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Expos
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 12, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Montreal Expos, played on May 12, 1973 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 12, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
Montreal Expos
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 12, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Montreal Expos |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Balor Moore |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Bibby |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 27,180 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Bill Williams 2B: Dick Stello 3B: Jerry Dale |
Montreal Expos Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
Ron Woods | Center Fielder |
Ron Fairly | Left Fielder |
Ken Singleton | Right Fielder |
Mike Jorgensen | First Baseman |
Bob Bailey | Third Baseman |
Terry Humphrey | Catcher |
Pepe Frias | Shortstop |
Balor Moore | Pitcher |
Gene Mauch | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Luis Melendez | Right Fielder |
Joe Torre | First Baseman |
Ted Simmons | Catcher |
Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
Ray Busse | Shortstop |
Mike Tyson | Second Baseman |
Jim Bibby | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Expos
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 12, 1973
Top 1
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Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Bibby
Hunt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Bibby
Woods strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Bibby
Fairly hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Moore
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Moore
Melendez strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Moore
Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Bibby
Singleton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Bibby
Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Singleton moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bailey vs. Bibby
Bailey takes first base on ball four. Jorgensen moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Humphrey vs. Bibby
Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Singleton scores. Jorgensen moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frias vs. Bibby
Frias hits a popup towards short. Busse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Moore
Simmons hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hunt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Moore
Reitz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Reitz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Moore
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Busse vs. Moore
Busse takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tyson vs. Moore
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey juggles the ball. That's an error on Bailey. Reitz moves to third. Busse moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bibby vs. Moore
Bibby is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Bibby
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busse scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Bibby
Hunt is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Bibby
There's a wild pitch. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Woods vs. Bibby
Woods takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fairly vs. Bibby
Fairly hits a popup towards short. Busse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Singleton vs. Bibby
Singleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hunt scores. Woods goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Bibby
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Moore
Brock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. Moore
Melendez takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Moore
There goes Brock. The throw from Humphrey and he is safe. Brock steals third. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Torre vs. Moore
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simmons vs. Moore
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Bibby
Bailey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Humphrey vs. Bibby
Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Humphrey for the out. Bailey moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frias vs. Bibby
Frias strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Bibby
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Moore
Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Moore
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busse vs. Moore
Moore fires to first and has Cruz trapped. There's the throw to Frias who tags Cruz for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busse vs. Moore
Busse hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Bibby
Hunt hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Bibby
Woods takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Bibby
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Woods moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Singleton vs. Bibby
Singleton hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Moore
Tyson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stein vs. Moore
Bill Stein pinch hits for Jim Bibby.
Stein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tyson moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brock vs. Moore
Brock hits a line drive into left field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Melendez vs. Moore
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Murphy
Tom Murphy now pitching.
Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Murphy
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busse fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Humphrey vs. Murphy
Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busse scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Moore
Coco Laboy now playing third base.
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Moore
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Moore
Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Moore
Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Torre scores. Simmons moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McCarver vs. Marshall
Tim McCarver pinch hits for Ray Busse. Mike Marshall now pitching. John Boccabella now catching.
McCarver hits a popup, foul, towards third. Laboy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tyson vs. Marshall
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tyson for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frias vs. Murphy
Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop.
Frias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boccabella vs. Murphy
There goes Frias. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Kelleher applying the tag. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boccabella vs. Murphy
Boccabella strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Murphy
Hunt hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Marshall
Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Tom Murphy.
Carbo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Marshall
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Marshall
Melendez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Marshall
Torre strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Granger
Bernie Carbo now playing right field. Wayne Granger now pitching.
Woods hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Granger
Fairly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Granger
Jorge Roque pinch runs for Ron Fairly.
Singleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roque moves to third. Singleton moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jorgensen vs. Granger
Jorgensen is walked intentionally. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Laboy vs. Granger
There goes Roque. The slide. Simmons applies the tag. Roque is out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Laboy vs. Granger
Laboy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Marshall
Jorge Roque now playing center field. Ron Woods now playing left field.
Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Simmons reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reitz vs. Marshall
Marshall spins and fires to second, with Frias covering, and Simmons is picked off. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Marshall
Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Marshall
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Granger
Marshall bunts towards the mound. Granger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frias vs. Granger
Frias bunts towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Tyson covering, for the out. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boccabella vs. Granger
Boccabella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hunt vs. Granger
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosby vs. Marshall
Ed Crosby pinch hits for Mick Kelleher.
Crosby hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Marshall
Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Marshall
Carbo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Marshall
Brock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hunt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/12/1973 -- Montreal at St.Louis (N) Montreal AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Hunt R, 2b 4 1 0 0 Brock L, lf 4 0 0 0 Woods R, cf-lf 2 1 0 0 Melendez L, rf 3 0 1 0 Fairly R, lf 4 0 1 0 Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 Roque J, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Torre J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Singleton K, rf 3 1 2 2 Simmons T, c 4 0 2 0 Jorgensen M, 1b 2 0 1 0 Reitz K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Bailey B, 3b 1 0 0 0 Cruz J, cf 3 0 1 1 Laboy C, 3b 1 0 0 0 Busse R, ss 1 0 0 0 Humphrey T, c 3 0 0 0 McCarver T, ph 1 0 0 0 Marshall M, p 1 0 1 0 Kelleher M, ss 0 0 0 0 Frias P, ss 3 0 1 0 Crosby E, ph 1 0 0 0 Moore B, p 2 0 0 0 Tyson M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Boccabella J, c 2 0 1 0 Bibby J, p 1 0 0 0 Stein B, ph 1 0 1 0 Murphy T, p 0 0 0 0 Carbo B, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 3 7 2 31 1 7 1 Montreal 012 000 000 -- 3 St.Louis 000 001 000 -- 1 Montreal IP H R ER BB SO Moore B (W) 5.1 5 1 1 5 5 Marshall M (S) 3.2 2 0 0 1 3 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Bibby J (L) 5.0 2 3 3 5 2 Murphy T 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Granger W 2.0 4 0 0 1 0 E -- Bailey B DP -- Montreal 2, St.Louis 3 LOB -- Montreal 7, St.Louis 9 2B -- Reitz K, Cruz J, Simmons T SB -- Brock L CS -- Cruz J, Frias P, Roque J SH -- Frias P HBP -- by Bibby J (Hunt R) WP -- Bibby J T -- 2:32 A -- 27180
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