With Steve Carlton pitching, the Phillies drew 40,804 for their home opener at Veterans Stadium and defeated the Expos, 7-5. The game was played in 40-degree weather with wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour. The Phillies used two walks, a single by Carlton, three errors and a sacrifice fly by Deron Johnson to score four runs in the third inning. The Expos came back with three runs on four hits and a wild pitch in the fourth, but Cesar Tovar walked for the Phillies in the fifth and Willie Montanez smashed a homer. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 7, Montreal Expos 5

Game Played on Tuesday, April 10, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Expos        0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  1  -   5  7  4
Phillies     0  0  4    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   7 10  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .188      Bowa ss               4   0   2   1     1   0   .250
Foli ss               4   1   2   1     1   0   .313      Tovar 3b              3   2   0   0     1   0   .000
Mangual lf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .250        Pagan 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montanez rf           5   1   1   2     0   2   .300
  Laboy ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Johnson 1b            2   0   2   1     1   0   .333
Woods rf,lf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .500      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .091
Bailey 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .071      Unser cf              2   0   2   0     0   0   .400
Breeden 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .250        B. Robinson ph,cf   2   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Boccabella c          4   0   1   1     0   2   .250      Ryan c                3   2   1   0     1   0   .167
Roque cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .067      Doyle 2b              2   1   0   0     2   1   .000
Torrez p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Carlton p             4   1   1   1     0   0   .167
  Gilbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Singleton ph,rf     2   0   0   0     0   1   .091

Totals               35   5   7   4     4   9             Totals               32   7  10   5     6   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 40,809
Left on Base: Expos 7, Phillies 8
DP: Expos 2, Phillies 0
Errors: Bailey, Boccabella 2, Roque, Bowa, Johnson
Doubles: Foli (1), Roque (1)
Home Runs: Breeden (1), Montanez (1)
Caught Stealing: Unser (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (1)
GIDP: Luzinski (1), Ryan (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(0-2)           4.1   7   6   3   5   1   1  23   2.92
Gilbert                 1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   0.00
Walker                  2     3   1   0   0   2   0  10   0.00
Totals                  8    10   7   3   6   3   1  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(1-1)          9     7   5   5   4   9   1  39   4.50
Totals                  9     7   5   5   4   9   1  39

Wild Pitches: Carlton (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bruce Froemming


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied out to center; Foli grounded out (second
to first); Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Tovar grounded
out (pitcher to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Woods popped to first; Bailey grounded out (shortstop
to first); Breeden flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson singled to shortstop; Luzinski grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out
at second]; Unser singled to left; Unser was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Boccabella flied out to center; Roque struck out;
Torrez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Ryan walked; Doyle walked [Ryan to second];
Carlton singled to center [Ryan scored, Doyle scored (error by
Roque) (unearned), Carlton to third (error by Boccabella)]; Bowa
singled to first [Carlton stayed at third]; Tovar reached on an
error by Bailey [Carlton scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bowa to
third, Tovar to second]; Montanez reached on a fielder's choice
[Bowa out at home (second to catcher), Tovar to third]; Johnson
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored (unearned)];
Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 3
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Hunt singled to center; Foli doubled to left [Hunt to
third]; Carlton threw a wild pitch [Hunt scored, Foli to third];
Mangual struck out; Woods singled to center [Foli scored];
Bailey walked [Woods to second]; Breeden was called out on
strikes; Boccabella singled to center [Woods scored, Bailey to
second]; Roque flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
3, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Unser singled to center; Ryan grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Unser out at
second]; Doyle walked; Carlton grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Torrez flied out to center; Hunt reached on an error
by Bowa; Foli walked [Hunt to second]; Mangual struck out; Woods
walked [Hunt to third, Foli to second]; Bailey flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa popped to third; Tovar walked; Montanez
homered [Tovar scored]; Johnson walked; Luzinski singled to
right [Johnson to second]; GILBERT REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING);
B. ROBINSON BATTED FOR UNSER; B. Robinson flied out to center
[Johnson to third]; Ryan forced Luzinski (shortstop to second);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 6.

EXPOS 6TH: B. ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Breeden
flied out to center; Boccabella was called out on strikes; Roque
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: Doyle popped to shortstop; Carlton flied out to
right; Bowa walked; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 6.

EXPOS 7TH: SINGLETON BATTED FOR GILBERT; Singleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hunt walked; Hunt was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Johnson [Hunt to second]; Foli flied out
to right; Mangual flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: SINGLETON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WOODS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WALKER REPLACED MANGUAL
(PITCHING); Montanez struck out; Johnson singled to left;
Luzinski flied out to center; B. Robinson forced Johnson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies
6.

EXPOS 8TH: PAGAN REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING 3B); Woods flied out to
center; Bailey grounded out (third to first); Breeden homered;
Boccabella struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Phillies
6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Ryan singled to left; Doyle struck out; Carlton
reached on an error by Boccabella [Ryan to third]; On a bunt
Bowa singled to pitcher [Ryan scored (unearned), Carlton to
second]; Pagan flied out to center; Montanez flied out to right;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Phillies 7.

EXPOS 9TH: Roque doubled to right; Singleton struck out; Hunt
flied out to center; Foli singled to center [Roque scored];
LABOY BATTED FOR WALKER; Laboy was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 7.

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