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Friday July 30, 1971
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Houston Astros 6, Montreal Expos 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, July 30, 1971 (Night game) at Parc Jarry

Astros       0  0  0    4  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   6 10  1
Expos        2  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  -   5 10  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Metzger ss            4   1   3   0     1   0   .226      Hunt 2b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .283
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Day cf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Chiles lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .344      Staub rf              4   2   3   3     1   0   .297
  Geronimo lf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Fairly 1b             2   1   0   0     3   0   .270
Cedeno cf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .262      Bailey 3b             4   0   0   0     1   2   .256
  Wynn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Gosger lf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .135
Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .256      Boccabella c          4   1   3   0     0   0   .234
Menke 1b              2   1   0   0     3   0   .253        Brand pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Alou rf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .315      Wine ss               2   0   1   1     1   0   .188
Howard c              5   1   2   3     0   1   .250        Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Greif p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Harris p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Swanson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Ray p               1   0   0   0     1   0   .143      Stoneman p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .150
                                                            Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Britton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sutherland ph,ss    1   0   1   0     0   0   .253

Totals               34   6  10   6     7   5             Totals               36   5  10   5     6   3

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 23,654
Left on Base: Astros 8, Expos 9
DP: Astros 4, Expos 2
Errors: Rader
Doubles: Alou (17), Rader (18), Sutherland (4)
Home Runs: Howard (1), Staub 2 (9)
Caught Stealing: Alou (5), Howard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Chiles (1), Wynn (1), Day (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (5)
GIDP: Fairey (2), Bailey (15), Swanson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Boccabella (1,by Greif)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif                   2.2   4   4   3   2   2   1  16   7.15
Harris                  1.2   3   0   0   2   1   0  10   5.79
Ray W(8-2)              5.2   3   1   1   2   0   1  18   2.15
Totals                 10    10   5   4   6   3   2  44

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman                5     6   5   5   2   4   1  23   3.26
Britton                 3     0   0   0   3   1   0  11   4.68
Marshall L(2-6)         2     4   1   1   2   0   0  10   5.59
Totals                 10    10   6   6   7   5   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Greif (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Paul Pryor


ASTROS 1ST: Metzger singled; Morgan lined to shortstop; Chiles
grounded out (first unassisted) [Metzger to second]; Cedeno
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt singled; Day out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Hunt to second]; Staub homered [Hunt scored]; Fairly
made an out to second; Bailey was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader grounded out (third to first); Menke grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); Alou grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Gosger grounded out (second to first); Boccabella
singled; Wine reached on an error by Rader [Boccabella to
second, Wine to first]; Stoneman was called out on strikes; Hunt
singled [Boccabella scored (unearned), Wine to second]; Day
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Expos 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Howard grounded out (third to first); Greif struck
out; Metzger singled; Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Staub flied out to center; Fairly walked; Bailey
walked [Fairly to second]; Gosger flied out to center;
Boccabella was hit by a pitch [Fairly to third, Bailey to
second]; HARRIS REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Wine singled [Fairly
scored, Bailey to third, Boccabella to second]; Stoneman
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
0, Expos 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Chiles singled; Cedeno struck out; Rader struck out;
Menke walked [Chiles to second]; Alou doubled [Chiles scored,
Menke to third]; Howard homered [Menke scored, Alou scored];
Harris struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Hunt grounded out (third to first); Day flied out to
center; Staub singled; Fairly walked [Staub to second]; Bailey
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled; Morgan walked [Metzger to second];
Chiles out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Metzger to
third, Morgan to second]; Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Metzger scored, Morgan to third]; Rader flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Gosger flied out to center; Boccabella singled; Wine
walked [Boccabella to second]; FAIREY BATTED FOR STONEMAN; RAY
REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Fairey grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

ASTROS 6TH: BRITTON REPLACED FAIREY (PITCHING); Menke walked;
Alou forced Menke (third to second); Howard struck out while
Alou was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Day flied out
to left; Staub walked; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Ray walked; Metzger out on an unknown play; Morgan
out on an unknown play; Chiles out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); Bailey
grounded out (third to first); Gosger grounded out (second to
first); Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno out on an unknown play; Rader walked; Menke
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rader to second]; Alou made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: WYNN REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING CF); WOODS BATTED FOR
WINE; Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); SUTHERLAND BATTED
FOR BRITTON; Sutherland doubled; Hunt lined into a double play
(second to shortstop) [Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

ASTROS 9TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MARSHALL
REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Howard singled; Howard was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Ray grounded out
(shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Morgan flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Day flied out to right; Staub homered; Fairly walked;
Bailey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Fairly out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5,
Expos 5.

ASTROS 10TH: Geronimo singled; Wynn out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Geronimo to second]; Rader doubled
[Geronimo to third]; Menke was walked intentionally; Alou
singled [Geronimo scored, Rader to third, Menke to second];
Howard hit into a double play (center to catcher to third)
[Rader out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Expos 5.

EXPOS 10TH: Gosger flied out to center; Boccabella singled;
BRAND RAN FOR BOCCABELLA; SWANSON BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Swanson
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Brand out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Expos 5.



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