Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1988 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hudler 2b 5 2 2 0
Raines lf 5 1 2 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 2
Brooks rf 0 0 0 1
  Nixon pr,cf 2 1 2 1
Wallach 3b 3 0 1 1
Jones cf,rf 3 0 1 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Santovenia c 4 1 1 1
Rivera ss 4 0 0 0
Perez p 3 0 0 0
  Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds lf 4 1 0 0
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 2 3 1
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 1
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 2
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Prince c 1 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Destrade ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Montreal 112 000 0206100
Pittsburgh 200 001 010470
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W (8-5) 7.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Hesketh   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Burke  SV (10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (9-8) 2.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Kipper   4.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Jones   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Rucker   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
3

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Hudler (7,off Smiley); Wallach (23,off Jones), Pittsburgh Bonilla (21,off Perez).  HR–Montreal Santovenia (4,2nd inning off Smiley 0 on, 1 out); Galarraga (22,3rd inning off Smiley 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (18,6th inning off Perez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Brooks (4,off Smiley).  HBP–Brooks (1,by Smiley).  IBB–Jones (3,by Jones); Bream (2,by Perez).  SB–Hudler 2 (19,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere,3rd base off Smiley/LaValliere); Nixon (29,3rd base off Kipper/Prince); Van Slyke (15,2nd base off Perez/Santovenia).  CS–Nixon (4,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere); Jones (3,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere); Hudler (1,2nd base by Rucker/Prince).  HBP–Smiley (2,Brooks).  IBB–Perez (4,Bream); Jones (6,Jones).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:57.  A–16,099.
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