Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1988 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 0 1 1
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Brooks rf 4 0 1 0
Foley 2b 4 1 1 0
O'Malley 3b 4 1 2 0
Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 1
Rivera ss 1 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 0 0 0 1
  Sauveur p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,cf 0 1 0 0
  Wallach ph 1 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Huson ph,ss 2 1 2 1
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 2b 4 0 1 0
  Belliard 2b,ss 0 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 1 2 1
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 1
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 1 1 0
Fermin ss 2 2 1 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Drabek p 3 0 1 1
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Lind 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Montreal 000 020 200482
Pittsburgh 220 100 00x592
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (10-9) 4.0 6 5 3 0 1
  Sauveur   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McGaffigan   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
3
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (14-6) 6.2 7 4 4 1 5
  Robinson   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gott  SV (27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
7

  E–Foley (12), Fitzgerald (6), Bonds (5), Drabek (4).  DP–Montreal 1, Pittsburgh 1.  3B–Pittsburgh Fermin (1,off B Smith).  SF–Nettles (2,off Drabek); Bonilla (7,off B Smith).  HBP–Fermin (1,by B Smith).  IBB–LaValliere (10,by McGaffigan).  SB–Huson (1,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere); Reynolds 2 (14,2nd base off B Smith/Fitzgerald,3rd base off B Smith/Fitzgerald); LaValliere (2,3rd base off B Smith/Fitzgerald); Fermin (2,2nd base off B Smith/Fitzgerald).  HBP–B Smith (8,Fermin).  IBB–McGaffigan (7,LaValliere).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:38.  A–16,494.
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