Jorge Roque hit the first grand slam of his major league career to power the Expos to a 5-3 victory over the Phillles. Jim Lonborg, starting for the Phillies, hit Ron Hunt with a pitch to open the game and, with two out, walked Ron Fairly and Ken Singleton to load the bases for Roque's slam. Coco Laboy followed with a solo swat to cap the Expos scoring. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Thursday, April     12, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        5  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  1
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               2   1   0   0     1   1   .167      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     1   1   .250
Foli ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Tovar 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .000
Jorgensen 1b          5   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Montanez rf           5   0   2   1     0   3   .333
Fairly lf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .400      Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .222
  Mangual lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Luzinski lf           4   1   2   0     1   1   .200
Singleton rf          4   1   0   0     1   2   .067      B. Robinson cf        5   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Roque cf              3   1   1   4     1   0   .111      Boone c               4   1   1   1     1   0   .286
Laboy 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .200      Harmon 2b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .000
Humphrey c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .167      Lonborg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moore p               2   0   0   0     1   2   .000        Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lersch p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Pagan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Unser ph            1   1   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   7   5     6   7             Totals               33   3   6   2     9   8

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  5,130
Left on Base: Expos 9, Phillies 13
DP: Expos 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Foli
Doubles: Luzinski 2 (2)
Home Runs: Roque (1), Laboy (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (1), Fairly (1)
GIDP: Singleton (3)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt 2 (2,by Lonborg,by Lersch), Tovar (1,by Marshall)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore W(1-0)            6     4   2   1   7   6   0  30   2.08
Marshall SV(1)          3     2   1   1   2   2   0  13   2.84
Totals                  9     6   3   2   9   8   0  43

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(0-1)          0.2   3   5   5   3   0   2   9   9.45
Twitchell               1.1   1   0   0   3   0   0   7   0.00
Lersch                  4     0   0   0   0   3   0  13   0.00
Scarce                  2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   0.00
Wilson                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     7   5   5   6   7   2  41

Passed Balls: Humphrey 2 (2)
Hit by Pitch: Marshall (1), Lonborg (2), Lersch (1)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt was hit by a pitch; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Hunt to second]; Jorgensen flied out to
center; Fairly walked; Singleton walked [Hunt to third, Fairly
to second]; Roque homered [Hunt scored, Fairly scored, Singleton
scored]; Laboy homered; Humphrey singled; Moore walked [Humphrey
to second]; TWITCHELL REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Hunt walked
[Humphrey to third, Moore to second]; Foli forced Hunt
(shortstop to second); 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa struck out; Tovar walked; Montanez was called
out on strikes; Johnson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 5, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Jorgensen singled; Fairly walked [Jorgensen to
second]; Singleton grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Jorgensen to third, Fairly out at second];
Roque walked; Laboy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski doubled; Humphrey allowed a passed ball
[Luzinski to third]; B. Robinson popped to second; Boone singled
[Luzinski scored]; Harmon walked [Boone to second]; ANDERSON
BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Anderson flied out to center; Bowa walked
[Boone to third, Harmon to second]; Tovar reached on an error by
Foli [Bowa to second, Harmon to third, Boone scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Montanez was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 3RD: LERSCH REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Humphrey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore struck out; Hunt was
hit by a pitch; Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
doubled; B. Robinson flied out to right; Boone popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen flied out to left; Fairly grounded out
(shortstop to first); Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Harmon was called out on strikes; Lersch struck
out; Bowa lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5,
Phillies 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Roque grounded out (second to first); Laboy struck
out; Humphrey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
was called out on strikes; Johnson walked; Luzinski walked
[Johnson to second]; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Moore was called out on strikes; Hunt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Foli made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone walked; Humphrey allowed a passed ball
[Boone to second]; Harmon lined to second; PAGAN BATTED FOR
LERSCH; Pagan grounded out (shortstop to first) [Boone to
third]; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 7TH: SCARCE REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Jorgensen singled;
Fairly out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jorgensen to
second]; Singleton struck out; Roque made an out to third; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Tovar walked; Montanez singled [Tovar to second];
MARSHALL REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Johnson walked [Tovar to
third, Montanez to second]; Luzinski was called out on strikes;
B. Robinson was called out on strikes; Boone grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Laboy flied out to left; Humphrey struck out;
Marshall singled; Hunt struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Harmon walked; UNSER BATTED FOR SCARCE; Unser
forced Harmon (third to second); On a bunt Bowa singled to third
[Unser to second]; Tovar was hit by a pitch [Unser to third,
Bowa to second]; Montanez singled to right [Unser scored, Bowa
out at home (right to catcher), Tovar to second]; Johnson made
an out to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher);
Fairly singled; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 5, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: MANGUAL REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING LF); Luzinski
grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Boone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 3.