After a quick trip to Springfield, Mo., for a visit with his new son, Steve Rogers rejoined the Expos in St. Louis and beat the Cardinals, 9-5, with the aid of Chuck Taylor, who relieved in the ninth inning. The Expos jumped on Bob Gibson for five runs in the first three innings on only four hits, but with five walks, a double steal and an error thrown in. The Expos then used a walk, three singles and two errors for four runs and their winning margin in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 9, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Sunday, April     21, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        3  0  2    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   9  9  0
Cardinals    1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   5  9  4


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b               4   2   2   1     1   0   .326      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .304
Foli ss               5   1   1   1     0   1   .270        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Davis cf              4   1   2   3     1   0   .304        Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Singleton rf          2   1   1   0     3   0   .406      Sizemore 2b           4   0   3   1     0   0   .328
Fairly 1b             2   1   1   0     1   1   .353      Smith rf              3   0   1   1     0   1   .359
  Breeden ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   1   .381      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      McBride cf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .306
Bailey lf             2   1   0   0     3   1   .294      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .356
  Woods lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Torre 1b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .208
Cox 2b                3   1   0   1     1   1   .256      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Foote c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .182        McCarver ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .500
Rogers p              5   1   1   1     0   2   .214      Gibson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thompson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
                                                            Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Melendez ph,lf      2   0   1   2     0   0   .313

Totals               33   9   9   8    10   8             Totals               33   5   9   5     2   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 12,327
Left on Base: Expos 11, Cardinals 5
DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Brock, Sizemore, Smith, Richert
Doubles: Sizemore (3), McBride (2)
Triples: Foli (1), Melendez (1)
Stolen Bases: Davis (3), Singleton (1), Brock 2 (8)
Caught Stealing: Cox (1), Foote (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (1), Cox (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Foote (2), Smith (2), Torre (1)
GIDP: Breeden (2), Torre (2)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt (3,by Garman)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(3-0)           8     8   5   5   2   3   0  33   3.12
Taylor                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.03
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   3   0  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(0-2)           3     4   5   4   5   5   0  19   7.04
Thompson                2     1   0   0   2   2   0   8   9.00
Garman                  0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   0.00
Richert                 1     1   3   1   1   0   0   5   4.91
Pena                    0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.00
Hrabosky                2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   8.10
Totals                  9     9   9   5* 10   8   0  47

Hit by Pitch: Garman (1)
Wild Pitches: Gibson (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt singled to left; Foli tripled to left [Hunt
scored]; Davis singled to right [Foli scored]; Singleton walked
[Davis to second]; Davis stole third and Singleton stole second;
Fairly struck out; Bailey was walked intentionally; Cox grounded
out (first unassisted) [Davis scored, Singleton to third, Bailey
to second]; Foote struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore doubled to left [Brock scored]; Smith struck out;
Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); McBride flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Rogers was called out on strikes; Hunt walked; Foli
struck out; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz singled to left; Torre grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reitz out at
second]; Tyson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Singleton walked; Fairly singled to right [Singleton
to second]; Bailey walked [Singleton to third, Fairly to
second]; Cox struck out; Foote hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Singleton scored]; Rogers reached on an error by Sizemore
[Fairly to third, Bailey to second, Rogers to first]; Gibson
threw a wild pitch [Fairly scored (unearned), Bailey to third,
Rogers to second]; Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R
(1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: DWYER BATTED FOR GIBSON; Dwyer grounded out
(second to first); Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
On a bunt Sizemore singled [Brock to third]; Smith hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored]; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 4TH: THOMPSON REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Foli flied out to
center; Davis grounded out (second to first); Singleton reached
on an error by Smith [Singleton to second]; Fairly was walked
intentionally; Bailey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride doubled to right; Reitz grounded out
(second to first) [McBride to third]; Torre hit a sacrifice fly
to right [McBride scored]; Tyson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Cox walked; Cox was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Foote singled to right; Foote was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Rogers was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Cruz struck out; Brock
flied out to left; Sizemore singled to right; Smith singled to
right [Sizemore to third]; Simmons grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 6TH: GARMAN REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Hunt was hit by a
pitch; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hunt to
second]; Davis was walked intentionally; Singleton walked [Hunt
to third, Davis to second]; RICHERT REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING);
BREEDEN BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Breeden grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: BREEDEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McBride
popped to third; Reitz popped to third in foul territory; Torre
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Bailey walked; Cox reached on an error by Richert on
a sacrifice bunt [Bailey to second, Cox to first]; Foote flied
out to right [Bailey to third]; Rogers singled to center [Bailey
scored, Cox to third]; PENA REPLACED RICHERT (PITCHING); Hunt
singled to left [Cox scored (unearned), Rogers to third (error
by Brock), Hunt to second]; Foli popped to catcher in foul
territory; Davis singled to center [Rogers scored (unearned),
Hunt scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Singleton
singled to right [Davis to second]; Breeden struck out; 4 R (2
ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 9, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED BREEDEN (PLAYING 1B); Tyson
struck out; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR PENA; Melendez grounded out
(third to first); Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 9, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); MELENDEZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bailey popped to shortstop; Cox flied out
to center; Foote popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
9, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: WOODS REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING LF); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop
to first); Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 9, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Rogers grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunt
grounded out (third to first); Foli popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 9, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: McBride walked; Reitz walked [McBride to second];
TAYLOR REPLACED ROGERS (PITCHING); Torre flied out to left;
MCCARVER BATTED FOR TYSON; McCarver forced Reitz (shortstop
unassisted) [McBride to third]; Melendez tripled to right
[McBride scored, McCarver scored]; HICKMAN BATTED FOR HRABOSKY;
Hickman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 9, Cardinals 5.