Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2004 at Citizens Bank Park. The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 12, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wilkerson 1b 2 1 0 1
Carroll 2b 3 3 2 0
Batista 3b 4 1 2 3
Rivera cf,rf 4 3 2 3
Pascucci lf 3 0 0 0
  Church ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Sledge rf 5 0 3 4
  Chavez cf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
  Majewski p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Ayala p 1 0 0 0
Izturis ss 4 2 2 0
Vargas p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker p 0 0 0 0
  Labandeira ph 1 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
  Schneider c 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 12 12 12
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 1 2 1
Polanco 2b 5 0 1 2
Abreu rf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 5 2 2 1
Howard 1b 5 1 1 0
Michaels cf 4 1 1 1
Burrell lf 3 0 0 0
Lieberthal c 3 2 1 0
Milton p 2 0 1 2
  Utley ph 1 0 0 0
  Madson p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Byrd ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 10 8
Montreal 001 002 04512121
Philadelphia 040 002 1018102
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Vargas   3.0 4 4 3 3 3
  Tucker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Beltran   1.2 4 2 2 0 3
  Eischen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Majewski   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Ayala  W (6-11) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
3
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   6.0 3 3 2 2 5
  Madson   1.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Rodriguez   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Cormier   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  L (4-6) 0.2 4 5 2 2 0
  Geary   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
12
8
5
7

  E–Izturis (5), Burrell (4), Worrell (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Montreal Sledge (18,off Cormier), Philadelphia Michaels (8,off Vargas); Milton (1,off Vargas); Howard (3,off F Beltran); Lieberthal (28,off F Beltran).  3B–Montreal Sledge (4,off Worrell).  HR–Montreal Rivera (9,6th inning off Milton 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Bell (17,7th inning off Majewski 0 on, 0 out); Abreu (29,9th inning off Ayala 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Vargas (7,off Milton); Schneider (5,off Worrell); Wilkerson (3,off Worrell).  SF–Wilkerson (3,off Milton).  IBB–Carroll (1,by Worrell); Lieberthal (2,by Vargas).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Rollins (30,2nd base off F Beltran/Diaz).  IBB–Vargas (7,Lieberthal); Worrell (4,Carroll).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Adam Dowdy, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:37.  A–35,498.
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