Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 12, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Mangual cf,lf 5 2 2 2
Colbert lf 2 0 0 0
  White cf 3 1 2 2
Jorgensen 1b 4 2 1 1
Carter rf 2 0 0 1
  Valentine pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 5 1 3 1
Foote c 5 2 2 0
Foli ss 5 2 4 3
Mackanin 2b 4 2 2 1
Fryman p 2 0 1 1
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 17 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 1 2 1
Cardenal lf 4 1 1 2
Madlock 3b 5 0 1 2
Morales rf 5 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 2 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Swisher c 4 1 2 1
Rosello ss 4 2 3 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Dettore p 0 0 0 0
  Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  LaCock ph 1 0 0 0
  Crosby p 0 0 0 0
  Wallis ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Montreal 132 113 01012172
Chicago 200 100 102691
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (2-1) 5.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Carrithers   3.2 4 3 2 4 1
  Murray   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (0-1) 2.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Dettore   2.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Reuschel   1.2 6 4 4 3 0
  Schultz   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Crosby   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
6
8

  E–Jorgensen (2), Mackanin (2), Zahn (1).  DP–Montreal 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Foote (1,off Dettore); Foli (3,off Dettore).  3B–Montreal Foli (1,off P Reuschel); Mackanin (1,off P Reuschel).  HR–Montreal Jorgensen (3,4th inning off Dettore 0 on, 2 out); White (1,6th inning off P Reuschel 1 on, 0 out); Foli (2,8th inning off Crosby 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Cardenal (2,1st inning off Fryman 1 on, 0 out); Swisher (2,4th inning off Fryman 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Fryman (1,off Zahn).  SB–Mangual (4,2nd base off Zahn/Swisher).  CS–Carter (1,Home by Dettore/Swisher).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:02.  A–7,277.
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