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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Montreal Expos

1970-08-04 · Night game · Parc Jarry · Att: 27112 · night · 2:28

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Montreal Expos 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 4th. Bob Veale earned the win. Bob Robertson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Veale L: Mike Marshall SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Mel Steiner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matty Alou	4	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Cash	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Oliver	3	1	2	0	1	0
Willie Stargell	4	1	0	0	0	1
Richie Hebner	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Robertson	4	1	3	3	0	1
Gene Alley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jerry May	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Veale	3	0	0	0	1	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Hahn	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rusty Staub	3	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Sutherland	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	2	0	0	0	2	1
Coco Laboy	3	0	2	2	0	0
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	3
John Boccabella	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Wine	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Marshall	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Brand	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Fairey	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Veale	9.0	6	4	8

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Marshall	6.0	5	2	2
Bill Stoneman	3.0	1	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: 43
Dave Cash: 53
Al Oliver: W
Willie Stargell: K

Bot 1

Don Hahn: S
Rusty Staub: E3/SH.1-2;B-1
Gary Sutherland: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Bailey: IW
Coco Laboy: S.3-H;2-H(UR);1-2
John Bateman: K
John Boccabella: K

Top 2

Richie Hebner: 5
Bob Robertson: S
Gene Alley: S.1-3
Jerry May: 6(1)3/GDP#

Bot 2

Bobby Wine: 9
Mike Marshall: W
Don Hahn: K
Rusty Staub: S.1-2
Gary Sutherland: 53

Top 3

Bob Veale: 13
Matty Alou: 53
Dave Cash: K

Bot 3

Bob Bailey: W
Coco Laboy: 14/SH.1-2
John Bateman: K
John Boccabella: 53

Top 4

Al Oliver: 3/G
Willie Stargell: E8/F.B-1
Richie Hebner: 9
Bob Robertson: HR.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Gene Alley: 63

Bot 4

Bobby Wine: 8
Mike Marshall: 3
Don Hahn: 53

Top 5

Jerry May: 8
Bob Veale: 53
Matty Alou: 13

Bot 5

Rusty Staub: 53
Gary Sutherland: 63
Bob Bailey: K

Top 6

Dave Cash: 8
Al Oliver: D
Willie Stargell: WP.2-3#
Willie Stargell: 2
Richie Hebner: IW
Bob Robertson: WP.3-H;1-2
Bob Robertson: S.2-H
Gene Alley: 43

Bot 6

Coco Laboy: S
John Bateman: 43.1-2
John Boccabella: FC6.2X3(65);B-1
Bobby Wine: S.1-2
Ron Brand: 9

Top 7

Jerry May: K/C
Bob Veale: W
Matty Alou: W.1-2
Dave Cash: 64(1)5(2)/GDP

Bot 7

Don Hahn: W
Rusty Staub: 46(1)3/GDP
Gary Sutherland: S
Bob Bailey: 53

Top 8

Al Oliver: D
Willie Stargell: 3/G.2-3
Richie Hebner: W
Bob Robertson: K/C
Gene Alley: K

Bot 8

Coco Laboy: 53
John Bateman: K
John Boccabella: K

Top 9

Jerry May: K
Bob Veale: 43
Matty Alou: 3/G

Bot 9

Bobby Wine: 7
Jim Fairey: K
Don Hahn: 53