A wild pitch by Mike Marshall and balk by Tom Walker allowed the Astros to score two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 4-3. Bob Watson hit two homers for the Astros, but a round-tripper by Hal Breeden with a man on in the seventh and solo swat by Ken Singleton in the eighth sent the Expos ahead, 3-2. Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 3Game Played on Sunday, April 29, 1973 (Day game) at AstrodomeExpos 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 8 0 Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 5 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hunt 3b,2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Wynn rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Foli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .174 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Fairly lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .429 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .281 Singleton rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .298 Watson lf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .337 Boccabella c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .260 May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Roque cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .155 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 Frias 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .216 Edwards c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Day ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Agee pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Laboy 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Howard c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Torrez p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Breeden ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .278 Wilson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Marshall p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 8 3 3 6 Totals 29 4 5 2 3 6 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 10,539 Left on Base: Expos 6, Astros 3 DP: Expos 1, Astros 2 Doubles: Torrez (1), Jorgensen (3), Fairly (3), Boccabella (4) Home Runs: Breeden (2), Singleton (3), Watson 2 (3) Stolen Bases: Roque (2) GIDP: Fairly (1), Torres (3) Hit by Pitch: Wynn (2,by Torrez) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez 6 3 2 2 0 2 2 20 3.00 Marshall L(1-3) 2.1 2 2 2 2 4 0 11 6.61 Walker 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.77 Totals 8.2 5 4 4 3 6 2 33 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilson 8 8 3 3 3 6 2 33 4.14 Ray W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 6 2 36 Hit by Pitch: Torrez (1) Wild Pitches: Marshall (4) Balks: Walker (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Terry Tata EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied out to center; Foli popped to third in foul territory; Jorgensen lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Wynn was hit by a pitch; Torres grounded out (third to first) [Wynn to second]; Wynn was picked off second (pitcher to second); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 0. EXPOS 2ND: Fairly singled; Singleton lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Fairly out at first]; Boccabella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson homered; May grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader struck out; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 1. EXPOS 3RD: Roque grounded out (third to first); Frias struck out; Torrez doubled; Hunt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Helms flied out to center; Wilson grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 1. EXPOS 4TH: Foli grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen doubled; Fairly grounded out (pitcher to first) [Jorgensen to third]; Singleton walked; Boccabella flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Torres lined to right; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson homered; May flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 2. EXPOS 5TH: Roque walked; Roque stole second; Frias struck out; Torrez struck out; Hunt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 2. EXPOS 6TH: Foli flied out to center; Jorgensen lined to right; Fairly doubled; Singleton lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Wilson struck out; Wynn singled; Torres grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Astros 2. EXPOS 7TH: Boccabella doubled; Roque made an out to second; DAY BATTED FOR FRIAS; Day popped to first in foul territory; BREEDEN BATTED FOR TORREZ; Breeden homered [Boccabella scored]; Hunt singled; Foli flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); LABOY REPLACED DAY (PLAYING 3B); HUNT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Cedeno was called out on strikes; Watson flied out to right; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Astros 2. EXPOS 8TH: Jorgensen walked; Fairly grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Jorgensen out at second]; Singleton homered; Boccabella struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: Rader struck out; Edwards singled; AGEE RAN FOR EDWARDS; Helms flied out to center; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR WILSON; Gallagher struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 2. EXPOS 9TH: HOWARD REPLACED AGEE (PLAYING C ); RAY REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Roque grounded out (shortstop to first); Laboy made an out to catcher; Marshall popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: Wynn walked; STEWART BATTED FOR TORRES; Stewart flied out to left; Cedeno singled [Wynn to third]; Marshall threw a wild pitch [Wynn scored, Cedeno to second]; Watson walked; WALKER REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); May flied out to center [Cedeno to third]; Rader was walked intentionally [Watson to second]; Cesar Cedeno broke for HP as Tom Walker wound up; Walker stopped and was called for the game-ending balk; Walker balked [Cedeno scored, Watson to third, Rader to second]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Astros 4. |
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