Getting four-hit pitching from Woodie Fryman, the Expos ended a six-game losing streak and stopped the Pirates on their 10-game winning streak, 1-0. Jerry Reuss matched Fryman's shutout work until the eighth inning when the Expos pushed over their run.

Bombo Rivera led off with a single, moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Del Unser and halted at third on a short single by Tim Foli. Pinch-hitter Jose Morales then grounded to Rennie Stennett, who fumbled the ball for an error as Rivera scored. Morales was given an RBI on the play. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   1  8  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .259      Rivera lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .285
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Unser cf              3   0   1   0     0   2   .228
Zisk lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Foli ss               4   0   2   0     0   1   .267
Robertson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Parrish 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .234
Parker rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .300        Morales ph          1   0   0   1     0   0   .329
Robinson cf           3   0   1   0     0   2   .297        Frias pr,3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Sanguillen c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Williams 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .221
Helms 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Reuss p               3   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Mackanin 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .221
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garrett 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                          Jorgensen rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
                                                          Fryman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   6             Totals               30   1   8   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance:  6,180
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Expos 9
DP: Pirates 1, Expos 1
Errors: Stennett
Sacrifice Hits: Fryman (8), Unser (9)
GIDP: Mackanin (9)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(12-8)           7.1   8   1   1   1   5   0  31   3.89
Tekulve                 0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.67
Totals                  8     8   1   1   2   5   0  34

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman W(11-10)         9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32   3.26
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Runge


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to left; Stennett lined to center;
Zisk walked [Taveras to second]; Robertson hit into a double
play (third to first) [Taveras out at home (first to catcher)];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
struck out; Foli singled to center; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Robinson
was called out on strikes; Sanguillen flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Williams lined to left; Carter singled to center;
Mackanin grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Carter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos
0.

PIRATES 3RD: Helms lined to third; Reuss struck out; Taveras
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); Fryman
grounded out (third to first); Rivera grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

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

EXPOS 4TH: Unser struck out; Foli flied out to left; Parrish
singled to center; Williams singled to left [Parrish to third];
Carter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Expos 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Parker struck out; Robinson struck out; Sanguillen
walked; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen
singled to center; Fryman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Jorgensen to second]; Rivera was walked intentionally;
Unser singled to shortstop [Jorgensen to third, Rivera to
second]; Foli struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Expos 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Reuss singled to pitcher; Taveras forced Reuss
(pitcher to shortstop); Stennett flied out to center; Zisk flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Williams flied
out to center; Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 0, Expos 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker
grounded out (third to first); Robinson singled to center;
Sanguillen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Mackanin struck out; Jorgensen flied out to right;
Fryman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Expos 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Helms popped to shortstop; Reuss flied out to
center; Taveras singled to shortstop; Stennett flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Rivera singled to right; Unser out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Rivera to second]; Foli singled to left
[Rivera to third]; MORALES BATTED FOR PARRISH; Morales reached
on an error by Stennett [Rivera scored (RBI), Foli to second,
Morales to first]; FRIAS RAN FOR MORALES; TEKULVE REPLACED REUSS
(PITCHING); Williams walked [Foli to third, Frias to second];
Carter forced Foli (pitcher to catcher) [Frias to third,
Williams to second]; Mackanin flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 1.

PIRATES 9TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARRETT REPLACED
MACKANIN (PLAYING 2B); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first);
Robertson grounded out (third to first); Parker struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Expos 1.