Jose Cruz drew a walk from Mike Marshall with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to force in the Cardinals' deciding run in a 5-3 victory over the Expos. The inning was marked by an oddity in that the Expos used two first basemen and each committed an error. Ken Reitz opened the stanza with a single and Lou Brock was safe on a grounder that Hal Breeden bobbled.

Manager Gene Mauch then brought in Marshall to replace Bill Stoneman and juggled the Expos' lineup, moving Ron Fairly from right field to first base, with Breeden going to left field and Ken Singleton shifting to right. Rick Wise bunted and when Fairly fumbled the ball, the bases were loaded. Marshall then issued his pass to Cruz. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  2
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  2  0    1  1  x  -   5  9  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCarver c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Cruz lf,rf            3   1   3   2     1   0   .229
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Foli ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .248        Carbo ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .265
Singleton lf,rf       3   1   3   1     1   0   .278        Crosby 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Fairly rf,1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Voss cf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .196
Jorgensen cf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .224        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Breeden 1b,rf,lf      3   1   1   1     0   1   .241      Jutze c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Bailey 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .235      Simmons 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Torres 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Melendez rf,cf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
  Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Reitz 3b              3   2   2   1     0   0   .667
Stoneman p            3   0   0   0     0   2   .090      Kelleher ss           1   1   1   0     1   0   .250
  Boccabella c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Brock ph,lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .301
                                                          Wise p                2   0   1   1     0   1   .203

Totals               32   3   8   3     2   6             Totals               29   5   9   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  5,586
Left on Base: Expos 5, Cardinals 6
DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Fairly, Breeden, Reitz
Doubles: Foli (9), Breeden (2)
Triples: Cruz (3)
Caught Stealing: Singleton (9), Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Wise (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Breeden (1), Voss (1), Reitz (1)
GIDP: Fairly (8), Voss (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman L(10-11)       6     7   4   3   2   3   0  26   2.88
Marshall                2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   1.60
Totals                  8     9   5   4   3   4   0  35

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(14-14)           9     8   3   3   2   6   0  35   3.27
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   6   0  35

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


EXPOS 1ST: McCarver struck out; Foli doubled to right; Singleton
singled to left [Foli scored, Singleton to second (error by
Reitz)]; Fairly singled to shortstop [Singleton to third];
Jorgensen walked [Fairly to second]; Breeden hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Singleton scored]; Bailey grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Cruz tripled to right; Tyson struck out; Debut
game for Mike Tyson; Voss hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Cruz scored]; Jutze flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Stoneman
was called out on strikes; McCarver singled to right; Foli
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Melendez grounded out
(catcher unassisted); Reitz grounded out (third to first);
Debut game for Ken Reitz; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Singleton singled to center; Fairly popped to
catcher; Jorgensen flied out to center; Breeden grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Kelleher walked; Wise struck out; Cruz singled to
right [Kelleher to third]; Cruz was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Tyson flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey grounded out (second to first); Torres flied
out to right; Stoneman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Voss flied out to left; Jutze flied out to
center; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Cardinals 1.

EXPOS 5TH: McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); Foli lined
to second; Singleton walked; Singleton was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez grounded out (third to first); Reitz
singled to left; Kelleher singled to center [Reitz to second];
Wise singled to left [Reitz scored, Kelleher to second]; Cruz
singled to right [Kelleher scored, Wise to third, Cruz to second
(on throw)]; CARBO BATTED FOR TYSON; Carbo was walked
intentionally; Voss grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 2, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 6TH: CROSBY REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING 2B); Fairly grounded
out (third to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first);
Breeden doubled to left; Bailey singled to right [Breeden
scored]; Torres grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
flied out to right; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Stoneman was called out on strikes; McCarver grounded
out (first to pitcher); Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz singled to right; BROCK BATTED FOR
KELLEHER; Brock reached on an error by Breeden [Reitz to second,
Brock to first]; MARSHALL REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING);
BOCCABELLA REPLACED STONEMAN (PLAYING C ); FAIRLY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BREEDEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Wise reached on an error by Fairly on a sacrifice bunt [Reitz to
third, Brock to second, Wise to first]; Cruz walked [Reitz
scored (unearned), Brock to third, Wise to second]; Wise was
picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Crosby flied out to
left; Voss grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 8TH: BROCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CRUZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MELENDEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
ANDERSON REPLACED VOSS (PLAYING SS); Singleton singled to right;
Fairly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Singleton out at second]; Jorgensen was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: SINGLETON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BREEDEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Jutze was called out on strikes;
Simmons singled to right; Melendez singled to left [Simmons to
third]; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored];
Brock flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3,
Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Breeden was called out on strikes; Bailey struck out;
FAIREY BATTED FOR TORRES; Fairey grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Cardinals 5.