Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1969 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 11, New York Mets 10

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 6 2 3 1
Sutherland 2b 6 1 0 0
Staub rf 3 2 2 2
Jones lf 4 1 2 2
  Bosch cf 1 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 4 1 2 2
Bateman c 5 1 1 0
Laboy 3b 5 1 1 3
Hahn cf 3 0 0 0
  Shaw p 1 1 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Grant p 1 0 0 0
  McGinn p 1 1 1 1
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph,cf,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 12 11
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 1 2 3
Gaspar rf 5 1 2 1
Boswell 2b 5 0 2 1
Jones lf,1b 5 1 3 1
Charles 3b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
  Weis pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Grote c 3 3 2 1
Harrelson ss 1 1 0 0
  Swoboda ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 1 1 3
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Otis lf 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Montreal 201 102 14011120
New York 030 300 00410153
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grant   1.1 6 3 3 1 1
  McGinn   2.1 3 3 3 2 3
  Robertson   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Shaw  W (1-0) 3.2 3 4 4 4 3
  Sembera  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
9
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   5.0 6 4 2 3 5
  Koonce  L (0-1) 2.0 2 3 3 4 1
  Jackson   0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Taylor   1.2 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
11
9
8
9

  E–Boswell 3 (3).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Bailey (1,off Seaver); Wills 2 (2,off Seaver 2); Jones 2 (2,off Seaver,off Koonce), New York Agee (1,off Grant); Jones (1,off Robertson).  HR–Montreal McGinn (1,4th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out); Staub (1,8th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Laboy (1,8th inning off Taylor 2 on, 1 out), New York Dyer (1,9th inning off Shaw 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bailey (1,by Seaver); Staub (1,by Seaver); Harrelson (1,by Robertson).  SB–Wills (1,2nd base off Koonce/Grote); Gaspar (1,2nd base off Shaw/Bateman); Jones (1,2nd base off Shaw/Bateman).  WP–McGinn (1).  BK–McGinn (1).  IBB–Robertson (1,Harrelson); Seaver 2 (2,Bailey,Staub).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–3:35.  A–44,541.
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