Jose Cruz drew a walk from Mike Marshall with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to force in the Cardinals' deciding run in a 5-3 victory over the Expos. The inning was marked by an oddity in that the Expos used two first basemen and each committed an error. Ken Reitz opened the stanza with a single and Lou Brock was safe on a grounder that Hal Breeden bobbled. St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 3Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIExpos 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 2 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 x - 5 9 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McCarver c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Cruz lf,rf 3 1 3 2 1 0 .229 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Foli ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Carbo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Singleton lf,rf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .278 Crosby 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Fairly rf,1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Voss cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .196 Jorgensen cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .224 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Breeden 1b,rf,lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Jutze c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Bailey 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .235 Simmons 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Torres 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Melendez rf,cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Fairey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Reitz 3b 3 2 2 1 0 0 .667 Stoneman p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .090 Kelleher ss 1 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Boccabella c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Brock ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Wise p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .203 Totals 32 3 8 3 2 6 Totals 29 5 9 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 5,586 Left on Base: Expos 5, Cardinals 6 DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Fairly, Breeden, Reitz Doubles: Foli (9), Breeden (2) Triples: Cruz (3) Caught Stealing: Singleton (9), Cruz (1) Sacrifice Hits: Wise (4) Sacrifice Flies: Breeden (1), Voss (1), Reitz (1) GIDP: Fairly (8), Voss (1) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stoneman L(10-11) 6 7 4 3 2 3 0 26 2.88 Marshall 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 1.60 Totals 8 9 5 4 3 4 0 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(14-14) 9 8 3 3 2 6 0 35 3.27 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 6 0 35 Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler EXPOS 1ST: McCarver struck out; Foli doubled to right; Singleton singled to left [Foli scored, Singleton to second (error by Reitz)]; Fairly singled to shortstop [Singleton to third]; Jorgensen walked [Fairly to second]; Breeden hit a sacrifice fly to center [Singleton scored]; Bailey grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Cruz tripled to right; Tyson struck out; Debut game for Mike Tyson; Voss hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cruz scored]; Jutze flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 2ND: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Stoneman was called out on strikes; McCarver singled to right; Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Melendez grounded out (catcher unassisted); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Debut game for Ken Reitz; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 3RD: Singleton singled to center; Fairly popped to catcher; Jorgensen flied out to center; Breeden grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Kelleher walked; Wise struck out; Cruz singled to right [Kelleher to third]; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Tyson flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 4TH: Bailey grounded out (second to first); Torres flied out to right; Stoneman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Voss flied out to left; Jutze flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 5TH: McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); Foli lined to second; Singleton walked; Singleton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez grounded out (third to first); Reitz singled to left; Kelleher singled to center [Reitz to second]; Wise singled to left [Reitz scored, Kelleher to second]; Cruz singled to right [Kelleher scored, Wise to third, Cruz to second (on throw)]; CARBO BATTED FOR TYSON; Carbo was walked intentionally; Voss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 6TH: CROSBY REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING 2B); Fairly grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Breeden doubled to left; Bailey singled to right [Breeden scored]; Torres grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons flied out to right; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 7TH: Stoneman was called out on strikes; McCarver grounded out (first to pitcher); Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz singled to right; BROCK BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Brock reached on an error by Breeden [Reitz to second, Brock to first]; MARSHALL REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); BOCCABELLA REPLACED STONEMAN (PLAYING C ); FAIRLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BREEDEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Wise reached on an error by Fairly on a sacrifice bunt [Reitz to third, Brock to second, Wise to first]; Cruz walked [Reitz scored (unearned), Brock to third, Wise to second]; Wise was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Crosby flied out to left; Voss grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 4. EXPOS 8TH: BROCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MELENDEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON REPLACED VOSS (PLAYING SS); Singleton singled to right; Fairly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: SINGLETON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BREEDEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Jutze was called out on strikes; Simmons singled to right; Melendez singled to left [Simmons to third]; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored]; Brock flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 5. EXPOS 9TH: Breeden was called out on strikes; Bailey struck out; FAIREY BATTED FOR TORRES; Fairey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 5. |
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