Making up for two errors, Hal Breeden singled in the seventh inning and drove in what proved to be the Expos' deciding run in a 4-3 victory over the Reds. Breeden's errors led to two unearned runs for the Reds, but a walk to the Expos' first baseman in the sixth, a triple by Bob Bailey and sacrifice fly by Ken Singleton knotted the count. Pepe Frias tripled in the seventh and Steve Renko helped himself with a double. Breeden followed with his single. As a result, the Reds still were one run short when Bobby Tolan homered in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      11, 1973 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Reds         0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  x  -   4  9  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   1   0   0     1   0   .315      Hunt 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .311
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   0     2   0   .305      Mashore lf            2   0   2   0     1   0   .264
Driessen 3b           2   0   1   0     1   1   .324        Fairly ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .309
  Menke 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Woods cf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .230
Bench rf,c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .248      Breeden 1b            2   1   1   1     2   0   .296
Perez 1b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .290        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Tolan cf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .207      Bailey 3b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .302
Chaney ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .159      Singleton rf          3   0   1   1     0   1   .287
  Stahl ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Boccabella c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Plummer c             3   0   0   1     0   1   .197      Frias ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .204
  King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Renko p               4   1   1   1     0   0   .273
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Norman p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .073
  Sprague p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Concepcion ss       1   0   1   0     0   0   .280

Totals               33   3   6   2     6   7             Totals               29   4   9   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 20,037
Left on Base: Reds 9, Expos 8
DP: Reds 0, Expos 2
Errors: Bench, Breeden 2, Boccabella
Doubles: Bailey (14), Renko (3)
Triples: Bailey (2), Frias (1)
Home Runs: Tolan (8)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (35), Chaney (3), Bailey (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Woods (5), Boccabella (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (5)
GIDP: Bench (14), Rose (12)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(6-9)           6.2   8   4   4   4   2   0  31   3.49
Sprague                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.66
Tomlin                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.80
Totals                  8     9   4   4   4   2   0  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(9-5)            8     4   3   1   6   7   1  35   2.68
Marshall SV(16)         1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.19
Totals                  9     6   3   1   6   7   1  39

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bruce Froemming


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Driessen walked; Bench flied out to left; Perez walked
[Morgan to third, Driessen to second]; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Bench dropped a foul fly hit by Hunt for an error;
Hunt singled; Mashore walked [Hunt to second]; Woods out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hunt to third, Mashore to
second]; Breeden was walked intentionally; Bailey struck out;
Singleton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Chaney grounded out (second to first); Plummer
grounded out (third to first); Norman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias
popped to first in foul territory; Renko grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Driessen singled to second [Morgan stayed at second];
Bench grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Driessen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Hunt flied out to right; Mashore singled to third;
Woods popped to first; Breeden flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez walked; Tolan reached on an error by Breeden
[Perez to second, Tolan to first]; Chaney forced Tolan
(shortstop to second) [Perez to third]; Plummer forced Chaney
(second to shortstop) [Perez scored (unearned)]; Norman struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey doubled; Bailey stole third; Singleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Boccabella popped to catcher
in foul territory; Frias grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 5TH: Rose walked; Morgan flied out to right; Driessen
struck out; Bench singled to center [Rose to third]; Perez
reached on an error by Breeden [Rose scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Bench to second, Perez to first]; Tolan flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: MENKE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Renko grounded
out (second to first); Hunt lined to left; Mashore singled to
shortstop; Mashore was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 0.

REDS 6TH: Chaney singled to center; Chaney stole second [Chaney
to third (error by Boccabella)]; Plummer struck out; Norman was
called out on strikes; Rose flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Woods flied out to center; Breeden walked; Bailey
tripled [Breeden scored]; Singleton hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Bailey scored]; Boccabella lined to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 2.

REDS 7TH: Morgan flied out to left; Menke flied out to right;
Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Frias tripled; Renko doubled [Frias scored]; Hunt
grounded out (first unassisted) [Renko to third]; FAIRLY BATTED
FOR MASHORE; Fairly grounded out (third to first); Woods walked;
Breeden singled [Renko scored, Woods to third]; SPRAGUE REPLACED
NORMAN (PITCHING); Bailey forced Breeden (shortstop to second);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Expos 4.

REDS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED BREEDEN (PLAYING 1B); FAIRLY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez flied out to right; Tolan homered;
STAHL BATTED FOR CHANEY; Stahl struck out; KING BATTED FOR
PLUMMER; King struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: TOMLIN REPLACED KING (PITCHING); CONCEPCION REPLACED
SPRAGUE (PLAYING SS); STAHL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BENCH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Singleton singled to first;
Boccabella out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Singleton
to second]; Frias flied out to right; Renko grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 4.

REDS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Concepcion singled
to center; Rose grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Concepcion out at second]; Morgan singled to right;
Menke flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos
4.