Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1987 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 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 0 0 0
  Nichols lf 0 0 0 0
Webster rf 4 2 3 2
Foley ss 4 1 1 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 1
Galarraga 1b 4 0 2 0
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
Candaele 2b 2 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Heaton p 3 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 0 0 0
  Bonds lf 0 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 4 1 4 1
Coles rf 4 1 1 1
Diaz lf 3 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,cf 1 1 1 2
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Ray 2b 3 0 1 0
Bream 1b 2 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 1 1 0
  LaValliere ph,c 1 0 0 0
Dunne p 2 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Montreal 000 002 010360
Pittsburgh 001 000 03x492
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton   7.0 8 3 3 1 2
  Parrett  L (3-4) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  McClure   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne  W (7-4) 8.0 5 3 2 2 2
  Gott  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
2

  E–Ray (10), Ortiz (8).  2B–Pittsburgh Coles (1,off Heaton).  HR–Montreal Webster 2 (9,6th inning off Dunne 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Dunne 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (16,8th inning off Parrett 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Wallach (6,off Dunne).  SH–Dunne (6,off Heaton).  SB–Raines (37,2nd base off Dunne/Ortiz); Foley (6,2nd base off Dunne/Ortiz); Pedrique (4,2nd base off Heaton/Reed).  CS–Candaele (8,2nd base by Dunne/Ortiz).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:30.  A–18,829.
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