Alan Foster gained his first victory with the Cardinals by pitching a four-hitter to shut out the Expos, 12-0. The Cardinals broke loose with 15 hits, every player in the lineup sharing in the attack. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 12, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Friday, May       11, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Cardinals    4  1  0    2  0  0    1  4  x  -  12 15  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .316      Brock lf              4   2   1   1     1   0   .277
Foli ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .208      J. Cruz cf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .242
  Gilbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Melendez cf         2   0   1   2     0   0   .259
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .357      Torre 1b              4   3   2   0     2   0   .304
  Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Simmons c             4   1   1   2     2   1   .194
Jorgensen 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .167      Carbo rf              2   1   1   2     2   1   .217
Fairly lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .383      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .209
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Busse ss              3   0   1   1     2   1   .154
Woods cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .354      Tyson 2b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .263
Boccabella c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Foster p              4   2   2   0     0   1   .500
  Humphrey c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Bailey 3b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .200
Torrez p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Day ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .308
  Frias ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .205

Totals               30   0   4   0     3   3             Totals               35  12  15  10    11   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 13,089
Left on Base: Expos 7, Cardinals 13
DP: Expos 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Foli, Busse
Doubles: Boccabella (5), Reitz 2 (5), Melendez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Foster (1), Brock (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Carbo (1)
GIDP: Foli (7)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt (7,by Foster)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(3-4)           1.2   5   5   5   5   1   0  14   4.05
Walker                  2.1   2   2   1   3   0   0  12   2.93
Gilbert                 3     5   1   1   1   2   0  14   5.40
Strohmayer              1     3   4   4   2   1   0   9   3.95
Totals                  8    15  12  11  11   4   0  49

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(1-3)           9     4   0   0   3   3   0  34   2.35
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   3   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Foster (1)
Passed Balls: Boccabella (4), Humphrey (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen singled to right; Fairly
singled to center [Jorgensen to second]; Singleton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; J. Cruz walked [Brock to second];
Torre singled to pitcher [Brock to third, J. Cruz to second];
Simmons singled to right [Brock scored, J. Cruz scored, Torre to
second]; Carbo walked [Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Carbo out at
first]; Busse singled to shortstop [Torre scored, Simmons to
third]; Tyson singled to right [Simmons scored, Busse to third];
Foster struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 2ND: Woods was called out on strikes; Boccabella doubled
to left; Bailey struck out; Torrez grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Brock flied out to left; J. Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torre walked; Simmons walked [Torre to
second]; Carbo singled to right [Torre scored, Simmons to
third]; WALKER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Reitz flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 3RD: Hunt was hit by a pitch; Foli grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Hunt out at second];
Jorgensen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Busse grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson
singled to center; Foster out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Tyson to second]; Brock popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairly walked; Singleton forced Fairly (first to
shortstop) [Singleton to second (error by Busse)]; Woods popped
to first; Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: J. Cruz singled to pitcher; Torre reached on an
error by Foli [J. Cruz to third, Torre to second]; Simmons
walked; Carbo hit a sacrifice fly to center [J. Cruz scored,
Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz was walked
intentionally; Boccabella allowed a passed ball [Torre scored
(unearned), Simmons to third, Reitz to second]; Busse was walked
intentionally; Tyson lined into a double play (second to
shortstop) [Reitz out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 5TH: Bailey walked; DAY BATTED FOR WALKER; Day was called
out on strikes; Hunt forced Bailey (shortstop to second); Foli
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: FRIAS REPLACED DAY (PLAYING SS); GILBERT REPLACED
FOLI (PITCHING); HUMPHREY REPLACED BOCCABELLA (PLAYING C );
Foster singled to right; Brock forced Foster (shortstop to
second); J. Cruz popped to first; Torre forced Brock (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen walked; Fairly flied out to right;
Singleton popped to first in foul territory; Woods flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Carbo
struck out; Reitz doubled to right; Busse was walked
intentionally; Tyson singled to right [Reitz out at home (right
to catcher), Busse to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 7.

EXPOS 7TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED J. CRUZ (PLAYING CF); Humphrey
flied out to left; Bailey grounded out (third to first); Frias
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: Foster singled to shortstop; Brock out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Foster to second]; Melendez
flied out to center [Foster to third]; Humphrey allowed a passed
ball [Foster scored]; Torre singled to center; Simmons struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 8.

EXPOS 8TH: Hunt singled to shortstop; BREEDEN BATTED FOR
GILBERT; Breeden flied out to center; Jorgensen popped to third
in foul territory; Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); Carbo
walked; Reitz doubled to left [Carbo to third]; Busse struck
out; Tyson reached on a fielder's choice [Carbo scored, Reitz
stayed at second]; Foster forced Reitz (shortstop to third)
[Tyson to second]; Brock singled to left [Tyson scored, Foster
to second]; Melendez doubled to right [Foster scored, Brock
scored]; Torre walked; Simmons lined to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 12.

EXPOS 9TH: Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); Woods
popped to second; Humphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 12.