Allowing five hits, Steve Rogers pitched the Expos to a 2-0 victory over the Pirates, who lost despite the fact that Bruce Kison gave up just four hits and, at one stage, retired 18 batters in succession. However, Kison's fate was sealed when Wayne Garrett tripled in the first inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Larry Parrish. The Expos' insurance run in the eighth was unearned. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    1, 1976 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Expos        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Valentine cf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .264      Taveras ss            3   0   2   0     1   1   .258
Garrett 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .219      Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Parrish 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .211      Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .340
Williams c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .208      Stargell 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Unser rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .225      Parker rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Foli ss               3   0   1   0     0   2   .268      Zisk lf               3   0   2   0     0   0   .296
Jorgensen lf,1b       3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Robinson 3b           2   0   1   0     1   1   .321
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Dyer c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  White pr,lf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .234        Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Rogers p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .109        Sanguillen c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .287
                                                          Kison p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .216
                                                            Hebner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   4   2     1   8             Totals               30   0   5   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 17,150
Left on Base: Expos 3, Pirates 5
DP: Expos 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Stennett, Sanguillen
Doubles: Robinson (18)
Triples: Garrett (2)
Stolen Bases: White (11), Valentine (3), Taveras (37)
Caught Stealing: Unser (5), Taveras (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Parrish (4)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers W(4-10)          9     5   0   0   2   4   0  32   3.53
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   4   0  32

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison L(8-7)            8     4   2   1   0   8   0  29   3.24
Giusti                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.19
Totals                  9     4   2   1   1   8   0  32

Balks: Rogers (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dick Stello


EXPOS 1ST: Valentine lined to center; Garrett tripled; Parrish
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garrett scored]; Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras struck out; Stennett flied out to right;
Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Unser singled to third; Foli singled to center [Unser
to second]; Jorgensen flied out to center; Thornton grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Unser to third, Foli to second]; Rogers
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell flied out to left; Parker popped to
shortstop; Zisk singled to left; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine flied out to right; Garrett flied out to
left; Parrish grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Kison
grounded out (pitcher to first); Taveras walked; Rogers balked
[Taveras to second]; Taveras was picked off second (pitcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Williams flied out to center; Unser flied out to
right; Foli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stennett struck out; Oliver popped to shortstop;
Stargell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Jorgensen flied out to right; Thornton struck out;
Rogers was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk lined
to center; Robinson doubled to left; Dyer grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine struck out; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Kison grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras
singled to left; Taveras stole second; Stennett grounded out
(second to first) [Taveras to third]; Oliver grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Williams struck out; Unser struck out; Foli struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Stargell flied out to right; Parker struck out;
Zisk singled to center; Robinson walked [Zisk to second];
KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR DYER; Kirkpatrick flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 0.

EXPOS 8TH: SANGUILLEN REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING C );
Jorgensen reached on an error by Stennett [Jorgensen to first];
Thornton forced Jorgensen (shortstop to second); WHITE RAN FOR
THORNTON; White stole second [White to third (error by
Sanguillen)]; Rogers popped to catcher in foul territory;
Valentine singled to left [White scored (unearned)]; Valentine
stole second; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: JORGENSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WHITE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HEBNER BATTED FOR KISON; Hebner
grounded out (second to first); Taveras singled to center;
Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Stennett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Pirates 0.

EXPOS 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED HEBNER (PITCHING); Parrish popped to
first in foul territory; Williams walked; Unser forced Williams
(second to shortstop); Unser was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Stargell
lined to center; Parker popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Pirates 0.