutherland grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Morton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Expos 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); H. Aaron
walked; Cepeda singled [H. Aaron to second]; Millan flied out to
right; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Staub doubled; Bailey grounded out (third to first);
Fairly singled [Staub scored, Fairly to second (on throw)];
Didier allowed a passed ball [Fairly to third]; Laboy struck
out; Swoboda grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Didier grounded out (first unassisted); Perez popped
to first in foul territory; Niekro made an out to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Bateman struck out; Wine grounded out (third to
first); Morton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Expos 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
struck out; H. Aaron grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Sutherland grounded out (third to first); Staub
walked; Bailey walked [Staub to second]; Fairly reached on an
error by Millan [Staub to third, Bailey to second, Fairly to
first]; Laboy struck out; Swoboda walked [Staub scored
(unearned), Bailey to third, Fairly to second]; Bateman struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Cepeda grounded out (third to first); Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Wine grounded out (third to first); Morton struck
out; Sutherland struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 3.

BRAVES 9TH: MASHORE REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING CF); SWOBODA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KING BATTED FOR DIDIER; King
walked; LUM BATTED FOR PEREZ; Lum popped to third in foul
territory; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Williams was called out
on strikes; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 3.