Pittsburgh Pirates vs Montreal Expos
August 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1972 at Parc Jarry. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Montreal Expos 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 4 1 2 0
Cash 2b 3 0 1 1
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
Robertson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Ellis pr 0 0 0 0
Stennett lf 3 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 3 0 1 0
Kison p 2 0 0 0
  Clemente ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 2 0 0 0
Day cf 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 1 3 1
Fairly 1b 3 1 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Mashore lf 3 0 3 1
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
Torres 2b 3 0 0 0
Moore p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 000 001 000160
Montreal 000 101 00x273
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (5-4) 6.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Hernandez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (3-5) 9.0 6 1 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
9

  E–Foli (14), Moore 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (15,off Moore), Montreal Mashore (6,off Miller).  3B–Pittsburgh Clines (3,off Moore).  HR–Montreal McCarver (4,6th inning off Kison 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Cash (2,off Moore).  HBP–Robertson (3,by Moore).  SH–Day (10,off Miller).  IBB–McCarver (4,by Miller).  SB–Stennett (3,2nd base off Moore/McCarver).  CS–Robertson (1,2nd base by Moore/McCarver); Cash (6,2nd base by Moore/McCarver); McCarver (4,2nd base by Kison/Sanguillen).  WP–Kison 2 (7).  HBP–Moore (2,Robertson).  IBB–Miller (5,McCarver).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:19.  A–18,436.
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