Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1997 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 1 1 0
  Cabrera ss 0 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz 2b 0 0 0 0
Vidro 3b 4 0 2 0
Segui 1b 4 0 1 0
  DeHart p 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
White cf 4 0 1 0
McGuire rf 3 0 0 0
  Meulens ph 1 0 0 0
Chavez c 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Paniagua p 1 0 0 0
  Fullmer ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 2 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 2 4 0
  Nunez 2b 0 0 0 0
Ward cf 3 1 0 0
Martin lf 2 1 1 4
Young 1b 3 1 1 1
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 2 2 1
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 2
  Collier ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 11 8
Montreal 000 001 010260
Pittsburgh 100 410 02x8111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (2-4) 3.1 4 5 5 1 1
  Paniagua   3.2 4 1 1 2 2
  DeHart   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (10-14) 7.2 6 2 2 0 7
  Christiansen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
8

  E–Womack (20).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Vidro (10,off Lieber); Grudzielanek (52,off Lieber), Pittsburgh Guillen (20,off Paniagua); Womack 2 (26,off Paniagua 2).  HR–Montreal Fullmer (2,8th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Martin (11,4th inning off Johnson 1 on, 0 out); Young (18,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out); Dunston (14,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out); Smith (9,8th inning off DeHart 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Martin 2 (4,off Johnson,off Paniagua).  HBP–Randa (6,by Paniagua).  SB–Womack (53,2nd base off Johnson/Chavez); Dunston (31,2nd base off DeHart/Chavez).  WP–Lieber (2).  HBP–Paniagua (2,Randa).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:12.  A–8,010.
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