Making only the second relief appearance of his career, Steve Rogers took over for Hal Dues and pitched the last two innings to save the Expos' 2-0 victory over the Pirates. Dues gave up three hits and two walks in his seven innings on the mound. Rogers yielded one hit.

The shutout was only the second suffered by the Pirates this season with John Candelaria the victim on both occasions. The Expos nicked the lefthander for a run in the third inning on doubles by Chris Speier and Dave Cash. Their other tally followed in the fourth on a triple by Tony Perez and a sacrifice fly by Ellis Valentine. [The Sporting News]

Montreal Expos 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1978 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Expos 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Cash 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .279 Moreno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Frias 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Milner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274 B. Robinson rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .243 Perez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Rogers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .102 Ott c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Valentine rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Garner 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Dawson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Macha 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Carter c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Candelaria p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Speier ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Dues p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .118 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Papi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Unser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 33 2 6 2 0 8 Totals 28 0 4 0 3 2 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 7,480 Left on Base: Expos 5, Pirates 4 DP: Expos 2, Pirates 0 Doubles: Valentine (16), Speier (8), Cash (15), Parrish (18), B. Robinson (14) Triples: Perez (1) Caught Stealing: Moreno (9) Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (3) GIDP: Ott (3), Sanguillen (4) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dues W(2-4) 7 3 0 0 2 2 0 24 2.44 Rogers SV(1) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.06 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 2 0 31 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Candelaria L(7-8) 8 6 2 2 0 6 0 31 3.03 Tekulve 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.55 Totals 9 6 2 2 0 8 0 34 Wild Pitches: Candelaria (3) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Vargo EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie flied out to center; Cash grounded out (second to first); Parrish popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras popped to second; Moreno singled to second; Moreno was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Pirates 0. EXPOS 2ND: Perez struck out; Valentine doubled to left; Dawson flied out to right; Carter popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Stargell struck out; Ott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Pirates 0. EXPOS 3RD: Speier doubled to left; Dues struck out; Cromartie lined to shortstop; Cash doubled to right [Speier scored]; Parrish struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Garner struck out; Macha grounded out (second to first); Candelaria grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. EXPOS 4TH: Perez tripled to center; Valentine hit a sacrifice fly to right [Perez scored]; Dawson flied out to right; Carter popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Taveras popped to shortstop; Moreno flied out to left; Milner popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 5TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Dues struck out; Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: B. Robinson doubled to left; Stargell popped to third; Ott popped to shortstop; Garner walked; Macha flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 6TH: Cash flied out to center; Parrish doubled to left; Perez struck out; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Candelaria walked; Taveras flied out to center; Moreno flied out to center; Milner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 7TH: Dawson lined to left; Carter flied out to right; Speier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: B. Robinson singled to center; Stargell flied out to left; Ott grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [B. Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 8TH: PAPI BATTED FOR DUES; Papi popped to shortstop; Cromartie struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Cash singled to left [Cromartie to second]; Parrish forced Cromartie (third unassisted) [Cash to second]; Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: UNSER REPLACED PAPI (PLAYING 1B); FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); ROGERS REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Macha walked; SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR CANDELARIA; Sanguillen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Macha out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PITCHING); Valentine struck out; Dawson struck out; Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 9TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied out to left; Milner singled to left; B. Robinson lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0.

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