Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 27, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Bosch cf 4 0 0 0
Wills ss 3 1 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 3 1 3 1
Sutherland 2b 2 1 1 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Jaster p 3 0 1 1
Totals 31 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 1 1
Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 1 1
Oliver 1b 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Martinez ss 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 1 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Davis lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Montreal 010 003 000491
Pittsburgh 001 000 010260
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  W (1-1) 9.0 6 2 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (1-2) 5.2 7 4 4 4 2
  Dal Canton   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Kline   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
4

  E–Jaster (2).  DP–Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 3.  HR–Montreal Staub (4,6th inning off Ellis 1 on, 0 out); Laboy (3,6th inning off Ellis 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (1,8th inning off Jaster 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Oliver (1,by Jaster).  CS–Laboy (1,2nd base by Ellis/Sanguillen); Wills (2,2nd base by Dal Canton/Sanguillen).  HBP–Jaster (1,Oliver).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:15.  A–24,425.
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