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Monday September 4, 1972
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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Montreal Expos 7 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Expos        3  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  2  -   7 12  2
Cardinals    2  1  1    3  0  0    1  0  x  -   8 14  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Day rf                5   1   1   0     0   0   .221      Cruz lf               5   2   1   1     0   0   .220
Foli ss               4   1   3   1     1   0   .248      Crosby 2b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .214
Singleton lf          4   1   2   0     1   1   .273      Melendez rf           5   2   2   2     0   0   .252
Fairly 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .263      Jutze c               4   0   0   2     0   1   .286
McCarver c            3   1   2   2     1   0   .260      Simmons 1b            3   1   3   0     2   0   .304
Jorgensen cf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .226      Voss cf               5   0   3   2     0   0   .200
Bailey 3b             3   1   1   1     1   2   .235      Anderson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Torres 2b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .163        Torre 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .288
McAnally p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Kelleher ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bibby p               1   0   1   0     1   0  1.000
  Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Segui p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .154
  Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .236

Totals               33   7  12   6     6   7             Totals               36   8  14   8     4   2

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 12,427
Left on Base: Expos 5, Cardinals 10
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 3
Errors: Singleton, Fairly
Doubles: Jorgensen (10), Simmons 2 (30), Voss (1), Segui (1)
Triples: McCarver (1), Melendez (3)
Home Runs: Bailey (15)
Stolen Bases: Day (3), Cruz (6)
Caught Stealing: McCarver (5), Jorgensen (11), Bailey (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Bibby (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jutze (1)
GIDP: Singleton (9), Fairly (7)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAnally L(3-15)        3.1   7   6   5   2   1   0  20   4.37
Strohmayer              0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.62
Renko                   2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   5.21
Walker                  2     3   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.12
Totals                  8    14   8   7   4   2   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby W(1-0)            6.1   7   4   4   5   5   0  26   5.68
Segui SV(8)             2.2   5   3   3   1   2   1  13   2.97
Totals                  9    12   7   7   6   7   1  39

Passed Balls: McCarver (12), Jutze (1)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Day singled to center; Debut game for Jim
Bibby; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first) [Day to
second]; Day stole third; Singleton walked; Jutze allowed a
passed ball [Singleton to second]; Fairly singled to shortstop
[Day scored, Singleton to third]; McCarver tripled to left
[Singleton scored, Fairly scored]; Jorgensen was walked
intentionally; McCarver was picked off and caught stealing home
(catcher to third to catcher) and Jorgensen was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop to third); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Cruz singled to right; Crosby grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cruz to second]; Melendez tripled to left [Cruz
scored]; Jutze hit a sacrifice fly to right [Melendez scored];
Simmons singled to shortstop; Voss flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey walked; Bailey was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Torres grounded out (first to pitcher);
McAnally struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Anderson flied to right in foul territory;
Kelleher singled to left; Bibby reached on an error by Fairly on
a sacrifice bunt [Kelleher to third]; Cruz forced Bibby (first
to shortstop) [Kelleher scored (unearned)]; Cruz stole second;
Crosby walked; Melendez popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Day grounded out (second to first); Foli singled to
center; Singleton singled to right [Foli out at home (right to
pitcher to catcher), Singleton to third (on throw to home)];
Fairly grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Jutze was called out on strikes; Simmons doubled
to left; Voss doubled to right [Simmons scored]; Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Voss to third]; Kelleher
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3,
Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 4TH: McCarver flied out to center; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); Bailey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Bibby walked; Cruz forced Bibby (shortstop to
second); Crosby singled to right [Cruz to second]; STROHMAYER
REPLACED MCANALLY (PITCHING); Melendez singled to left [Cruz
scored, Crosby to third (error by Singleton), Melendez to
second]; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first) [Crosby
scored]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Voss singled to right
[Melendez scored, Simmons to third]; Anderson lined to third; 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 5TH: Torres struck out; FAIREY BATTED FOR STROHMAYER;
Fairey struck out; Day grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: RENKO REPLACED FAIREY (PITCHING); Kelleher
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bibby singled to right; Cruz
popped to third in foul territory; Crosby was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 6TH: Foli walked; Singleton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Foli out at second]; Fairly popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons walked; Voss singled
to right [Simmons to second]; Anderson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 7TH: McCarver singled to right; Jorgensen doubled to left
[McCarver scored]; Bailey struck out; Torres walked; SEGUI
REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); WOODS BATTED FOR RENKO; Woods flied
out to left; Day flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 4, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: WALKER REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Kelleher
grounded out (third to first); Segui doubled to left; Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Crosby singled to center [Segui
scored, Crosby out at second (center to shortstop to second)]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 8TH: Foli singled to third; Singleton singled to center
[Foli to third]; Fairly grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Foli scored, Singleton out at second]; McCarver
walked; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: Melendez flied out to center; Jutze flied out to
center; Simmons doubled to left; McCarver allowed a passed ball
[Simmons to third]; Voss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 9TH: TORRE REPLACED ANDERSON (PLAYING 3B); Bailey homered;
Torres singled to center; BREEDEN BATTED FOR WALKER; Breeden
struck out; Day grounded out (second to first) [Torres to
second]; Foli singled to right [Torres scored]; Singleton struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Cardinals 8.



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