Willie Stargell drove in five runs with two homers and Bert Blyleven pitched a three-hitter as the Pirates defeated the Expos, 6-0. Stargell started his slugging in the first inning after a triple by Omar Moreno and pass to Dave Parker. His second homer of the game followed a single by John Milner in the fourth. Ed Ott then doubled and Blyleven put the capper on his victory with a single for the final run. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       20, 1978 (Day game) at Stade Olympique
Pirates      3  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     1   1   .270      Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Moreno cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .238      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Parker rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .309      Dawson cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .266
Milner lf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .179      Carter c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .227
Stargell 1b           4   2   2   5     0   1   .230      Valentine rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .228
Ott c                 4   1   1   0     0   0   .226        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Garner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .234      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Blyleven p            4   0   1   1     0   1   .087      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .284
                                                          Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            White ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
                                                            Dues p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     1   0   .255

Totals               34   6   9   6     3   8             Totals               29   0   3   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 13,834
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Expos 5
DP: Pirates 1, Expos 0
Doubles: Ott (2)
Triples: Moreno (2)
Home Runs: Stargell 2 (6)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Moreno (2)
GIDP: Garrett (1)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(3-4)         9     3   0   0   3   8   0  32   4.10
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   8   0  32

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(2-4)        5     7   6   6   2   4   2  23   5.73
Dues                    2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   3.27
Knowles                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   1.74
Totals                  9     9   6   6   3   8   2  38

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras popped to second; Moreno tripled to center;
Parker walked; Milner was called out on strikes; Stargell
homered [Moreno scored, Parker scored]; Stennett grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Cash
grounded out (third to first); Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Ott popped to shortstop; Garner struck out;
Blyleven popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Carter walked; Valentine popped to second; Perez
struck out; Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 3, Expos 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras walked; Taveras stole second; Moreno out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Taveras to third]; Taveras
was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); Parker
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier walked; Twitchell struck out; Cromartie forced
Speier (third to second); Cash singled to center [Cromartie to
third]; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Expos 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Milner singled to center; Stargell homered [Milner
scored]; Stennett grounded out (second to first); Ott doubled to
right; Garner struck out; Blyleven singled to right [Ott
scored]; Taveras struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter was called out on strikes; Valentine flied out
to right; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Moreno flied out to right; Parker singled to left;
Milner popped to second; Stargell grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Garrett flied out to center; Speier grounded out
(second to first); WHITE BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; White was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

PIRATES 6TH: DUES REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Stennett grounded
out (second to first); Ott grounded out (second to first);
Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Cromartie struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dawson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Expos 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Blyleven struck out; Taveras grounded out (pitcher
to first); Moreno walked; Parker singled to left [Moreno to
second]; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Pirates 6, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter flied out to right; Valentine singled to left;
Perez singled to left [Valentine to second]; Garrett grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Perez out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

PIRATES 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); UNSER REPLACED
DUES (PLAYING 1B); Stargell struck out; Stennett flied out to
center; Ott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
6, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Unser walked;
Cromartie flied out to right; Cash forced Unser (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Blyleven
flied out to center; Taveras singled to right; Moreno struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.

EXPOS 9TH: Dawson was called out on strikes; Carter popped to
second; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Expos 0.