Mike Tyson's first major league homer enabled Rick Wise to pitch the Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Expos in a game stopped by rain with one out in the top half of the sixth inning. The victory was the 100th of Wise's major league career against 95 defeats. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 1, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Monday, June      18, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  3  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               2   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Brock lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Day cf                2   0   0   0     0   1   .316      Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Fairly lf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .318      Torre 1b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .337
Singleton rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Simmons c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Jorgensen 1b          2   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Melendez cf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Bailey 3b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Reitz 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Foli ss               2   0   1   0     0   0   .246      J. Cruz rf            2   0   0   0     0   2   .245
  Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Tyson ss              2   1   2   1     0   0   .241
Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Kelleher ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Moore p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .069      Wise p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .216

Totals               18   0   2   0     0   3             Totals               18   1   3   1     0   6

Time of Game: 1:11   Attendance: 12,893
Left on Base: Expos 2, Cardinals 2
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 0
Home Runs: Tyson (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(4-6)            5     3   1   1   0   6   1  18   3.92
Totals                  5     3   1   1   0   6   1  18

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(9-3)             5.1   2   0   0   0   3   0  18   2.86
Totals                  5.1   2   0   0   0   3   0  18

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


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied to right in foul territory; Day flied out
to left; Fairly popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen
struck out; Bailey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez
flied out to left; Reitz popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Foli singled to right; Humphrey grounded out (second
to first) [Foli to second]; Moore grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Foli to third]; Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: J. Cruz struck out; Tyson homered; Wise singled
to left; Brock struck out; Sizemore lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Day was called out on strikes; Fairly singled to
right; Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Fairly to
second]; Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre lined to first; Simmons flied out to
center; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Bailey popped to shortstop; Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); to get the game stopped by rain before
it was a regulation game; HP umpire Ken Burkhart told Foli to
stay in the box; Foli made comments to Burkhart after grounding
out and was ejected by Burkhart; Foli bumped Burkhart during the
argument; Humphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: FRIAS REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING SS); Reitz grounded
out (shortstop to first); J. Cruz struck out; Tyson singled to
right; Wise struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 6TH: KELLEHER REPLACED TYSON (PLAYING SS); Moore was
called out on strikes; game called after 62 minute rain
delay; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 1.