Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
June 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Day cf 5 2 3 0
Swanson lf 5 1 2 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 3
Fairly 1b 4 1 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 1 1
  Laboy 3b 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 3 2
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Sutherland ss 3 0 0 0
Morton p 3 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 1 1 0
Aaron 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 2
Lum rf 3 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams c 3 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Jarvis p 2 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 1 1
  Stone pr 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Montreal 201 000 1026120
Atlanta 000 200 100350
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  W (7-9) 6.1 5 3 3 3 0
  McGinn   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Strohmayer  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
0
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis  L (2-9) 6.0 6 3 3 3 2
  House   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Upshaw   2.0 4 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
5

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Swanson 2 (2,off Jarvis,off Upshaw); Day 2 (2,off Jarvis,off House).  HR–Montreal Bailey (8,3rd inning off Jarvis 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Evans (3,4th inning off Morton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bateman (4,off Jarvis); Hunt (5,off Upshaw); Jackson (3,off Morton).  IBB–Sutherland (2,by Jarvis); Staub (7,by Upshaw).  WP–House (1).  IBB–Jarvis (7,Sutherland); Upshaw (8,Staub).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:32.  A–5,262.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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