A single by Tommy Helms in the 10th inning scored Milt May from second base and brought the Astros a 4-3 victory over the Expos. May led off with a single, Bob Gallagher followed with a bunt to first baseman Hal Breeden and both runners were safe on a late throw to second in an attempted forceout. Helms followed with his winning hit.

The Astros scored twice in the first inning after loading the bases. Bob Watson was hit by a pitch, forcing in one run, and another counted on an infield out by Cliff Johnson. The Astros filled the sacks again in the seventh and made it 3-0 on a sacrifice fly by Johnson. The Expos came back to tie the score in the eighth when Boots Day singled, Ron Hunt walked and Willie Davis hit his first homer of the season. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       30, 1974 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Astros       2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  -   4 11  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  -   3  8  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf,lf           4   2   2   0     2   0   .355      Hunt 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .214
Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .290      Foli ss               3   0   1   0     0   1   .253
Cedeno cf             4   0   2   0     1   0   .294        Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Watson lf,1b          3   0   0   1     1   1   .315        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
C. Johnson 1b         3   0   2   2     0   0   .350        Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  M. May c            1   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Davis cf              4   1   2   3     0   1   .321
Edwards c             2   0   1   0     1   1   .208      Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .300
  Gallagher pr,rf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Fairly 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .225
Rader 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Lintz pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Helms 2b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Bailey lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Dierker p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .174      Cox 2b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .216
  J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Foote c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .206
  L. May ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .264        Stinson ph,c        1   0   0   0     1   1   .200
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torrez p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Day ph              1   1   1   0     0   0   .389
                                                            Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Breeden ph,1b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .259

Totals               35   4  11   4     5   5             Totals               34   3   8   3     5   8

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  6,593
Left on Base: Astros 12, Expos 8
DP: Astros 3, Expos 2
Errors: Gallagher
Doubles: Helms (7), Bailey (3)
Home Runs: Davis (1)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (1)
Caught Stealing: Hunt (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (4), Dierker (2), Gallagher (2), Bailey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: C. Johnson (1)
GIDP: Rader (4), Foote (5)
Hit by Pitch: Watson (2,by Torrez), Edwards (1,by Montague), Davis (1,by Scherman)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker                 8     7   3   3   3   8   1  32   2.58
J. Johnson W(2-0)       1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   3.33
Scherman SV(2)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.46
Totals                 10     8   3   3   5   8   1  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  6.1   7   3   3   5   3   0  31   3.81
Montague                1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.25
Taylor L(1-1)           2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.27
Totals                 10    11   4   4   5   5   0  46

Passed Balls: Foote 2 (7)
Hit by Pitch: Scherman (5), Torrez (2), Montague (1)
Wild Pitches: Torrez (5)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Lee Weyer


ASTROS 1ST: Gross walked; Metzger singled to left [Gross to
second]; Cedeno walked [Gross to third, Metzger to second];
Watson was hit by a pitch [Gross scored, Metzger to third,
Cedeno to second]; C. Johnson grounded out (third to first)
[Metzger scored, Cedeno to third, Watson to second]; Edwards was
walked intentionally; Rader grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Edwards out at second]; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli singled
to second; Davis struck out; Singleton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Dierker
grounded out (third to first); Gross singled to right; Foote
allowed a passed ball [Gross to second]; Metzger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Fairly struck out; Bailey doubled to right; Cox
walked; Foote grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Cox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Expos 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno grounded out (catcher unassisted); Watson
flied out to center; C. Johnson singled to center; Torrez threw
a wild pitch [C. Johnson to second]; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Torrez struck out; Hunt singled to left; Foli struck
out while Hunt was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Rader popped to first in foul territory; Helms
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dierker struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Davis lined to right; Singleton walked; Fairly lined
to center; Bailey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Expos 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
grounded out (second to first); Cedeno singled to pitcher;
Watson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos
0.

EXPOS 5TH: Cox struck out; Foote struck out; Torrez struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

ASTROS 6TH: C. Johnson singled to right; Edwards singled to
pitcher [C. Johnson to second]; Rader flied to right [C. Johnson
to third]; Helms flied to center; Edwards stole second; Dierker
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Hunt flied out to center; Foli grounded out (second
to first); Davis singled to right; Singleton forced Davis
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Expos 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Gross walked; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Gross to second]; Cedeno singled to shortstop [Gross
stayed at second]; Foote allowed a passed ball [Cedeno to
second, Gross to third]; Watson was walked intentionally;
MONTAGUE REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); C. Johnson hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Gross scored, Cedeno to third, Watson to second];
Edwards was hit by a pitch; GALLAGHER RAN FOR EDWARDS; Rader
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); M. MAY REPLACED C. JOHNSON (PLAYING C );
GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Fairly flied out to
center; Bailey grounded out (third to first); Cox popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Expos
0.

ASTROS 8TH: Helms doubled to left; Dierker out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Helms to third]; Gross hit into a
double play (left to left to catcher) [Helms out at home]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: STINSON BATTED FOR FOOTE; Stinson struck out; DAY
BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Day singled to right [Day to second (error
by Gallagher)]; Hunt walked; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR FOLI;
Jorgensen popped to shortstop; Davis homered [Day scored, Hunt
scored]; Singleton flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Expos 3.

ASTROS 9TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); TAYLOR REPLACED
JORGENSEN (PITCHING); FRIAS REPLACED DAY (PLAYING SS); Metzger
grounded out (third to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to
first); Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Fairly singled to right; LINTZ RAN FOR FAIRLY; J.
JOHNSON REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Bailey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Lintz to second]; Cox grounded out
(third to first); Stinson was walked intentionally; BREEDEN
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Breeden walked [Lintz to third, Stinson to
second]; Hunt flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
3, Expos 3.

ASTROS 10TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BREEDEN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); M. May singled to right; Gallagher reached
on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [M. May to second];
Rader lined to left; Helms singled to center [M. May scored,
Gallagher to second]; L. MAY BATTED FOR J. JOHNSON; L. May
popped to first; Gross singled to center [Gallagher out at home
(center to third), Helms to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 10TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED L. MAY (PITCHING); WOODS BATTED
FOR TAYLOR; Woods flied out to center; Davis was hit by a pitch;
Singleton singled to left [Davis to second]; Lintz hit into a
double play (second to first) [Davis out at home (third to
catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 3.