Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:22

Written by Donn Frizzi

21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES SHUTOUT EXPOS AGAIN 11-0
5TH WIN IN ROW, 3RD SHUTOUT IN ROW
CLEMENTE 1-4
STARGELL 8TH HR
Saturday, May 20th, 1972

PITTSBURGH - Willie Stargell hit his 8th HR and Manny Sanguillen drove in 2 runs to lead the Bucs to an 11-0 rout of Montreal.
The win is the 5th in a row for the Pirates and their 3rd shutout in a row.
Stargell now has 30 RBI's to Sanguillen's 16.

Roberto Clemente led off the 7th with his only hit of the game but was stranded.  He is now just 83 hits away from 3,000.
Dock Ellis (5-1) won the game with 4 innings of relief help from Bruce Kison, now with 3 saves.  Carl Morton (1-4) took the loss.
Sunday's DH has Ernie McAnally v Luke Walker in Game 1. Game 2 has Steve Renko v Bob Johnson.
In memory of Mr. Les Banos.