Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 21, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1972 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Fairey rf 4 0 1 0
Singleton lf 4 1 1 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 1
Bailey 3b 3 0 1 1
Day cf 4 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Foli ss 2 1 0 0
  Torres ss 1 0 0 0
Renko p 2 0 1 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Gilbert p 0 0 0 0
  Mashore cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 0
Stennett lf 4 0 1 1
Oliver cf 4 1 1 2
Stargell 1b 2 0 1 0
  Sanguillen c 0 0 0 0
May c 3 0 2 0
  Ellis pr 0 1 0 0
  Robertson 1b 0 0 0 0
Clines rf 3 1 1 0
Mazeroski 3b 2 0 0 1
  Alley ss 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 1 1 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 4
Montreal 100 010 010361
Pittsburgh 100 020 02x581
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   4.2 6 3 3 4 1
  Walker   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Gilbert  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Marshall   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.0 6 3 2 2 5
  Giusti  W (1-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
6

  E–Torres (1), J Hernandez (6).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Hunt (7,off Johnson); Singleton (4,off Johnson), Pittsburgh Cash (6,off Renko); Stennett (5,off Renko); Stargell (10,off Renko).  HR–Pittsburgh Oliver (3,5th inning off Renko 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bailey (1,off Giusti); Mazeroski (1,off Marshall).  IBB–Stargell (2,by Renko); May (1,by Renko).  SB–Day (1,2nd base off Johnson/May); Clines (2,2nd base off Marshall/Bateman).  WP–Marshall (3).  IBB–Renko 2 (4,Stargell,May).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:30.  A–30,418.
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