Joe Hague, who beat the Expos with a grand-slam in the 10th inning of the previous night's game, clipped the Canadian club again with a two-run triple in the sixth inning to provide the Cardinals with an 8-5 victory. The Cardinals jumped off to a 5-0 lead but their margin was trimmed to 6-4 before Ted Sizemore walked, Matty Alou singled and Hague hit his triple in the sixth. As a result, the Cardinals were able to brush off a two-run rally by the Expos in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 8, Montreal Expos 6
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1971 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  3  1    2  0  0  -   6 12  1
Cardinals    3  0  2    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b,2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .276      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .315
Woods cf,lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Sizemore 2b           3   1   1   1     2   0   .265
  Britton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alou 1b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .314
  Brand ss            1   0   1   0     0   0   .214        Melendez rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .313      Torre 3b              4   0   1   1     1   0   .363
Bailey lf,3b,lf       3   1   1   1     2   0   .250      Cruz cf               5   2   1   0     0   0   .276
Sutherland 2b         1   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Hague rf,1b           3   1   2   2     2   1   .232
  Day ph,cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .287      McNertney c           3   1   1   1     0   0   .289
Boccabella 1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Maxvill ss            1   0   0   0     3   0   .224
  Fairly ph,1b        3   1   2   1     0   0   .264      Reuss p               2   0   1   1     0   1   .123
Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .208        Santorini p         1   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  McDonald ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Laboy ph,3b         1   0   1   1     0   0   .252
Hacker ss             1   1   0   0     1   0   .107
  Fairey ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .236
  Wine ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Morton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Strohmayer p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Swanson ph          1   1   1   2     0   0   .238
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bateman ph,c        2   0   1   0     0   0   .243

Totals               37   6  12   6     4   1             Totals               31   8  11   7     9   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  9,114
Left on Base: Expos 9, Cardinals 10
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Hunt
Doubles: Fairly (23)
Triples: Sizemore (5), Hague (3)
Home Runs: Swanson (2)
Caught Stealing: Sizemore (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Shaw (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McNertney (3)
GIDP: Boccabella (6), Wine (11)
Hit by Pitch: Staub (9,by Reuss)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton L(10-18)         1     4   3   3   2   1   0   9   4.80
Strohmayer              3     3   2   0   1   0   0  12   4.42
Raymond                 1     2   1   1   2   0   0   7   4.70
Britton                 1.2   2   2   2   3   0   0   9   5.72
Marshall                1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.40
Totals                  8    11   8   6   9   2   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   4.2   5   3   3   3   1   1  22   4.74
Santorini               1.2   5   3   3   1   0   0  11   3.87
Shaw W(7-2)             2.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.65
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   1   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Reuss (7)

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Sudol


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt grounded out (third to first); Woods grounded
out (second to first); Staub popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Sizemore tripled to
right [Brock scored]; Alou singled to first [Sizemore stayed at
third]; Torre singled to right [Sizemore scored, Alou to
second]; Cruz grounded out (third to first) [Alou to third,
Torre to second]; Hague was walked intentionally; McNertney hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Alou scored]; Maxvill walked [Torre to
third, Hague to second]; Reuss was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey walked; Sutherland walked [Bailey to second];
Boccabella grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Sutherland to second, Bailey out at third]; Humphrey struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 2ND: STROHMAYER REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Brock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore walked; Sizemore was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Hacker grounded out (shortstop to first); Strohmayer
popped to second; Hunt singled to shortstop; Woods grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Torre lined to third; Cruz grounded out (first to
pitcher); Hague singled to right; McNertney singled to right
[Hague to third]; Maxvill reached on an error by Hunt [Hague
scored (unearned) (no RBI), McNertney to third]; Reuss singled
to left [McNertney scored (unearned), Maxvill out at home (left
to catcher)]; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Staub was hit by a pitch; Bailey grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Staub to second]; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
popped to third; Alou grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 5TH: Humphrey grounded out (second to first); Hacker
walked; SWANSON BATTED FOR STROHMAYER; Swanson homered [Hacker
scored]; Hunt grounded out (third to first); Woods singled;
Staub singled to right [Woods to third]; Bailey singled to
center [Woods scored, Staub to third]; SANTORINI REPLACED REUSS
(PITCHING); DAY BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Day forced Bailey
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals
5.

CARDINALS 5TH: HUNT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); WOODS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAILEY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); DAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RAYMOND REPLACED
SWANSON (PITCHING); Torre flied out to center; Cruz singled to
right; Hague walked [Cruz to second]; McNertney popped to first
in foul territory; Maxvill was walked intentionally [Cruz to
third, Hague to second]; Santorini singled to pitcher [Cruz
scored, Hague to third, Maxvill to second]; Brock flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 6.

EXPOS 6TH: FAIRLY BATTED FOR BOCCABELLA; Fairly doubled to
right; MCDONALD BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; McDonald grounded out
(second to first) [Fairly to third]; FAIREY BATTED FOR HACKER;
Fairey grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Fairly scored];
BATEMAN BATTED FOR RAYMOND; Bateman singled to left; Hunt
singled to center [Bateman to second]; Woods popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: BRITTON REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); FAIRLY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCDONALD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WINE
REPLACED FAIREY (PLAYING SS); BATEMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); Sizemore walked; Alou singled to center [Sizemore to second];
Torre flied out to center [Sizemore to third, Alou to second];
Cruz reached on a fielder's choice [Sizemore out at home (second
to catcher), Alou to third]; Hague tripled to right [Alou
scored, Cruz scored, Hague out at home (second to catcher)]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 7TH: Staub popped to third in foul territory; Bailey
walked; Day singled to left [Bailey to second]; Fairly singled
to center [Bailey scored, Day to second]; SHAW REPLACED
SANTORINI (PITCHING); LABOY BATTED FOR MCDONALD; Laboy singled
to left [Day scored, Fairly to second]; Wine grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Laboy out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 7TH: BAILEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LABOY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); McNertney grounded out (shortstop
to first); Maxvill walked; Shaw out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Maxvill to second]; Brock walked; BRAND REPLACED
BRITTON (PLAYING SS); MARSHALL REPLACED WINE (PITCHING);
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 8TH: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunt
popped to shortstop; Brand singled to center; Staub grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: Alou grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre
walked; Cruz flied out to center; Hague was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 9TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING RF); HAGUE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bailey popped to first in foul
territory; Day flied out to center; Fairly grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 8.