Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1990 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf,cf 4 2 2 1
Martinez D. cf 3 1 1 1
  Grissom ph,lf 1 1 1 1
DeShields 2b 5 0 2 3
Wallach 3b 5 0 1 0
Walker rf 4 1 2 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 2
Fitzgerald c 4 2 3 1
Foley ss 4 0 2 0
  Roomes pr 0 1 0 0
  Owen ss 0 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 1 0 0 0
  Sampen p 0 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Frey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 15 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 3 1 1 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
King 3b 5 1 2 3
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 2 3 1
Bream 1b 2 0 1 0
  Redus ph,1b 1 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 2 0
  Slaught ph,c 0 1 0 0
Belliard ss 1 0 0 0
  Carter ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell ss 1 0 1 1
Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Palacios p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Ryal ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  McClendon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Montreal 022 001 0049150
Pittsburgh 000 121 0015110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rojas  W (2-1) 3.2 5 1 1 1 2
  Sampen   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Ruskin   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Burke   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Frey   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  L (5-5) 2.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Palacios   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Heaton   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Bair   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Kipper   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Power   1.0 3 3 3 0 2
  Patterson   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
2
8

  E–None.  PB–Fitzgerald (3).  2B–Montreal Walker (17,off Walk); Fitzgerald (15,off Walk); DeShields (25,off Walk), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (20,off Rojas).  3B–Montreal Dave Martinez (5,off Walk).  HR–Montreal Galarraga (18,2nd inning off Walk 1 on, 1 out); Fitzgerald (9,6th inning off Bair 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bonds (26,4th inning off Rojas 0 on, 2 out); King (13,5th inning off Sampen 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Rojas (3,off Heaton); Slaught (3,off Ruskin).  SF–Bell (6,off Burke).  CS–Nixon (12,2nd base by Walk/LaValliere); Dave Martinez (10,2nd base by Kipper/Slaught); Walker (7,2nd base by Power/Slaught); Bonds (11,2nd base by Burke/Fitzgerald).  WP–Palacios (1).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:43.  A–22,023.
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