A grand-slam homer by Joe Hague in the 10th inning powered the Cardinals to a 10-6 victory over the Expos. After the Expos rallied for three runs in the ninth to force the game into overtime, Matty Alou doubled in the 10th and Joe Torre was given an intentional pass. Following a sacrifice by Ted Simmons, Jose Cruz walked to load the bases for Hague's homer off Mike Marshall. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 10, Montreal Expos 6
Game Played on Friday, September 24, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  3    0  -   6 15  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  2    3  0  0    4  -  10  9  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b               3   2   1   0     3   0   .275      Brock lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Woods cf              6   1   4   1     0   0   .294      Sizemore 2b           3   1   0   0     2   0   .265
Staub rf              6   1   4   2     0   0   .313      Alou 1b               5   3   3   3     0   1   .313
Bailey lf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .249      Torre 3b              4   2   2   1     1   0   .364
Sutherland 2b         5   0   2   1     0   0   .259      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .302
Fairly 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Cruz cf               2   2   1   0     3   0   .278
Boccabella c          5   0   2   1     0   0   .224      Hague rf              4   1   1   4     1   1   .229
Wine ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .205      Maxvill ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .225
  Day ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Carlton p             3   1   0   0     0   0   .172
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Renko p               3   1   0   0     0   1   .186        Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Swanson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .230        Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Hacker ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               45   6  15   6     3   4             Totals               34  10   9   8     8   4

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  8,109
Left on Base: Expos 13, Cardinals 5
DP: Expos 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Sizemore, Torre
Doubles: Bailey (20), Boccabella (11), Staub (33), Brock (35), Torre (34), Alou (27)
Triples: Woods (3), Torre (7)
Home Runs: Alou (7), Hague (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Simmons (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bailey (9)
GIDP: Carlton (4), Hague (6)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   7     7   6   5   5   4   1  32   3.67
McGinn                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.96
Marshall L(4-8)         1.1   2   4   4   2   0   1   8   4.46
Totals                  9.1   9  10   9   8   4   2  43

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 8    11   6   6   3   3   0  39   3.61
Williams                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.81
Shaw                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.79
Drabowsky               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.49
Taylor W(3-1)           1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.53
Totals                 10    15   6   6   3   4   0  49

Passed Balls: Boccabella 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Ed Sudol


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied to right in foul territory; Woods popped
to shortstop; Staub singled to right; Bailey reached on an error
by Torre [Staub to second]; Sutherland forced Bailey (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore walked; Alou
struck out; Torre forced Sizemore (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); Boccabella
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wine flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons struck out; Cruz grounded out (second to
first); Hague struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Renko struck out; Hunt flied out to left; Woods
tripled to left; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill flied out to left; Carlton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brock doubled to left; Boccabella allowed
a passed ball [Brock to third]; Sizemore grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alou flied out to center; Torre flied out to
center; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Boccabella grounded out (second to first); Wine
singled to left; Renko forced Wine (shortstop unassisted); Hunt
walked [Renko to second]; Woods singled to center [Renko scored,
Hunt to second]; Staub grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz singled to third; Hague walked [Cruz to
second]; Maxvill singled to center [Cruz to third, Hague to
second]; Carlton grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cruz scored, Hague to third, Maxvill out at
second]; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Bailey doubled to left; Sutherland singled to right
[Bailey to third]; Fairly popped to second; Boccabella doubled
to right [Bailey scored, Sutherland to third]; Wine flied out to
center; Renko flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
singled to shortstop; Torre tripled to right [Alou scored];
Boccabella allowed a passed ball [Torre scored (unearned)];
Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz walked; Hague
popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Hunt walked; Woods singled to right [Hunt to second];
Staub singled to left [Hunt scored, Woods to second]; Bailey was
called out on strikes; Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Woods to third, Staub to second]; Fairly grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Maxvill walked; Carlton forced Maxvill (first to
shortstop); Brock struck out; Sizemore walked [Carlton to
second]; Alou homered [Carlton scored, Sizemore scored]; Torre
doubled to center; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 6.

EXPOS 8TH: Boccabella popped to second; Wine grounded out (third
to first); SWANSON BATTED FOR RENKO; Swanson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCGINN REPLACED SWANSON (PITCHING); Cruz walked;
Hague grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Cruz out at second]; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 6.

EXPOS 9TH: Hunt walked; Woods singled to center [Hunt to third];
Staub doubled to left [Hunt scored, Woods to third]; WILLIAMS
REPLACED CARLTON (PITCHING); Bailey hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Woods scored, Staub to third]; Sutherland singled to
right [Staub scored]; SHAW REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Fairly
forced Sutherland (first to shortstop); Boccabella singled to
second [Fairly to third (error by Sizemore)]; DRABOWSKY REPLACED
SHAW (PITCHING); DAY BATTED FOR WINE; Day flied out to left; 3
R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED DAY (PITCHING); HACKER REPLACED
MCGINN (PLAYING SS); BURDA BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; Burda grounded
out (second to first); Brock grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 6, Cardinals 6.

EXPOS 10TH: TAYLOR REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Hacker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hunt singled to left; Woods forced
Hunt (shortstop to first); Staub singled to right [Woods to
third]; Bailey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 10TH: Alou doubled to right; Torre was walked
intentionally; Simmons out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Alou to third, Torre to second]; Cruz walked; Hague
homered [Alou scored, Torre scored, Cruz scored]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 6, Cardinals 10.