Tuesday July 4, 1978
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Montreal Expos 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, July 4, 1978 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Expos 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Pirates 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 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 .258 Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Cash 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Moreno cf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .210 Garrett 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .190 Milner lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .305 Perez 1b 4 2 3 3 0 1 .274 Brye rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Valentine rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 B. Robinson rf,lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .245 Unser cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .223 Stargell 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .284 Papi ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .274 Ott c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .246 Carter ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Garner 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Herrmann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .130 Macha 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Twitchell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Parrish ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .274 D. Robinson p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .158 Pirtle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Dawson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Speier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 7 Totals 31 4 8 4 6 3 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 15,001 Left on Base: Expos 6, Pirates 9 DP: Expos 1, Pirates 1 Doubles: Valentine (17), Stargell (10) Home Runs: Perez 2 (7), Stargell (12), Moreno (2), B. Robinson (4) Stolen Bases: Macha (2), Taveras (22) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Twitchell L(3-7) 4 6 4 4 3 2 3 20 5.65 Pirtle 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 10 0.00 Knowles 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.00 Totals 8 8 4 4 6 3 3 37 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Robinson W(5-2) 7.1 8 3 3 1 6 2 30 3.35 Tekulve SV(11) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2.44 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 7 2 36 Passed Balls: Ott (9) Wild Pitches: Twitchell (7) Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (third to first); Garrett singled to left; Perez homered [Garrett scored]; Valentine doubled to center; Unser popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to right; Moreno walked [Taveras to second]; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Taveras to third, Moreno to second]; Milner flied out to center; B. Robinson hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Taveras out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. EXPOS 2ND: Papi struck out; Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher); Twitchell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell homered; Ott grounded out (second to first); Garner singled to center; Macha struck out; D. Robinson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 1. EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie struck out; Cash flied out to center; Garrett popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras flied out to right; Moreno hit an inside the park homer to left; Milner singled to right; B. Robinson homered [Milner scored]; Stargell flied out to center; Ott walked; Garner popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 4. EXPOS 4TH: BRYE REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING RF); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Perez singled to left; Valentine flied out to center; Unser popped to shortstop; Papi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 4. PIRATES 4TH: Macha walked; Macha stole second; D. Robinson struck out; Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 4. EXPOS 5TH: Herrmann singled to left; PARRISH BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Parrish singled to center [Herrmann to second]; Cromartie forced Parrish (first to shortstop) [Herrmann to third]; Cash lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cromartie out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 4. PIRATES 5TH: PIRTLE REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING); Brye flied out to center; B. Robinson struck out; Stargell doubled to left; Ott was walked intentionally; Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 4. EXPOS 6TH: Garrett popped to third in foul territory; Perez homered; Valentine struck out; Unser walked; Papi struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. PIRATES 6TH: Macha grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Robinson singled to left; Taveras forced D. Robinson (second to shortstop); Taveras stole second; Moreno was walked intentionally; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. EXPOS 7TH: MENDOZA REPLACED MACHA (PLAYING 3B); Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to first); DAWSON BATTED FOR PIRTLE; Dawson grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. PIRATES 7TH: KNOWLES REPLACED DAWSON (PITCHING); B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Stargell walked; Ott grounded out (second to first) [Stargell to second]; Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. EXPOS 8TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Garrett singled to center; TEKULVE REPLACED D. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Ott allowed a passed ball [Garrett to second]; Perez struck out; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. PIRATES 8TH: Mendoza grounded out (second to first); Tekulve grounded out (third to first); Taveras grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4. EXPOS 9TH: Unser walked; CARTER BATTED FOR PAPI; Carter flied out to right; Herrmann lined to left; SPEIER BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Pirates 4.

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