Pittsburgh Pirates vs Montreal Expos
September 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1977 at Stade Olympique. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 2 0
Garner 2b 4 2 2 0
Parker rf 5 0 2 1
Robinson 1b 5 2 1 2
Oliver lf 4 1 1 0
Ott c 4 0 1 1
Macha 3b 4 0 3 2
  Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 3 0 0 0
  Gossage p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 1 1
Papi 3b 3 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Mackanin 3b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 1
Cromartie lf 4 0 2 1
Speier ss 2 1 0 0
Landreth p 2 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Alcala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 200 031 0006120
Montreal 001 200 000360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Whitson  W (1-0) 5.0 5 3 3 2 5
  Gossage  SV (23) 4.0 1 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
10
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Landreth  L (0-1) 4.2 8 5 5 3 2
  Brown   1.0 3 1 1 1 2
  McEnaney   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Alcala   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
6

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (44,off Landreth); Garner 2 (33,off Landreth,off Brown); Macha 2 (4,off Landreth,off Brown); Robinson (30,off Landreth); Taveras (19,off Alcala).  3B–Montreal Cash (7,off Whitson); Cromartie (7,off Whitson); Perez (5,off Whitson).  IBB–Oliver (9,by Landreth); Moreno (3,by Brown); Speier (3,by Whitson).  SB–Taveras 2 (64,2nd base off Landreth/Carter,3rd base off Alcala/Carter); Parker (15,2nd base off Brown/Carter); Dawson (18,2nd base off Whitson/Ott); Carter (3,2nd base off Whitson/Ott).  IBB–Whitson (1,Speier); Landreth (1,Oliver); Brown (4,Moreno).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:44.  A–12,674.
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