Although knocked out in the sixth inning, Mike Torrez gained his 12th victory with the relief assistance of Mike Marshall, who picked up his 12th save when the Expos defeated the Mets, 6-3. Ron Fairly started the Expos on their way to victory by hitting a three-run homer in the first.

Singles by Ken Singleton and Tim Foli, around a walk to Boots Day, added a tally in the third. Ron Hunt singled and Clyde Mashore doubled for another run in the eighth and Terry Humphrey wound up the Expos' scoring with his first major league homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      29, 1972 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        3  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 10  1
Mets         0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               2   2   2   0     2   0   .274      Martinez ss           5   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Bailey 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .235      Garrett 2b            4   0   1   1     1   1   .217
Fairey lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Mays cf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .247
  Woods ph,lf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Schneck rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Jones lf              3   0   0   1     1   1   .268
  Mashore lf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .252      Kranepool 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .226
Fairly 1b             5   1   1   3     0   1   .245      Fregosi 3b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Singleton rf          5   1   2   0     0   1   .255      Grote c               2   1   0   0     1   2   .202
Day cf                4   0   1   0     1   1   .253        Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Foli ss               5   0   2   1     0   0   .231      Gentry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .132
Humphrey c            2   1   1   1     2   0   .203        Sadecki p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Torrez p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .164        Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Marshall p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rauch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Agee ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Milner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250

Totals               35   6  10   6     7   6             Totals               35   3   8   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 40,333
Left on Base: Expos 12, Mets 9
DP: Expos 0, Mets 1
Errors: Fairly, Fregosi 2
Doubles: Hunt (15)
Triples: Mays (1)
Home Runs: Fairly (8), Humphrey (1)
Stolen Bases: Mashore (5)
Caught Stealing: Singleton (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Humphrey (3), Bailey (5), Fregosi (2)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt (17,by Gentry)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(12-5)          5     6   3   3   2   2   0  24   2.81
Marshall SV(12)         4     2   0   0   1   3   0  15   1.58
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   5   0  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(5-7)           2.2   5   4   4   3   3   1  16   3.73
Sadecki                 2.1   1   0   0   2   0   0  10   3.34
Rauch                   1     0   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.91
Frisella                3     4   2   2   1   2   1  14   2.43
Totals                  9    10   6   6   7   6   2  45

Hit by Pitch: Gentry (3)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - John Kibler


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt walked; Bailey walked [Hunt to second]; Fairey
struck out; Fairly homered [Hunt scored, Bailey scored];
Singleton singled to right; Day struck out while Singleton was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
grounded out (first to pitcher); Mays singled to shortstop;
Schneck grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Foli singled to left; Humphrey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Foli to second]; Torrez struck out;
Hunt was hit by a pitch; Bailey forced Hunt (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones was called out on strikes; Kranepool lined to
shortstop; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Fairey flied out to right; Fairly grounded out
(pitcher to first); Singleton singled to right; Day walked
[Singleton to second]; Foli singled to center [Singleton scored,
Day to third]; SADECKI REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Humphrey
walked [Foli to second]; Torrez forced Humphrey (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Grote struck out; Sadecki grounded out (pitcher to
first); Martinez reached on an error by Fairly [Martinez to
first]; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Hunt singled to left; Bailey out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Hunt to second]; WOODS BATTED FOR FAIREY;
Woods was walked intentionally; Fairly forced Woods (third to
second) [Hunt to third]; Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mays tripled to
right; Schneck grounded out (third to first); Jones grounded out
(second to first) [Mays scored]; Kranepool grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Day popped to shortstop; Foli grounded out (second to
first); Humphrey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 4, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Fregosi singled to left; Grote walked [Fregosi to
second]; MARSHALL BATTED FOR SADECKI; Marshall flied out to
left; Martinez popped to second; Garrett singled to right
[Fregosi scored, Grote to third]; Mays singled to center [Grote
scored, Garrett to second]; Schneck flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.

EXPOS 6TH: RAUCH REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Torrez was called
out on strikes; Hunt walked; Bailey reached on an error by
Fregosi [Hunt to third (error by Fregosi), Bailey to first];
MCCARVER BATTED FOR WOODS; McCarver popped to shortstop; Fairly
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: MASHORE REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING LF); Jones walked;
Kranepool singled to left [Jones to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED
TORREZ (PITCHING); Fregosi out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Jones to third, Kranepool to second]; Grote struck out;
AGEE BATTED FOR RAUCH; Agee grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.

EXPOS 7TH: FRISELLA REPLACED AGEE (PITCHING); Singleton was
called out on strikes; Day singled to center; Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Day to second]; Humphrey was walked
intentionally; Marshall lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 4, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Martinez lined to pitcher; Garrett was called out on
strikes; Mays flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4,
Mets 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Hunt doubled to center; Bailey grounded out (third to
first); Mashore singled to right [Hunt scored]; Mashore stole
second; Fairly struck out; Singleton grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Schneck was called out on strikes; Jones grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kranepool singled to right; Fregosi grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Mets 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Day flied out to center; Foli grounded out (shortstop
to first); Humphrey homered; Marshall grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR GROTE; Boswell flied out to center;
MILNER BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Milner singled to second; Martinez
flied out to right; Garrett walked [Milner to second]; Mays
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 3.