Expos @ Cardinals
September 26, 1971

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Expos 1 5 4
Cardinals 7 10 1
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Expos 1 5 4
Cardinals 7 10 1

Boots Day Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .286
OBP .500 .344
At Bats 3 360
Hits 1 103
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 0 32

Dennis Higgins Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Busch Stadium - September 26, 1971
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Strikeout
Dennis Higgins
Bob Stinson
Joe Hague
Ted Kubiak
Joe Torre
Milt Ramirez
Lou Brock
Jorge Roque
Luis Melendez
Boots Day
Ron Hunt
Gary Sutherland

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Montreal Expos 1 5 4 10
St. Louis Cardinals 7 10 1 7
Winning Pitcher Dennis Higgins
Losing Pitcher Bill Stoneman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Torre
Attendance 11,473
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Day strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hunt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sutherland moves to second.
Top 9 Gary Sutherland pinch hits for John Strohmayer. Sutherland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Bateman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hacker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Strohmayer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Strohmayer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Swanson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bailey strikes out.
Top 8 Fairly is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Stinson hits a fly ball into left field. Swanson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops it up and throws to first, with Strohmayer covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Roque hits a line drive into right field. Staub picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Staub. Torre goes all the way around to score. Roque moves all the way to home. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Hague hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 John Strohmayer now pitching. Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Staub hits a popup towards short. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Day hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first, with Higgins covering, for the out. Gosger moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Gosger pinch hits for Bill Stoneman. Gosger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hacker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hacker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stan Swanson now playing left field. John Bateman now catching. Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dave McDonald pinch hits for Terry Humphrey. McDonald strikes out.
Top 6 Dennis Higgins now pitching. Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak fields it and throws to second for the out. Fairly moves to third.
Top 6 Stan Swanson pinch hits for Jim Fairey. Swanson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fairly moves to second.
Top 6 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Roque settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fairly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Stinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kubiak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub throws the ball in to Hunt who tags Kubiak trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Torre scores. Roque scores.
Bottom 5 Roque hits a line drive to left field. Fairey throws towards third. Bailey fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bailey. Melendez scores. Torre moves to third. Roque moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hague hits a line drive into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ramirez scores. Melendez moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Melendez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hacker misplays the ball. That's an error on Hacker.
Top 5 Mike Jackson now pitching. Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Roque settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Day takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hunt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Roque. Hunt reaches second base with a double. Stoneman goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Stoneman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez misplays the ball. That's an error on Ramirez.
Top 5 Humphrey is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stoneman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Patterson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stinson for the out. Kubiak moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Kubiak moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunt.
Top 4 Fairey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Day moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Day. The throw from Stinson and he is safe. Day steals second.
Top 4 Day hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Roque hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hacker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hague is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out. Ramirez moves to third. Melendez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey fields it and throws to home to get Brock. Ramirez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub. Brock reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stoneman strikes out.
Top 3 Humphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Patterson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patterson for the out.
Bottom 2 Stinson hits a fly ball into left field. Fairey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kubiak strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Roque. The throw from Humphrey and he is safe. Roque steals second.
Bottom 2 Roque hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hacker strikes out.
Top 2 Fairey hits a popup towards short. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fairly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hague hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hague for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Ramirez scores. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bailey fields it and throws to second for the out. Ramirez moves to third.
Bottom 1 Melendez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ramirez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brock bunts towards the mound. Stoneman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Day hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hunt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.