8/16-8/17 - Olympic Stadium
GAME 1 - Pirates 5, Expos 3
A 3 run 6th inning gave the Bucs and Kirby Higbe more than enough runs to defeat the 'Spos. Dustin Hermanson limped into that fateful 6th inning, but never left it. Ralph Kiner's 2 run blast was the big shot that chased Hermanson. Wally Westlanke and Hank Greenberg also hit homers. Rondell White went 3 for 4 in a losing cause as the Expos knocked out 12 hits, but could only score 3.
GAME 2 - Expos 6, Pirates 3
Hank Greenberg hit a homer for the second consecutive game,
but that only succeeded in cutting Montreal's lead in half in the top of the 9th and chasing starter Carlos Perez in favor of Ugeth Urbina who got just one out and the save. Rondell White continued to be hot with the bat going 3 for 3 with 2 RBI and his first homer of the season. For the second consecutive day the Expos reached double digits in hits. Wally Westlake was 3 for 4 for the Bucs, but only managed to score once.
8/18-8/19 - Forbes Field
GAME 3 - Expos 5, Pirates 1
A 3 run outburst by the Expos, in the top of the 3rd broke a scoreless tie. Expo starter Miguel Batista gave up only 1 run in 6 innings of work before yielding to the pen. Mike "don't call me Greg" Maddux pitched 2 perfect innings of relief and Urbina notched his second save with a spotless 9th. F.P. Santangelo's 2 run shot off of Rip Sewell accounted for 2 of the 3 runs in the 4th. Expo first baseman Brad Fullmer had a 3 for 5 day. Santangelo had 3 RBI's and went 2 for 2.
GAME 4 - Pirates 7, Expos 5
Down 5-4 and heading into the top of the 9th the Expos got a 2 out
game tying homer from Vlad Guerrero. Thinking the game would go into extra innings the Expos manager went with Carl Pavano to start the bottom of the 9th. Pavano, who allowed the go ahead run to score in the 8th was even more generous in the 9th. With one out in the bottom of the 9th and Jimmy Russell on 1st Pavano grooved one to pinch hitter Clyde Kluttz who hit it deep into the trees beyond the left field wall for a walk off homer.
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