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Expos
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
August 31, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos, played on August 31, 1973 at Veterans Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Montreal Expos
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Montreal Expos |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Rogers |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Lonborg |
| Ballpark | Veterans Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 14,171 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Tata 1B: Ed Vargo 2B: Paul Pryor 3B: Bruce Froemming |
Montreal Expos Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Jorgensen | First Baseman |
| Larry Lintz | Second Baseman |
| Ron Fairly | Left Fielder |
| Ken Singleton | Right Fielder |
| Boots Day | Center Fielder |
| Bernie Allen | Third Baseman |
| Bob Stinson | Catcher |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Steve Rogers | Pitcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Third Baseman |
| Denny Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| Greg Luzinski | Left Fielder |
| Bill Robinson | Right Fielder |
| Del Unser | Center Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Catcher |
| Craig Robinson | Shortstop |
| Jim Lonborg | Pitcher |
| Danny Ozark | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Expos
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
August 31, 1973
Top 1
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Lonborg
Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lintz vs. Lonborg
Lintz hits a line drive towards third. Tovar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Lonborg
Fairly hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Rogers
Tovar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Rogers
There goes Tovar. The throw from Stinson and he is out, Lintz applying the tag. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rogers
Doyle strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Rogers
Montanez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Lonborg
Singleton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Day vs. Lonborg
Day bunts towards third. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Lonborg
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Singleton moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stinson vs. Lonborg
Stinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foli vs. Lonborg
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Rogers
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Rogers
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Rogers
Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogers vs. Lonborg
Rogers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Lonborg
Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lintz vs. Lonborg
Lintz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Rogers
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Rogers
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lonborg vs. Rogers
Lonborg strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Lonborg
Fairly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Lonborg
Singleton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Singleton reaches second base with a double. Fairly goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Day vs. Lonborg
Day hits a popup towards short. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allen vs. Lonborg
Allen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Lonborg
Stinson hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Lonborg
Foli strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Rogers
Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Fairly. Tovar reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Rogers
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montanez vs. Rogers
Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Day settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Luzinski vs. Rogers
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Top 5
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Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogers vs. Lonborg
Rogers strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Lonborg
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg juggles the ball. That's an error on Lonborg. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lintz vs. Lonborg
Lintz bunts towards the mound. Lonborg fields it and throws to first for the out. Jorgensen moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fairly vs. Lonborg
Fairly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Singleton vs. Lonborg
There goes Jorgensen. The throw from Boone and he is out, Tovar applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Rogers
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Day. Robinson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Unser vs. Rogers
Unser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Rogers
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli misplays the ball. That's an error on Foli. Robinson moves to third. Unser moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hutton vs. Rogers
Tom Hutton pinch hits for Craig Robinson.
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lintz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Robinson scores. Unser moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lonborg vs. Rogers
Lonborg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Unser scores. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Rogers
Tovar takes first base on ball four. Lonborg moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Rogers
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lintz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Lonborg
Terry Harmon now playing shortstop.
Singleton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Day vs. Lonborg
The ball gets by Boone for a passed ball. Singleton moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Day vs. Lonborg
Day is called out on strikes. View Play -
Expos, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allen vs. Lonborg
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg juggles the ball. That's an error on Lonborg. Singleton scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stinson vs. Lonborg
Stinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Lonborg
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Rogers
Montanez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Rogers
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montanez moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Rogers
Robinson bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Stinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Unser vs. Rogers
Unser strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boone vs. Rogers
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Day settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogers vs. Lonborg
Rogers strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Lonborg
Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lintz vs. Lonborg
Lintz takes first base on ball four. Jorgensen moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Breeden vs. Scarce
Mac Scarce now pitching. Hal Breeden pinch hits for Ron Fairly.
Breeden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jorgensen moves to third. Lintz moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Singleton vs. Scarce
Singleton hits a popup towards third. Tovar catches it and throws to first to double up Breeden. View Play
Bottom 7
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Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Rogers
Ron Woods now playing left field.
Harmon hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogodzinski vs. Rogers
Mike Rogodzinski pinch hits for Mac Scarce.
Rogodzinski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Rogers
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lintz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Day vs. Culver
George Culver now pitching.
Day hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harmon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Culver
Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Day moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stinson vs. Culver
Stinson bunts in front of the plate. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. Day moves to third. Allen moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Foli vs. Culver
Foli is walked intentionally. View Play -
Expos, 4 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rogers vs. Culver
Rogers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out. Day scores. Allen moves to third. Foli moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jorgensen vs. Culver
Jorgensen is walked intentionally. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lintz vs. Culver
Lintz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rogers
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Day settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Rogers
Montanez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Rogers
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Rogers
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Unser vs. Rogers
Unser hits a fly ball into center field. Day settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Culver
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Culver
Singleton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Singleton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Day vs. Culver
Day hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allen vs. Culver
Allen is walked intentionally. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stinson vs. Culver
Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Rogers
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harmon vs. Marshall
Mike Marshall now pitching.
Harmon hits a popup into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Marshall
Mike Anderson pinch hits for George Culver.
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Marshall
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1973 -- Montreal at Philadelphia (N)
Montreal AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Jorgensen M, 1b 3 0 0 0 Tovar C, 3b 3 0 1 0
Lintz L, 2b 4 0 0 0 Doyle D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Fairly R, lf 2 1 1 0 Montanez W, 1b 3 0 1 0
Breeden H, ph 1 0 1 0 Luzinski G, lf 4 0 2 0
Woods R, lf 1 0 0 0 Robinson B, rf 4 1 1 0
Singleton K, rf 4 2 3 1 Unser D, cf 3 1 0 0
Day B, cf 5 1 1 0 Boone B, c 3 0 0 0
Allen B, 3b 4 1 2 2 Robinson C, ss 1 0 0 0
Stinson B, c 3 0 0 0 Hutton T, ph 1 0 0 0
Foli T, ss 3 0 0 0 Harmon T, ss 2 0 0 0
Rogers S, p 4 0 0 1 Lonborg J, p 2 0 1 1
Marshall M, p 0 0 0 0 Scarce M, p 0 0 0 0
Rogodzinski M, ph 0 0 0 0
Culver G, p 0 0 0 0
Anderson M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 8 4 31 2 6 1
Montreal 000 301 010 -- 5
Philadelphia 000 020 000 -- 2
Montreal IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers S (W)* 8.0 6 2 1 6 6
Marshall M (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg J (L) 6.1 4 4 3 5 4
Scarce M 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Culver G 2.0 3 1 1 3 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Lonborg J 2, Foli T
DP -- Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Montreal 11, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Singleton K 2, Tovar C, Robinson B
HR -- Allen B
CS -- Tovar C, Jorgensen M
SH -- Stinson B
PB -- Boone B
T -- 2:51
A -- 14171
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