Dave Parker doubled in the first inning for his 200th hit, becoming the first N. L. batter to reach that total this season, and added a triple and two-run homer to mark the Pirates' 10-4 victory over the Expos. Bill Robinson also hit a two-run homer for the Pirates, while the Expos had solo swats by Ellis Valentine and Gary Carter. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Montreal Expos 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 11, 1977 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    1  2  0  -   4 11  1
Pirates      3  3  0    0  0  3    1  0  x  -  10 16  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   1   2   0     0   1   .286      Taveras ss            5   2   3   0     0   0   .251
  Frias 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Garner 2b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .254
Cromartie lf          5   0   2   0     0   0   .278      Parker rf             4   3   3   2     1   1   .348
Dawson cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .283      Robinson 1b           4   2   3   2     0   0   .306
Perez 1b              3   0   0   1     0   2   .289        Berra 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .107
  Blackwell c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Oliver lf             4   1   2   1     1   1   .302
Valentine rf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Moreno cf             4   0   1   1     1   0   .249
Carter c              3   1   1   1     0   0   .274      Macha 3b,1b           4   0   2   1     1   0   .229
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     1   2   .244
  Mackanin ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .227      Kison p               4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .130        Edwards pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Papi 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .230
Holdsworth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Landreth p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Schatzeder p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Alcala p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Morales ph,c,1b     2   0   0   0     0   1   .182

Totals               37   4  11   4     2   6             Totals               36  10  16   9     6   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  9,470
Left on Base: Expos 9, Pirates 9
DP: Expos 1, Pirates 1
Errors: Speier, Garner
Doubles: Parker (43), Robinson (27)
Triples: Parker (7)
Home Runs: Valentine (24), Carter (25), Robinson (25), Parker (20)
Stolen Bases: Taveras 2 (60), Robinson (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (8), Garner (2)
GIDP: Perez (12), Garner (12)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holdsworth L(2-2)       0.2   4   3   3   1   0   1   7   4.95
Landreth                1.1   5   3   3   2   1   0  10  20.25
Schatzeder              2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   4.15
Alcala                  2     3   3   2   2   2   1  10   5.03
Atkinson                1     3   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.64
Brown                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.48
Totals                  8    16  10   9   6   5   2  43

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison W(8-8)            7     5   2   2   2   5   2  27   4.78
Tekulve                 2     6   2   2   0   1   0  13   3.06
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   6   2  40

Passed Balls: Carter (7)
Wild Pitches: Atkinson (5)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford


EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Cromartie
singled to second; Dawson flied out to left; Perez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second
[Taveras to third (error by Speier)]; Garner hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Taveras scored]; Parker doubled to left; Robinson
homered [Parker scored]; Oliver walked; Moreno flied out to
center; Macha singled to right [Oliver to second]; LANDRETH
REPLACED HOLDSWORTH (PITCHING); Dyer walked [Oliver to third,
Macha to second]; Kison struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos
0, Pirates 3.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine lined to second; Carter flied out to
center; Papi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 2ND: Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second;
Garner singled to left [Taveras scored, Garner to second (on
throw to home)]; Garner was picked off second (catcher to second
to first to shortstop to third); Parker walked; Robinson singled
to center [Parker to second]; Oliver singled to right [Parker
scored, Robinson to second]; Robinson stole third; Moreno made
an out to first; Macha singled to center [Robinson scored,
Oliver to third]; Dyer flied out to right; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 0, Pirates 6.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier grounded out (third to first); UNSER BATTED
FOR LANDRETH; Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
singled to third; Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 3RD: SCHATZEDER REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Kison flied
out to center; Taveras grounded out (third to first); Garner
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Pirates 6.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson walked; Perez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Dawson out at second]; Valentine
homered; Carter flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker struck out; Robinson doubled to left; Oliver
struck out; Moreno walked; Macha forced Moreno (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 6.

EXPOS 5TH: Papi grounded out (third to first); Speier walked;
WHITE BATTED FOR SCHATZEDER; White struck out; Cash struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 5TH: ALCALA REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Dyer struck out;
Kison flied out to left; Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 6.

EXPOS 6TH: Cromartie flied out to center; Dawson flied out to
right; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates
6.

PIRATES 6TH: Garner walked; Parker homered [Garner scored];
Robinson grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to
shortstop; Carter allowed a passed ball [Oliver to second];
Moreno singled to center [Oliver scored (unearned), Moreno out
at second (center to first to shortstop)]; Macha walked; Dyer
struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Pirates 9.

EXPOS 7TH: BERRA REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); MACHA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Valentine grounded out (shortstop to
first); Carter homered; Papi grounded out (shortstop to first);
Speier singled to right; MORALES BATTED FOR ALCALA; Morales
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Pirates 9.

PIRATES 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ATKINSON
REPLACED CARTER (PITCHING); Kison singled to left; EDWARDS RAN
FOR KISON; Taveras singled to center [Edwards to second]; Garner
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Edwards to third, Taveras out at second]; Atkinson threw a wild
pitch [Edwards scored]; Parker tripled to left; Berra flied out
to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Pirates 10.

EXPOS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED EDWARDS (PITCHING); Cash singled to
center; Cromartie singled to right [Cash to second]; Dawson
forced Cromartie (second unassisted) [Cash to third]; Perez hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Cash scored]; Valentine singled to
second [Dawson to second]; MACKANIN BATTED FOR ATKINSON;
Mackanin singled to left [Dawson scored, Valentine to second];
Papi lined to first; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 4, Pirates 10.

PIRATES 8TH: FRIAS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); BROWN REPLACED
MACKANIN (PITCHING); BLACKWELL REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C );
MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Oliver flied out to
right; Moreno lined to second; Macha grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Pirates 10.

EXPOS 9TH: Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales
reached on an error by Garner [Morales to first]; Frias singled
to center [Morales to second]; Cromartie flied out to center;
Dawson singled to right [Morales to third, Frias to second];
Blackwell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 4, Pirates 10.