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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Montreal Expos

1972-09-08 · Night game · Parc Jarry · night · 2:05

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Montreal Expos 7–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 6th. Bob Johnson earned the win. Vic Davalillo went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	7	12
MON	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3

W: Bob Johnson L: Carl Morton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Frank Pulli · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Shag Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Clines	5	2	3	1	0	0
Vic Davalillo	4	1	2	2	1	0
Al Oliver	4	0	1	1	1	0
Willie Stargell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Richie Hebner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rennie Stennett	4	1	1	0	0	0
Milt May	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gene Alley	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	3

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Jorgensen	4	1	2	1	0	0
Tim Foli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Singleton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Fairly	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	1	0	0	0	2	0
Boots Day	3	0	0	0	0	1
Coco Laboy	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Torres	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Morton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Fairey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pepe Mangual	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Johnson	9.0	3	3	3

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Morton	5.2	10	2	2
Joe Gilbert	0.1	2	0	0
John Strohmayer	2.0	0	0	2
Tom Walker	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Clines: S7
Vic Davalillo: CS2(26)
Vic Davalillo: W
Al Oliver: W.1-2
Willie Stargell: 7
Richie Hebner: 9

Bot 1

Mike Jorgensen: 7
Tim Foli: 53
Ken Singleton: 2/FL

Top 2

Rennie Stennett: 8
Milt May: S9
Gene Alley: 9
Bob Johnson: 13

Bot 2

Ron Fairly: S8
Tim McCarver: 46(1)3/GDP
Boots Day: 7

Top 3

Gene Clines: S7.B-2(E6)#
Vic Davalillo: 3/G.2-3
Al Oliver: 5/FL
Willie Stargell: S8.3-H
Richie Hebner: T8.1-H
Rennie Stennett: 43

Bot 3

Coco Laboy: 43
Hector Torres: 3
Carl Morton: 43

Top 4

Milt May: 3/G
Gene Alley: 53
Bob Johnson: K

Bot 4

Mike Jorgensen: 43
Tim Foli: 63
Ken Singleton: W
Ron Fairly: 4/L

Top 5

Gene Clines: 9
Vic Davalillo: HR
Al Oliver: 43
Willie Stargell: 63

Bot 5

Tim McCarver: W
Boots Day: PO1(23)#
Boots Day: K
Coco Laboy: K

Top 6

Richie Hebner: 1
Rennie Stennett: S8
Milt May: S9.1-3
Gene Alley: S8.3-H;1-2
Bob Johnson: K
Gene Clines: S8.2-H;1-2
Vic Davalillo: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Al Oliver: S7.3-H;2XH(72)

Bot 6

Hector Torres: 2/FL
Jim Fairey: 63
Mike Jorgensen: HR
Tim Foli: 9

Top 7

Willie Stargell: K
Richie Hebner: 3/G
Rennie Stennett: 63

Bot 7

Ken Singleton: 6
Ron Fairly: 43
Tim McCarver: W
Boots Day: 3/G

Top 8

Milt May: 53
Gene Alley: 6
Bob Johnson: K

Bot 8

Coco Laboy: 7
Hector Torres: 63
Pepe Mangual: K

Top 9

Gene Clines: 8
Vic Davalillo: 43
Al Oliver: 31

Bot 9

Mike Jorgensen: S8
Tim Foli: 64(1)/FO
Ken Singleton: 7
Ron Fairly: 9