Two throwing errors in the eighth inning enabled the Pirates to score the run that defeated the Expos, 7-6. Bombo Rivera hit an inside-the-park homer for the first grand slam of his major league career to enable the Expos to tie the score at 4-4 in the third.

After each club picked up a pair of singletons to effect another deadlock, Al Oliver doubled for the Pirates in the eighth and took third on a wild pickoff attempt by Dale Murray. Willie Stargell then flied out in left field foul territory and when Pepe Mangual threw the ball over catcher Barry Foote's head, Oliver scored the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Montreal Expos 6
Game Played on Saturday, June      26, 1976 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Pirates      3  1  0    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   7 12  2
Expos        0  0  4    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   6  9  3


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   1   1   0     1   1   .251      Mangual cf,lf         4   0   0   1     1   0   .280
Stennett 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Foli ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Oliver cf             3   2   2   1     2   0   .338      Roenicke rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Stargell 1b           4   1   0   0     1   2   .279        Lyttle ph,rf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .320
Zisk lf               5   0   2   2     0   1   .297      Morales 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .333
Robinson rf           5   0   0   0     0   4   .321        White pr,cf         1   1   0   0     0   1   .240
Sanguillen c          5   2   3   1     0   1   .272      Mackanin 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .238
Helms 3b              3   0   0   0     2   1   .314      Foote c               4   1   1   1     1   0   .230
Reuss p               2   1   2   1     1   0   .303      Rivera lf             3   1   2   4     0   0   .269
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen ph,1b     0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
  Parker ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .278      Parrish 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .206
  Demery p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Warthen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cox ph              0   0   0   0     1   0   .172
                                                            Kirby p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
                                                            Lang p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  12   6     7  12             Totals               36   6   9   6     4   1

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 10,445
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Expos 9
DP: Pirates 1, Expos 0
Errors: Taveras, Helms, Mangual, Roenicke, Murray
Doubles: Oliver (12), Foote (6), Lyttle (4)
Home Runs: Rivera (1)
Stolen Bases: Taveras 2 (18), Foli (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kirby (5), Mackanin (2)
GIDP: Parrish (7)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   5.2   6   5   5   3   0   1  29   4.19
Tekulve                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.97
Demery W(5-1)           3     3   1   1   1   1   0  12   3.83
Totals                  9     9   6   6   4   1   1  42

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Warthen                 0.2   3   3   3   2   2   0   7   5.98
Dunning                 1.1   3   1   0   0   2   0   6   4.45
Kirby                   4.2   5   2   2   5   6   0  24   4.75
Murray L(0-5)           1.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   5   3.14
Lang                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.63
Totals                  9    12   7   5   7  12   0  45

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Doug Harvey


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second;
Stennett struck out; Taveras stole third; Oliver walked;
Stargell walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to center
[Taveras scored, Oliver scored, Stargell to third]; Robinson
struck out; Sanguillen singled to center [Stargell scored, Zisk
to third]; DUNNING REPLACED WARTHEN (PITCHING); Helms flied out
to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Mangual walked; Foli forced Mangual (shortstop to
second); Foli stole second; Roenicke popped to first in foul
territory; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 3, Expos 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Reuss singled to center; Taveras struck out;
Stennett singled to right [Reuss to third (error by Roenicke),
Stennett out at second (right to shortstop)]; Oliver singled to
right [Reuss scored (unearned)]; Stargell struck out; 1 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Mackanin flied out to right; Foote reached on an
error by Helms [Foote to second]; Rivera singled to shortstop
[Foote stayed at second]; Parrish flied out to right; COX BATTED
FOR DUNNING; Cox walked [Foote to third, Rivera to second];
Mangual popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Expos 0.

PIRATES 3RD: KIRBY REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Zisk singled to
left; Robinson struck out; Sanguillen struck out; Helms struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Foli flied out to left; Roenicke grounded out (third
to first); Morales singled to left; Mackanin singled to center
[Morales to second]; Foote walked [Morales to third, Mackanin to
second]; Rivera hit an inside the park homer to center [Morales
scored, Mackanin scored, Foote scored]; Parrish popped to
second; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 4.

PIRATES 4TH: Reuss walked; Taveras flied out to left; Stennett
flied out to center; Oliver walked [Reuss to second]; Stargell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Kirby flied out to center; Mangual grounded out
(pitcher to first); Foli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 4, Expos 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk was called out on strikes; Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen singled to right; Helms
walked [Sanguillen to second]; Reuss singled to left [Sanguillen
scored, Helms to second]; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Roenicke flied out to center; Morales grounded out
(third to first); Mackanin reached on an error by Taveras; Foote
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Expos 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Rivera flied out to left; Parrish singled to center;
Kirby reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Parrish
to second]; Mangual forced Kirby (shortstop to second) [Parrish
scored]; Foli singled to left [Mangual to third]; TEKULVE
REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); LYTTLE BATTED FOR ROENICKE; Lyttle
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Expos 5.

PIRATES 7TH: LYTTLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Zisk grounded
out (shortstop to first); Robinson struck out; Sanguillen
singled to left; Helms walked [Sanguillen to second]; PARKER
BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Parker singled to right [Sanguillen scored,
Helms to third]; Taveras walked [Parker to second]; MURRAY
REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Stennett grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: DEMERY REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); Morales singled to
center; WHITE RAN FOR MORALES; Mackanin out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [White to second]; Foote doubled to left
[White scored]; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR RIVERA; Jorgensen was
walked intentionally; Parrish grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 6.

PIRATES 8TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MANGUAL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
Oliver doubled to center; Oliver was picked off second but was
safe on an error by Murray [Oliver to third]; Stargell flied to
left in foul territory [Oliver scored (error by Mangual)
(unearned)]; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 7, Expos 6.

EXPOS 8TH: DWYER BATTED FOR MURRAY; Dwyer lined to shortstop;
Mangual popped to first in foul territory; Foli lined to
pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 7, Expos 6.

PIRATES 9TH: LANG REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Sanguillen grounded
out (pitcher to first); Helms grounded out (third to first);
Demery was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
7, Expos 6.

EXPOS 9TH: Lyttle doubled to left; White struck out; Mackanin
flied out to right; Foote flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 7, Expos 6.