Al Oliver and Richie Hebner each homered with a man on base in the fifth inning to help power the Pirates to an 8-3 victory over the Expos. The Pirates also had an inside-the-park homer by Rennie Stennett in the third. Tim Foli committed three errors in one inning -- one less than the major league record for shortstops -- and Hector Torres threw in one to enable the Pirates to score three unearned runs in the second.

All of the Expos' runs off Steve Blass in the eighth were unearned. Mike Jorgensen doubled with one out. Bob Robertson dropped a foul by Coco Laboy for an error. Returning to the plate, Laboy singled to score Jorgensen. After Ken Singleton was retired, Ron Fairly hit a homer. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1972 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Pirates      0  3  1    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   8 10  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  7  4


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Davalillo rf          4   0   0   1     0   1   .333      Jorgensen cf          3   1   1   0     1   1   .225
  Zisk rf,lf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Foli ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Clines lf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .340        Laboy 2b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .091
  Clemente rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Singleton lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .275
Oliver cf             4   1   2   2     1   1   .317      Fairly 1b             4   1   2   2     0   1   .265
Stargell 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .314      McCarver c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Robertson 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Woods rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Hebner 3b             5   1   1   2     0   2   .300      Bailey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Stennett 2b           3   2   1   1     1   1   .289      Torres 2b,ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .161
May c                 4   1   0   0     0   0   .287      Stoneman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .088
Alley ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .248        Renko p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Blass p               4   1   1   0     0   1   .164        Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
                                                            Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Day ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .218

Totals               39   8  10   7     2   9             Totals               34   3   7   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 17,092
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Expos 6
DP: Pirates 0, Expos 0
Errors: Robertson, Foli 3, Torres
Doubles: Torres (2), Jorgensen (11)
Home Runs: Stennett (3), Oliver (12), Hebner (18), Fairly (12)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blass W(17-6)           9     7   3   0   2   5   1  36   2.38
Totals                  9     7   3   0   2   5   1  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman L(10-12)       4     7   8   5   2   5   3  23   3.03
Renko                   4     2   0   0   0   3   0  14   4.95
Strohmayer              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.46
Totals                  9    10   8   5   2   9   3  41

Wild Pitches: Strohmayer (3)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


PIRATES 1ST: Davalillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Clines
flied out to left; Oliver walked; Stargell singled to right
[Oliver to second]; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Jorgensen struck out; Foli grounded out (second to
first); Singleton walked; Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett walked; May reached on an error by Torres
[Stennett to second, May to first]; Alley struck out; Blass
reached on an error by Foli [Stennett scored (error by Foli)
(unearned) (no RBI), May to third, Blass to second]; Davalillo
grounded out (second to first) [May scored (unearned), Blass to
third]; Clines singled to shortstop [Blass scored (unearned),
Clines to second (error by Foli)]; Oliver struck out; 3 R (0
ER), 1 H, 4 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); Woods
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stargell grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
made an out to shortstop; Stennett homered; May grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Torres doubled to center; Stoneman struck out;
Jorgensen walked; Foli grounded out (pitcher to first) [Torres
to third, Jorgensen to second]; Singleton flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 0.

PIRATES 4TH: LABOY REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING 2B); TORRES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Alley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blass struck out; Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairly struck out; McCarver grounded out (shortstop
to first); Woods made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 4, Expos 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Clines singled to second; Oliver homered [Clines
scored]; Stargell singled to center; Hebner homered [Stargell
scored]; RENKO REPLACED STONEMAN (PITCHING); Stennett grounded
out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (first unassisted);
Alley singled to center; Blass grounded out (second to first); 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres
flied out to right; Renko singled to center; Jorgensen forced
Renko (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos
0.

PIRATES 6TH: Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Clines
made an out to shortstop; Oliver lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: ZISK REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING RF); Laboy flied out
to right; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Fairly
singled to right; McCarver made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Stargell flied to right in foul territory; Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING 1B); Woods
grounded out (first unassisted); Bailey struck out; Torres
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 8, Expos 0.

PIRATES 8TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Alley struck
out; Blass singled to center; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: FAIREY BATTED FOR RENKO; Fairey flied out to right;
Jorgensen doubled to center; Robertson dropped a foul fly hit by
Laboy for an error; Laboy singled to center [Jorgensen scored
(unearned)]; Singleton popped to third in foul territory; Fairly
homered (unearned) [Laboy scored (unearned)]; McCarver singled
to left; Woods made an out to second; 3 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 3.

PIRATES 9TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED FAIREY (PITCHING); Clines lined
to second; Oliver singled to center; Strohmayer threw a wild
pitch [Oliver to second]; Robertson grounded out (third to
first); Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: CLEMENTE REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING RF); ZISK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bailey grounded out (shortstop to
first); Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); DAY BATTED FOR
STROHMAYER; Day grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Expos 3.