Pittsburgh Pirates vs Montreal Expos
April 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1996 at Stade Olympique. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Montreal Expos 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Liriano 2b 4 1 1 1
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
King 3b 4 1 1 1
Merced rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Kingery cf 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Ericks p 1 0 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
  Brumfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Cordova p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 2 1 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz 2b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 3 3 4
Alou rf 3 3 1 1
  Santangelo rf 0 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 1 2 0
White cf 4 1 2 1
Fletcher c 4 1 2 5
  Pacheco p 0 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 0 0 0
Martinez p 3 0 0 0
  Spehr ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 11 11
Pittsburgh 100 000 100231
Montreal 206 012 00x11110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ericks  L (0-3) 2.1 7 7 7 1 2
  Hancock   2.2 3 2 1 0 1
  Cordova   3.0 1 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
11
10
2
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (1-1) 8.0 3 2 2 0 7
  Pacheco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
0
8

  E–King (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Montreal Rodriguez (5,off Ericks).  HR–Pittsburgh Liriano (1,1st inning off Martinez 0 on, 0 out); King (5,7th inning off Martinez 0 on, 0 out), Montreal Rodriguez 2 (5,1st inning off Ericks 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Cordova 1 on, 2 out); Alou (4,1st inning off Ericks 0 on, 2 out); Fletcher (2,3rd inning off Hancock 3 on, 1 out).  SB–White (4,2nd base off Ericks/Kendall); Grudzielanek (2,2nd base off Ericks/Kendall).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:11.  A–14,022.
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