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Wednesday September 6, 1972
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Ken Singleton continued his hot hitting with a homer, double and single to lead the Expos to a 7-3 victory over the Mets. Ron Woods also homered for the Expos in support of Mike Torrez, who gained his 15th victory. Mike Marshall relieved in the eighth inning and chalked up his 16th save. [The Sporting News]


Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1972 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Expos        0  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  3  -   7  9  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  8  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mangual lf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Boswell 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .180
  Mashore ph,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Fregosi 3b            3   1   2   0     1   1   .239
Foli ss               3   2   1   1     1   1   .248      Mays cf               1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Bailey 3b             5   0   1   2     0   1   .235        Milner ph,lf        1   1   1   0     2   0   .244
Breeden 1b            1   0   0   0     1   0   .237      Kranepool 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
  Fairly 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .261        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Singleton rf          4   1   3   2     1   0   .283      Jones lf,cf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .258
Woods cf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .244      Marshall rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .254
  Marshall p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Dyer c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Boccabella c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .232      Martinez ss           4   0   2   1     0   1   .223
Torres 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .156      Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .173        Rauch p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Day cf              0   1   0   0     1   0   .221        Sudakis ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .077
                                                            Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Beauchamp 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               33   7   9   6     7   5             Totals               32   3   8   3     5   5

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 11,745
Left on Base: Expos 8, Mets 7
DP: Expos 2, Mets 2
Errors: Beauchamp
Doubles: Foli (10), Singleton (19), Martinez (4), Kranepool (9)
Home Runs: Woods (8), Singleton (13)
Caught Stealing: Mangual (1), Martinez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (13), Mashore (7)
GIDP: Marshall (1), Kranepool (11), Boswell (13)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(15-9)          7     8   3   3   5   3   0  31   3.14
Marshall SV(16)         2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.57
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   5   0  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(0-3)            2.2   5   3   3   1   1   1  14   6.55
Rauch                   4.1   2   1   1   1   3   1  15   4.76
Sadecki                 1     1   2   2   3   1   0   7   2.93
McGraw                  1     1   1   0   2   0   0   6   1.79
Totals                  9     9   7   6   7   5   2  42

Wild Pitches: Torrez (6)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Mel Steiner


EXPOS 1ST: Mangual singled to center; Debut game for Pepe
Mangual; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Mangual to second]; Bailey lined to left; Breeden grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Boswell grounded out (second to first); Fregosi struck
out; Mays grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods
homered; Boccabella struck out; Torres grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (catcher to first); Jones
walked; Marshall walked [Jones to second]; Dyer popped to
catcher in foul territory; Martinez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Mets 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Torrez singled to center; Mangual forced Torrez
(shortstop to second); Foli doubled to left [Mangual scored];
Bailey popped to left; Breeden walked; Singleton doubled to
right [Foli scored, Breeden to third]; RAUCH REPLACED STROM
(PITCHING); Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: FAIRLY REPLACED BREEDEN (PLAYING 1B); Rauch grounded
out (pitcher to first); Boswell grounded out (first unassisted);
Fregosi singled to right; MILNER BATTED FOR MAYS; Milner walked
[Fregosi to second]; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Fregosi to
third, Milner to second]; Kranepool grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 4TH: MILNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JONES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Boccabella flied out to left; Torres
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torrez flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Jones flied out to right; Marshall flied out to
center; Dyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3,
Mets 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Mangual flied out to center; Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bailey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Martinez doubled to center; Martinez was picked off
and caught stealing third (pitcher to shortstop to third to
shortstop to pitcher); Rauch was called out on strikes; Boswell
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Mets 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Fairly flied out to center; Singleton homered; Woods
singled to left; Boccabella flied out to left; Torres forced
Woods (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Fregosi singled to left; Milner walked [Fregosi to
second]; Kranepool grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Fregosi to third, Milner out at second];
Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 4, Mets 0.

EXPOS 7TH: On a bunt Torrez struck out; Mangual walked; Foli
struck out while Mangual was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Marshall singled to right; Dyer singled to left
[Marshall to second]; Martinez singled to right [Marshall
scored, Dyer to third]; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR RAUCH; Sudakis struck
out; Boswell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Martinez out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4,
Mets 1.

EXPOS 8TH: SADECKI REPLACED SUDAKIS (PITCHING); Bailey grounded
out (third to first); Fairly flied out to right; Singleton
singled to center; Woods walked [Singleton to second];
Boccabella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: Fregosi walked; Milner singled to left [Fregosi to
second]; Kranepool doubled to left [Fregosi scored, Milner to
third]; MARSHALL REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); DAY REPLACED TORREZ
(PLAYING CF); Jones grounded out (shortstop to first) [Milner
scored]; Marshall flied out to center; Dyer flied out to center;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Torres walked; BEAUCHAMP REPLACED SADECKI (PLAYING
1B); MCGRAW REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Day walked (walk was
charged to Sadecki) [Torres to second]; MASHORE BATTED FOR
MANGUAL; Mashore out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Torres to third, Day to second]; Foli was walked intentionally;
Bailey singled to left [Torres scored, Day scored, Foli to
third]; Fairly reached on an error by Beauchamp [Foli scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Bailey to third, Fairly to second];
Singleton was walked intentionally; Marshall grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at
second]; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: MASHORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Martinez struck
out; Beauchamp grounded out (third to first); Boswell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 7, Mets 3.



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