Pittsburgh Pirates vs Montreal Expos
August 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1987 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Montreal Expos 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 1
Van Slyke cf 5 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 5 1 3 2
Reynolds rf 5 0 2 2
Bream 1b 5 1 1 0
LaValliere c 5 0 1 0
Belliard ss 4 2 3 1
Reuschel p 2 1 1 1
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Gideon p 0 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 13 7
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 4 5 1
Webster rf 5 1 2 1
Winningham cf 4 2 1 1
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 1
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1
Foley ss 4 2 2 3
Law 2b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 3 0 1 1
  Parrett p 1 0 0 0
Youmans p 1 0 0 0
  Hesketh p 1 0 0 0
  Reed ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 14 9
Pittsburgh 022 102 0007131
Montreal 200 110 51x10142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.0 10 4 4 0 1
  Smiley   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Gideon  L (1-4) 1.0 1 2 1 0 1
  Ross   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
1
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Youmans   3.1 8 5 5 1 4
  Hesketh   2.2 3 2 0 2 2
  Parrett  W (4-4) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
5
3
6

  E–Ray (11), Fitzgerald (11), Hesketh (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Montreal 1.  PB–Fitzgerald (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (20,off Youmans); Bonds (26,off Youmans); LaValliere (17,off Parrett), Montreal Winningham (12,off Reuschel); Raines 2 (27,off Reuschel,off Smiley); Foley (14,off Reuschel).  3B–Pittsburgh Belliard (3,off Youmans), Montreal Raines (2,off Reuschel).  HR–Montreal Foley (4,7th inning off Gideon 2 on, 1 out); Raines (16,8th inning off Ross 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Reynolds (12,3rd base off Youmans/Fitzgerald); Belliard (5,2nd base off Youmans/Fitzgerald); Bonds (22,3rd base off Hesketh/Fitzgerald).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:59.  A–26,134.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook