Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1987 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Candaele ss 5 1 1 0
Webster rf 3 1 0 0
Raines lf 5 1 2 0
Wallach 3b 3 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1
Nichols cf 2 1 1 2
  Winningham ph,cf 1 0 0 1
Law 2b 5 1 1 1
Fitzgerald c 3 1 2 2
Heaton p 2 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 2 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 5 1 3 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Diaz rf 3 0 1 1
Morrison 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
  LaValliere ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 2 0 1 0
  Ray ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Kipper p 2 0 0 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Montreal 030 001 0228100
Pittsburgh 000 100 010280
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  W (10-3) 5.0 5 1 1 1 3
  McGaffigan   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Parrett  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kipper  L (4-6) 5.1 5 4 4 1 4
  Walk   1.2 1 0 0 3 2
  Jones   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Smiley   1.0 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
7
9

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Wallach (23,off Kipper); Raines (16,off Kipper); Galarraga (21,off Jones); Law (15,off Jones), Pittsburgh Bonilla (11,off Heaton).  HR–Montreal Nichols (3,2nd inning off Kipper 1 on, 1 out); Fitzgerald (3,2nd inning off Kipper 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Winningham (2,off Smiley).  IBB–Wallach (4,by Smiley); Galarraga (8,by Smiley).  SB–Galarraga (5,2nd base off Walk/Ortiz); Pedrique (1,2nd base off Heaton/Fitzgerald); Van Slyke (17,2nd base off McGaffigan/Fitzgerald).  WP–Smiley 2 (3).  BK–Heaton (4).  IBB–Smiley 2 (4,Wallach,Galarraga).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:02.  A–9,276.
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