Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 25, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 4 1 0 0
Wills ss 5 0 0 0
Staub rf 3 1 2 1
Jones lf 4 0 3 0
Clendenon 1b 5 0 4 1
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Wicker ph 1 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 3 0 0 0
Morton p 2 0 0 0
  Boccabella c 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 3 2
Hebner 3b 5 2 3 1
Clemente rf 5 0 1 0
  Davis rf 0 0 0 0
Stargell lf 3 1 2 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 1 0
May c 4 2 3 0
Patek ss 3 1 0 1
Blass p 4 2 2 2
  Hartenstein p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 16 6
Montreal 001 010 0002112
Pittsburgh 000 232 10x8160
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L (0-2) 4.2 8 5 5 5 2
  Shaw   1.1 4 2 2 2 1
  Shea   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (2-0) 6.1 9 2 2 5 4
  Hartenstein  SV (2) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
5
4

  E–Clendenon (1), Sutherland (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Montreal Staub (7,off Blass); Clendenon 2 (2,off Blass,off Hartenstein), Pittsburgh May 2 (3,off Morton 2); Hebner (1,off Shaw); Robertson (2,off Shaw); Mazeroski (2,off Shea).  3B–Pittsburgh Blass (1,off Morton).  HBP–Cline (1,by Blass).  IBB–Jones (2,by Blass); Laboy (1,by Blass); Stargell 2 (3,by Morton 2); Patek (2,by Morton).  CS–Sutherland (1,2nd base by Blass/May).  SB–Alou (3,2nd base off Morton/Bateman).  WP–Blass 2 (2).  BK–Morton (1).  HBP–Blass (1,Cline).  IBB–Morton 3 (3,Stargell 2,Patek); Blass 2 (2,Jones,Laboy).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:51.  A–10,947.
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