After two days of rain and cold weather, the Expos drew their largest home crowd of the season so far, 25,104, and won the opening game of a doubleheader with the Cardinals, 4-1, only to lose the nightcap, 7-3. Balor Moore, with ninth-inning help from Mike Marshall, gained the Expos' decision in the first game. Bob Bailey drove in two runs with a homer off Bob Gibson and Ken Singleton accounted for two RBIs with a double and sacrifice fly.

The Cardinals were led to their victory in the second game by Ken Reitz, who hit a three-run homer in the second inning, and by Tim McCarver, who batted in two runs with a double in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       20, 1973 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
Expos        0  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   4  5  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .291      Hunt 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .301
Sizemore 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .323      Woods cf              3   1   0   0     1   2   .314
Melendez rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Fairly lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .341
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .256      Singleton rf          3   0   1   2     0   0   .267
Stein 1b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .208      Jorgensen 1b          2   1   0   0     1   0   .176
Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Bailey 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .233
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .115
J. Cruz cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .193
Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     1   2   .279      Moore p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Gibson p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .095
  Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   0     4  11             Totals               27   4   5   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:01
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Expos 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Expos 2
Doubles: Hunt (3), Singleton (3)
Home Runs: Bailey (2)
Caught Stealing: Tyson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Humphrey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (3)
GIDP: Sizemore (2), Simmons (10)
Hit by Pitch: Jorgensen (1,by Gibson)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(2-5)           7     5   4   4   3   4   1  30   3.34
Folkers                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.82
Totals                  8     5   4   4   3   4   1  33

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore W(3-2)            8     7   1   1   4   9   0  32   3.81
Marshall SV(3)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   5.46
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4  11   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Gibson (1)
Balks: Gibson (1), Moore 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ken Burkhart


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Moore balked [Brock to
second]; Sizemore popped to shortstop; Melendez grounded out
(third to first); Simmons walked; Stein walked [Brock to third,
Simmons to second]; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt popped to second; Woods struck out (catcher to
first); Fairly walked; Gibson balked [Fairly to second];
Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: J. Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson
walked; Tyson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Gibson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Jorgensen was hit by a pitch; Bailey homered
[Jorgensen scored]; Humphrey grounded out (second to first);
Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore flied out to
left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Sizemore grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brock out at
second]; Melendez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Hunt doubled to right; Woods was called out on
strikes; Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; Singleton
doubled to right [Hunt scored]; Jorgensen walked; Bailey
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Expos 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons struck out; Stein was called out on
strikes; Reitz lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Humphrey struck out; Frias struck out; Moore grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos
3.

CARDINALS 5TH: J. Cruz struck out; Tyson struck out; Gibson
walked; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Hunt popped to catcher in foul territory; Woods
walked; Fairly singled to right [Woods to third]; Singleton hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Woods scored]; Jorgensen flied to right
in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Expos 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore singled to left; Moore balked [Sizemore
to second]; Melendez singled to left [Sizemore to third];
Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Sizemore scored (no RBI), Melendez out at second]; Stein
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Bailey singled to right; Humphrey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Bailey to second]; Frias grounded out
(pitcher to first); Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Hunt flied out to right; Woods flied out to left;
Fairly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Expos 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR GIBSON; Anderson struck out;
Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Sizemore singled to left;
Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: FOLKERS REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Singleton flied
out to center; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Bailey
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Expos 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to left; Stein singled to left
[Simmons to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING);
MCCARVER BATTED FOR REITZ; McCarver was called out on strikes;
J. Cruz popped to first in foul territory; CARBO BATTED FOR
TYSON; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Expos 4.