The Expos' string of five straight victories since the start of the season was snapped by the Cardinals, 6-1. Scipio Spinks, obtained from the Astros, gained his first triumph in a St. Louis uniform. Ted Simmons drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the first inning and the Cardinals added their other tallies on five hits, a walk and an error in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     23, 1972 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Cardinals    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   6  8  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou rf               3   1   1   1     2   0   .300      Hunt 2b               2   0   1   0     3   0   .250
  Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bailey 3b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .217
Sizemore 2b           4   1   0   0     1   1   .176      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .158
Hague 1b              4   0   1   1     1   1   .278      Fairly rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .250
Torre 3b              2   0   0   0     3   0   .333      Singleton lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Simmons c             5   0   2   2     0   0   .344      Day cf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Cruz cf               5   1   1   0     0   2   .226      Boccabella c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .211
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .200      Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .235
Crosby ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .389      Renko p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Clendenon ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Melendez pr,rf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Spinks p              4   1   2   1     0   0   .333        Lemaster p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Torrez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mashore ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               33   6   8   5    10   4             Totals               33   1   5   1     5   7

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 18,332
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Expos 10
DP: Cardinals 0, Expos 1
Errors: Sizemore, Hunt
Doubles: Hague (3)
Stolen Bases: Alou (2), Brock (2)
GIDP: Alou (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spinks W(1-1)           9     5   1   1   5   7   0  38   2.57
Totals                  9     5   1   1   5   7   0  38

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(1-1)            6     3   2   2   7   2   0  27   3.09
Marshall                1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   0.00
Lemaster                0.1   4   4   4   1   0   0   6   9.00
Torrez                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Walker                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     8   6   6  10   4   0  43

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Alou walked; Sizemore walked [Alou to second];
Hague grounded out (second to first) [Alou to third, Sizemore to
second]; Torre was walked intentionally; Simmons singled to
right [Alou scored, Sizemore scored, Torre to third]; Cruz
struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt grounded out (second to first); Bailey walked;
Jorgensen forced Bailey (second to shortstop); Fairly flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crosby flied out to right; Spinks singled to
third; Alou grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Spinks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton popped to shortstop; Day flied to left in
foul territory; Boccabella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore lined to right; Hague popped to second;
Torre grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Foli struck out; Renko grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hunt walked; Bailey singled to center [Hunt to third];
Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos
0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Cruz
singled to second; Brock walked [Cruz to second]; Crosby flied
out to right [Cruz to third]; Spinks popped to first; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairly walked; Singleton was called out on strikes;
Day struck out; Boccabella popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alou flied out to center; Sizemore flied to left
in foul territory; Hague walked; Torre walked [Hague to second];
Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Foli flied out to center; Renko struck out; Hunt
singled to left; Bailey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Brock flied out
to center; Crosby walked; Spinks forced Crosby (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Fairly
flied out to left; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Alou walked;
Alou stole second; Sizemore struck out; Hague was called out on
strikes; Torre flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Day grounded out (first unassisted); Boccabella
struck out; Foli singled to shortstop; FAIREY BATTED FOR
MARSHALL; Fairey flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: LEMASTER REPLACED FAIREY (PITCHING); Simmons
singled to left; Cruz forced Simmons (first to shortstop); Brock
singled to left [Cruz scored (error by Hunt) (no RBI), Brock to
second]; CLENDENON BATTED FOR CROSBY; Brock stole third;
Clendenon was walked intentionally; MELENDEZ RAN FOR CLENDENON;
Spinks singled to left [Brock scored, Melendez to second]; Alou
singled to right [Melendez scored, Spinks to third]; TORREZ
REPLACED LEMASTER (PITCHING); Sizemore popped to second; Hague
doubled to left [Spinks scored, Alou out at home (left to
shortstop to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: MAXVILL REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING SS); MELENDEZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hunt walked; Bailey forced Hunt (second to
shortstop); Jorgensen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bailey to
second]; Fairly singled to left [Bailey scored]; Singleton
reached on an error by Sizemore [Fairly to second, Singleton to
first]; Day forced Singleton (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Expos 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: WALKER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Torre
walked; Debut game for Tom Walker; Simmons popped to
third in foul territory; Cruz popped to shortstop; Brock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Expos 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Boccabella singled to right; Foli forced Boccabella
(third to second); MASHORE BATTED FOR WALKER; Mashore was called
out on strikes; Hunt walked [Foli to second]; Bailey forced Hunt
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Expos
1.