Back-to-back home runs by Dave Parker and Jason Thompson in the fourth inning powered the Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Expos. Parker's shot tied the game at 1-1 and Thompson put the Bucs ahead to stay. Pittsburgh made it 3-1 in the fifth on an RBI single by Tim Foli.

Rick Rhoden, getting help from Enrique Romo, received credit for the victory. The reliever took over with the bases loaded and none out in the seventh and got the first two outs before yielding a single to rookie Tim Raines that pulled Montreal within one run. But Larry Parrish was cut down at the plate trying to score on the same hit and Romo finished to pick up the save. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Montreal Expos 2

Game Played on Sunday, April 12, 1981 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Expos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 11 0 Pirates 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 3 6 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Raines lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .375 Moreno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Scott 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Foli ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .125 Dawson cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .714 Parker rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .375 Valentine rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .167 Carter c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Easler lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Parrish 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Cromartie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .375 Berra 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Milner ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Office ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Law pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Manuel pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nicosia c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Burris p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 Rhoden p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Romo p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montanez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Totals 36 2 11 2 0 4 Totals 29 3 6 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 8,430 Left on Base: Expos 7, Pirates 5 DP: Expos 0, Pirates 0 Triples: Raines (1) Home Runs: Parker (1), Thompson (1) Stolen Bases: Law (1) Sacrifice Hits: Rhoden (1) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Burris L(0-1) 6 4 3 3 2 1 2 24 4.50 Bahnsen 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0.00 Lee 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 6 3 3 2 3 2 32 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden W(1-0) 6 8 2 2 0 2 0 25 3.00 Romo SV(1) 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.00 Totals 9 11 2 2 0 4 0 36 Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Fred Brocklander, 3B - Bill Williams EXPOS 1ST: Raines tripled to right; Scott lined to left; Dawson singled to left [Raines scored]; Valentine singled to left [Dawson to third]; Carter popped to first in foul territory; Parrish flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Moreno grounded out (second to first); Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker singled to center; Thompson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded out (third to first); Burris singled to second; Raines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Easler walked; Madlock forced Easler (shortstop to second); Berra forced Madlock (third to second); Nicosia forced Berra (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. EXPOS 3RD: Scott struck out; Dawson grounded out (third to first); Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Rhoden flied to center; Moreno grounded out (first to pitcher); Foli flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. EXPOS 4TH: Carter flied to right; Parrish grounded out (third to first); Cromartie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Parker homered; Thompson homered; Easler flied to left; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Berra was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 2. EXPOS 5TH: Speier popped to second; Burris was called out on strikes; Raines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 5TH: Nicosia walked; Rhoden out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Nicosia to second]; Moreno popped to third; Foli singled to left [Nicosia scored]; Parker flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 3. EXPOS 6TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Dawson singled to left [Dawson out at second (left to second)]; Valentine flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 3. PIRATES 6TH: Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); Easler popped to second; Madlock flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Pirates 3. EXPOS 7TH: Carter singled to left; Parrish singled to left [Carter to second]; Cromartie singled to left [Carter to third, Parrish to second]; ROMO REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Speier popped to shortstop; WHITE BATTED FOR BURRIS; White popped to shortstop; Raines singled to left [Carter scored, Parrish out at home (left to catcher), Cromartie to second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 7TH: BAHNSEN REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); MILNER BATTED FOR BERRA; Milner singled to center; LAW RAN FOR MILNER; Law stole second; Nicosia struck out; Romo struck out; Moreno grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 3. EXPOS 8TH: LAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Scott grounded out (second to first); Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 8TH: Foli flied to left; LEE REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Parker singled to right; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted) [Parker to second]; Easler grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 3. EXPOS 9TH: Carter popped to third; Parrish singled to left; Cromartie grounded out (second to first) [Parrish to second]; OFFICE BATTED FOR SPEIER; Office singled to shortstop [Parrish to third]; MANUEL RAN FOR OFFICE; MONTANEZ BATTED FOR LEE; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Pirates 3.

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