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. Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Montreal Expos 6Game Played on Saturday, June 26, 1976 (Night game) at Parc JarryPirates 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. |
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