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Today is Opening Day 1970! There were two games held today.

In the first game, the Expos faced the Reds. Cincinnati starter Don Gullett started off a bit shaky, allowing a hit to leadoff batter Adolfo Phillips. He followed that by walking Don Hahn on four straight balls. Following a double steal, Bob Bailey ground out to Leo Cardenas, scoring Phillips. Gullett then proceeded to strike out the next two batters. The score remained 1 to 0 in favor of Montreal until the bottom of the 3rd inning. Frank Johnson started off the inning with a line drive hit to centerfield. Gullett stepped up and sacrificed himself, bunting Johnson to secondbase. Pete Rose then made the runner in scoring position a moot point as he hit a ball out into the rightfield bleachers. The game remained tight until the bottom of the 8th, when the Reds tacked on two more runs off of a Jimmy Stewart homer to rightfield. The Expos were then held scoreless in the 9th by Wayne Granger.

Montreal	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
A. Phillips CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0	0
D. Hahn LF	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.500	0	0
B. Bailey 3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	0	1
a-M. Jones PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
b-G. Southerland 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
J. Fregosi SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	0	0
R. Fairly RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	0	0
J. Hiatt C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0	0
c-T. Cline PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0	0
C. Ruiz 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0	0
J. Gosger 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	0	0
C. Morton P	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	0	0
Totals	31	1	4	1	4	9	13

a - M. Jones pinch hit for B. Bailey in the 8th
b - G. Sutherland substituted for M. Jones in the 8th
c - T. Cline pinch hit for J. Hiatt in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Gosger (1, 2nd Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Hiatt, A. Phillips, D. Hahn, J. Gosger 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Morton, R. Fairly 2
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Phillips (1), D. Hahn (1)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Bailey (1)

Montreal	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
C. Morton L (0-1)	8.0	6	4	4	2	3	2	114	72	4.50

PITCHING
Game Score: C. Morton 55
Batters Faced: C. Morton 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Morton 10-11
Pitches - Strikes: C. Morton 114-72
WP: C. Morton

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
P. RoseCF	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	.333	1	2
J. Stewart 2B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.500	1	2
T. Perez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
J. Bench C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	0	0
L. May LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	0	0
K. Griffey RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0
L. Cardenas SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0
F. Johnson 1B	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0
D. Gullett P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0	0
a-D. Concepcion PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
W. Granger P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
Totals	29	4	6	4	2	3	9

a - D. Concepcion pinch hit for D. Gullett in the 7th

BATTING
Home Runs: P. Rose (1, 3rd Inning off C. Morton, 1 on, 1 out) J. Stewart (1, 8th Inning off C. Morton, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Bench, P. Rose 4, J. Stewart 5, F. Johnson, L. May
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Bench, D. Concepcion
Sac Bunt: D. Gullett, F. Johnson
Team LOB: 5

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
D. Gullett W (1-0)	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	98	55	1.29
W. Granger SV (1)	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	31	20	0.00

PITCHING
Game Score: D. Gullett 68
Batters Faced: D. Gullett 28, W. Granger 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Gullett 8-7, W. Granger 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: D. Gullett 98-55, W. Granger 31-20
WP: D. Gullett

Player of the Game: D. Gullett
Attendance: 38,096