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May 20, 1978

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Pirates	6	9	0
Expos	0	3	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Pirates	6	9	0
Expos	0	3	0

Ellis Valentine Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.282
OBP	.333	.315
At Bats	3	124
Hits	1	35
• Singles	1	27
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	0	6
RBI’s	0	13

Bert Blyleven Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	4	0

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Stade Olympique - May 20, 1978

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Out

Bert Blyleven

Ed Ott

Willie Stargell

Rennie Stennett

Phil Garner

Frank Taveras

John Milner

Omar Moreno

Dave Parker

Ellis Valentine

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	9	0	5
Montreal Expos	0	3	0	5
Winning Pitcher	Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher	Wayne Twitchell
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Willie Stargell
Attendance	13,834
Time of Game	2 hours 10 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Carter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Dawson is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Moreno strikes out.

Top 9 Taveras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Blyleven hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Cromartie hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Unser takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Stennett hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Darold Knowles now pitching. Del Unser now playing first base. Stargell strikes out.

Bottom 7 Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Valentine moves to second.

Bottom 7 Valentine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Carter hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Milner is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moreno moves to second.

Top 7 Moreno takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dues fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Blyleven strikes out.

Bottom 6 Dawson hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Cromartie strikes out.

Top 6 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Hal Dues now pitching. Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Jerry White pinch hits for Wayne Twitchell. White is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Milner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Moreno hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Valentine hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Carter is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Taveras strikes out.

Top 4 Blyleven hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores.

Top 4 Garner strikes out.

Top 4 Ott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valentine. Ott reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Stargell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 4 Milner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Dawson strikes out.

Bottom 3 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cromartie moves to third.

Bottom 3 Cromartie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Twitchell strikes out.

Bottom 3 Speier takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Carterdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Taveras. The throw to Twitchell covering the plate. The slide. Taveras is out.

Top 3 Moreno bunts towards the mound. Twitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to third.

Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Carter and he is safe. Taveras steals second.

Top 3 Taveras takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Perez strikes out.

Bottom 2 Valentine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Carter takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Blyleven hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Garner strikes out.

Top 2 Ott hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Dawson strikes out.

Bottom 1 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Cromartie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Stargell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 1 Milner is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Parker takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Moreno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dawson who is chasing the ball. Moreno reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Taveras hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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