Luke Walker, who had become the Pirates' leading pitcher since returning to the starting rotation, scattered seven hits and beat the Expos, 8-0, for his fifth straight victory and eighth in 11 decisions since coming out of the bullpen August 5. The victory boosted the Pirates' East division lead to 2½ games over the idle Mets and retained their 2½-game edge over the Cubs.

Walker's complete game was the first by a Pirate pitcher since Walker himself hurled the route against the Cardinals September 10. The Pirates backed their lefthander with a 15-hit attack, including a triple and two singles by Gene Alley, who drove in four runs. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 24, 1970 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
Pirates      0  3  0    0  1  2    2  0  x  -   8 15  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hahn cf,lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Alou cf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .294
Sutherland 2b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .202      Cash 2b               5   1   2   1     0   1   .314
Staub rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .272      Oliver rf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Bailey lf,3b          4   0   2   0     0   2   .293      Stargell lf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .264
Bateman c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Robertson 1b          4   2   2   0     0   1   .286
Fairly 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .288      Sanguillen c          4   2   3   1     0   0   .326
Laboy 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .199      Hebner 3b             4   3   2   1     0   0   .281
  Mashore cf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .167      Alley ss              4   0   3   4     0   0   .243
Wine ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .228      Walker p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .140
Renko p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .114
  Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   7   0     3   6             Totals               38   8  15   8     1   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,026
Left on Base: Expos 8, Pirates 8
DP: Expos 1, Pirates 3
Errors: Sutherland, Hebner
Doubles: Robertson (17), Hebner (22), Oliver (33)
Triples: Alley (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Walker (8)
GIDP: Bateman (14), Phillips (5), Sutherland (8), Alley (6)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(12-11)          5     8   4   4   1   4   0  23   4.37
Strohmayer              0     3   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.86
McGinn                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.28
Raymond                 2     3   2   0   0   1   0  10   4.45
Totals                  8    15   8   6   1   5   0  40

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker W(15-6)          9     7   0   0   3   6   0  35   3.10
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   6   0  35

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


EXPOS 1ST: Hahn flied out to left; Sutherland walked; Staub
singled [Sutherland to second]; Bailey struck out; Bateman
reached on an error by Hebner [Sutherland to third, Staub to
second, Bateman to first]; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Alou flied out to center; Cash grounded out (first
unassisted); Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Laboy grounded out (shortstop to first); Wine flied
out to center; Renko made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: MASHORE REPLACED LABOY (PLAYING CF); HAHN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAILEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Stargell struck out; Robertson doubled; Sanguillen singled
[Robertson scored]; Hebner doubled [Sanguillen scored]; Alley
singled [Hebner scored]; Walker struck out; Alou singled [Alley
to second]; Cash grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Hahn flied out to center; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 3RD: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Stargell
grounded out (first to pitcher); Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey singled; Bateman grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bailey out at second]; Fairly
singled; Mashore struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen singled; Hebner flied out to center;
Alley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Sanguillen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Pirates 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Wine grounded out (shortstop to first); Renko
grounded out (second to first); Hahn made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Walker struck out; Alou flied out to right; Cash
singled; Oliver doubled [Cash scored]; Stargell was walked
intentionally; Robertson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
walked; Bailey singled [Staub to second]; Bateman forced Bailey
(second unassisted) [Staub to third]; Fairly grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Sanguillen
singled; Hebner singled [Sanguillen to second]; Alley singled
[Sanguillen scored, Hebner to second]; MCGINN REPLACED
STROHMAYER (PITCHING); Walker out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Hebner to third, Alley to second]; Alou grounded out
(first to pitcher); Cash singled [Hebner scored, Alley to
third]; Oliver forced Cash (second to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 6.

EXPOS 7TH: Mashore struck out; Wine singled; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR
MCGINN; Phillips grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Wine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: RAYMOND REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Stargell
flied out to left; Robertson singled; Sanguillen made an out to
first; Hebner reached on an error by Sutherland [Robertson to
second, Hebner to first]; Alley tripled [Robertson scored
(unearned), Hebner scored (unearned)]; Walker grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Pirates 8.

EXPOS 8TH: Hahn singled; Sutherland grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Hahn out at second]; Staub made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 8.

PIRATES 8TH: Alou singled; Cash struck out; Oliver made an out
to third; Stargell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Pirates 8.

EXPOS 9TH: Bailey struck out; Bateman singled; Fairly walked
[Bateman to second]; Mashore flied out to center; Wine grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates
8.