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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Montreal Expos

1970-05-23 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 28702 · night · 2:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Montreal Expos 8–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 4th. Dock Ellis earned the win and Dave Giusti picked up the save. Gene Alley went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	8	9
MON	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	4

W: Dock Ellis L: Dan McGinn SV: Dave Giusti

Umpires — HP: Al Barlick · 1B: Ed Vargo · 2B: Paul Pryor · 3B: Dick Stello · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matty Alou	5	0	2	2	0	0
Gene Alley	4	1	1	2	0	1
Roberto Clemente	5	1	1	1	0	0
Willie Stargell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jose Pagan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Oliver	4	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Sanguillen	4	1	1	2	0	0
Dock Ellis	3	2	0	0	1	2
Johnny Jeter	1	1	1	1	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marv Staehle	3	0	0	0	2	0
Mack Jones	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Fairly	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Fairey	2	2	0	0	2	0
Coco Laboy	3	2	1	2	1	0
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Wine	4	0	2	2	0	0
Dan McGinn	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Brand	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Sutherland	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	8.0	3	6	2
Dave Giusti	1.0	1	0	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan McGinn	3.2	5	1	1
John Strohmayer	1.1	2	0	3
Mike Wegener	3.0	1	0	1
Balor Moore	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: 53
Gene Alley: HR
Roberto Clemente: 3/G
Willie Stargell: D
Bill Mazeroski: W
Jose Pagan: 63

Bot 1

Marv Staehle: W
Mack Jones: 46(1)/FO
Rusty Staub: S.1-2
Ron Fairly: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Al Oliver: 43
Manny Sanguillen: 53
Dock Ellis: K

Bot 2

Jim Fairey: 31
Coco Laboy: 53
John Bateman: 63

Top 3

Matty Alou: 43
Gene Alley: 63
Roberto Clemente: 43

Bot 3

Bobby Wine: S
Dan McGinn: 54/SH.1-2
Marv Staehle: 3/G.2-3
Mack Jones: K

Top 4

Willie Stargell: E4.B-1
Bill Mazeroski: 36(1)/FO
Jose Pagan: S.1-2
Al Oliver: E3.2-3;1-2;B-1
Manny Sanguillen: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Dock Ellis: 36(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Matty Alou: T.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Gene Alley: K

Bot 4

Rusty Staub: K
Ron Fairly: 43
Jim Fairey: W
Coco Laboy: HR.1-H
John Bateman: 53

Top 5

Roberto Clemente: HR
Willie Stargell: K
Bill Mazeroski: K
Jose Pagan: S
Al Oliver: 43

Bot 5

Bobby Wine: 9
Ron Brand: 63
Marv Staehle: 63

Top 6

Manny Sanguillen: 2
Dock Ellis: K
Matty Alou: 31

Bot 6

Mack Jones: 5
Rusty Staub: 31
Ron Fairly: W
Jim Fairey: PB.1-2
Jim Fairey: 43

Top 7

Gene Alley: 63
Roberto Clemente: 63
Johnny Jeter: HR
Bill Mazeroski: 8

Bot 7

Coco Laboy: 63
John Bateman: 43
Bobby Wine: 43

Top 8

Jose Pagan: 3/L
Al Oliver: 43
Manny Sanguillen: 13

Bot 8

Bob Bailey: 31
Marv Staehle: W
Mack Jones: HP.1-2
Rusty Staub: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Ron Fairly: 43

Top 9

Dock Ellis: W
Matty Alou: S.1-2
Gene Alley: PO2(E1).2-3;1X2(96)#
Gene Alley: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Roberto Clemente: 53

Bot 9

Jim Fairey: W
Coco Laboy: W.1-2
John Bateman: E4.2-3;1-2;B-1
Bobby Wine: S.3-H;2-H(UR);1-2
Gary Sutherland: 8.2-3
Marv Staehle: 6
Mack Jones: 46(1)/FO