Pittsburgh Pirates vs Montreal Expos
August 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1988 at Stade Olympique. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Montreal Expos 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 2 0
Lind 2b 4 3 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 2 2 0
Bonilla 3b 4 3 2 2
Bream 1b 4 1 2 4
Reynolds rf 4 0 1 1
LaValliere c 5 0 1 0
Belliard ss 5 0 1 0
Fisher p 3 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 12 7
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 3 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 1 0 0
  Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
  Barrett p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 0
Raines lf 4 1 2 1
Galarraga 1b 5 0 1 0
Brooks rf 5 1 3 1
Wallach 3b 5 1 2 1
Foley 2b 3 0 1 1
Fitzgerald c 4 0 0 0
Hudler ss 4 1 1 0
Dopson p 1 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,cf 3 2 2 1
Totals 38 8 13 5
Pittsburgh 202 010 23010121
Montreal 010 001 3128132
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (7-9) 6.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Rucker   0.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Gott  SV (19) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
2
3
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson  L (3-7) 4.2 5 5 3 4 3
  Heaton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  McGaffigan   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Hesketh   1.0 2 3 1 1 1
  Barrett   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
6
6
6

  E–Belliard (7), Hudler 2 (4).  PB–LaValliere (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (16,off Dopson); Bonds (27,off Heaton); Bream 2 (30,off McGaffigan,off Hesketh); Reynolds (9,off McGaffigan), Montreal Hudler (10,off Fisher); Nixon (6,off Fisher); Wallach (25,off Robinson); W Johnson (3,off Robinson); Raines (15,off Robinson).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla (19,1st inning off Dopson 1 on, 2 out), Montreal Wallach (10,2nd inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bream (7,off Dopson); Foley (2,off Robinson).  IBB–Bonilla (17,by Dopson).  SB–Bonds (14,2nd base off Dopson/Fitzgerald); Belliard (7,2nd base off Barrett/Fitzgerald); Nixon 2 (32,2nd base off Fisher/LaValliere,3rd base off Rucker/LaValliere); Raines (30,2nd base off Jones/LaValliere).  CS–Foley (2,2nd base by Fisher/LaValliere).  WP–Hesketh (3).  BK–Gott (6).  IBB–Dopson (2,Bonilla).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:39.  A–37,681.
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