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Rookie Ed Whitson received credit for his first major league victory as the Pirates downed the Expos, 6-3. Bill Robinson and Ken Macha each drove in a run with doubles in the fifth when the Pirates moved ahead, 5-3. Frank Taveras stole two bases, giving him a club record 64 for the year. The game's start was delayed 2½ hours by rain. [The Sporting News] Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 3Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Night game) at Stade OlympiquePirates 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 - 6 12 0
Expos 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Taveras ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .255 Cash 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .290
Garner 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .257 Papi 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .222
Parker rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .340 Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Robinson 1b 5 2 1 2 0 1 .302 Mackanin 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Oliver lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .302 Dawson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .275
Ott c 4 0 1 1 1 1 .260 Perez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296
Macha 3b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .276 Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .304
Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Carter c 4 1 1 1 0 3 .279
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Cromartie lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .280
Reuss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Speier ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .231
Whitson p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Landreth p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Gossage p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
White ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .429
Alcala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071
Totals 38 6 12 6 4 6 Totals 33 3 6 3 2 10
Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 12,674
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Expos 5
DP: Pirates 0, Expos 0
Doubles: Parker (44), Garner 2 (33), Macha 2 (4), Robinson (30), Taveras (19)
Triples: Cash (7), Cromartie (7), Perez (5)
Stolen Bases: Taveras 2 (64), Parker (15), Dawson (18), Carter (3)
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Reuss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.03
Whitson W(1-0) 5 5 3 3 2 5 0 22 6.48
Gossage SV(23) 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 13 1.75
Totals 9 6 3 3 2 10 0 35
Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Landreth L(0-1) 4.2 8 5 5 3 2 0 24 12.00
Brown 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 7 4.48
McEnaney 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.94
Alcala 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.94
Totals 9 12 6 6 4 6 0 42
Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello
PIRATES 1ST: 2:10 rain delay before start of game;
Taveras made an out to second; Garner walked; Parker doubled to
left [Garner to third]; Robinson reached on a fielder's choice
[Parker out at third (shortstop to third to second), Garner
scored]; Oliver singled to left [Robinson to third]; Ott walked
[Oliver to second]; Macha singled to right [Robinson scored,
Oliver out at home (right to catcher to third), Ott to
second]; Jerry Reuss injured warming up; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 0.
EXPOS 1ST: WHITSON REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Cash flied out to
right; Papi popped to catcher in foul territory; Dawson popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Moreno grounded out (second to first); Whitson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 0.
EXPOS 2ND: Perez flied out to right; Valentine popped to first;
Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 0.
PIRATES 3RD: Garner doubled to center; Parker struck out;
Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garner to third];
Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2,
Expos 0.
EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie flied out to center; Speier walked;
Landreth struck out; Cash tripled to right [Speier scored]; Papi
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 1.
PIRATES 4TH: Ott lined to left; Macha doubled to center; Moreno
flied out to left; Whitson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Expos 1.
EXPOS 4TH: Dawson singled to center; Dawson stole second; Perez
grounded out (first unassisted) [Dawson to third]; Valentine
popped to first in foul territory; Carter singled to left
[Dawson scored]; Carter stole second; Cromartie tripled to left
[Carter scored]; Speier was walked intentionally; Landreth lined
to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Expos 3.
PIRATES 5TH: Taveras singled to left; Taveras stole second;
Garner grounded out (shortstop to first) [Taveras to third];
Parker grounded out (second to first); Robinson doubled to left
[Taveras scored]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Ott singled
to right [Robinson scored, Oliver to second]; BROWN REPLACED
LANDRETH (PITCHING); Macha doubled to left [Oliver scored, Ott
to third]; Moreno was walked intentionally; Whitson struck out;
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 5, Expos 3.
EXPOS 5TH: Cash grounded out (catcher to first); Papi was called
out on strikes; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Expos 3.
PIRATES 6TH: Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Garner
doubled to left; Parker singled to center [Garner scored];
Parker stole second; Robinson struck out; MCENANEY REPLACED
BROWN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Expos 3.
EXPOS 6TH: Perez tripled to center; GOSSAGE REPLACED WHITSON
(PITCHING); Valentine lined to second; Carter struck out;
Cromartie popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6,
Expos 3.
PIRATES 7TH: Ott struck out; Macha grounded out (shortstop to
first); Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6,
Expos 3.
EXPOS 7TH: Speier flied out to right; WHITE BATTED FOR MCENANEY;
White struck out; Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Expos 3.
PIRATES 8TH: ALCALA REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Gossage grounded
out (second to first); Taveras doubled to left; Taveras stole
third; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6,
Expos 3.
EXPOS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED MACHA (PLAYING 3B); UNSER BATTED FOR
PAPI; Unser popped to third in foul territory; Dawson popped to
first in foul territory; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Expos 3.
PIRATES 9TH: MACKANIN REPLACED UNSER (PLAYING 3B); Robinson
grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (second to
first); Ott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates
6, Expos 3.
EXPOS 9TH: Valentine grounded out (first unassisted); Carter
struck out; Cromartie singled to center; Speier popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Expos 3.
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