Montreal Expos 3 – 5 Pittsburgh Pirates
17 September 1978 · PIT07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Bert Blyleven | 1 in 107 games |
| 16 | final score 5–3 | 1 in 31 games | |
| 14 | 8 total bases | Dave Parker | 1 in 167 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Expos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Box score
Montreal Expos batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Papi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Hutton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ellis Valentine | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Gary Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warren Cromartie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Del Unser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Parrish | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Chris Speier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sam Mejias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Montreal Expos pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy May | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| David Palmer | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darold Knowles | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Omar Moreno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR, 3B |
| Bill Robinson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Willie Stargell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phil Garner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Berra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Ott | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Blyleven | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Blyleven | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Kent Tekulve | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |