Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1978 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Montreal Expos 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 1
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Schatzeder p 2 0 1 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 2 0 0 0
  Mendoza 2b 1 0 0 0
Robinson lf 2 1 1 0
Sanguillen 1b 3 1 1 0
  Stargell 1b 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 2 0 0 0
Brye rf 2 1 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 2 0 1 3
  Milner ph 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3
Montreal 010 000 000160
Pittsburgh 030 000 00x351
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  L (2-1) 7.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Garman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
1
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (8-5) 8.0 5 1 1 0 0
  Tekulve  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
2

  E–Garner (16).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Blyleven (1,off Schatzeder).  HR–Montreal Valentine (12,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Garner (1,off Schatzeder).  HBP–B Robinson (1,by Schatzeder).  IBB–Brye (1,by Schatzeder).  SB–Dawson (15,2nd base off Blyleven/Dyer).  CS–B Robinson (5,2nd base by Schatzeder/Carter).  HBP–Schatzeder (1,B Robinson).  IBB–Schatzeder (3,Brye).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–1:54.
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