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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (POHLA SMITH, UPI Sports Writer)
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Subject: Expos 6, Pirates 5
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Date: 22 Sep 89 03:45:56 GMT
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	PITTSBURGH (UPI) -- Tim Burke, called in with runners at the corners
and none out in the ninth inning, struck out Gary Redus and got Mike
LaValliere to hit into a double play Thursday night to preserve the
Montreal Expos' 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
	The triumph, just the Expos' fourth in 14 games, snapped their
three-game losing streak and the Pirates' five-game winning skein.
Montreal remained in fourth place in the National League East, seven
games behind first-place Chicago, with nine games left.
	Mike Fitzgerald led the Montreal offense with a first-inning grand
slam off John Smiley, 12-8, and Hubie Brooks added a two-run shot in the
fifth.
	Zane Smith also helped preserve the victory for starter Dennis
Martinez, who finally reached the 16-game win mark in his fourth try.
	Smith came in after Martinez gave up a three-run homer to
LaValliere with one out in the seventh, enabling the Pirates to pull
within 6-5. The left-handed reliever shut out Pittsburgh the rest of the
seventh and the eighth, but then gave up back-to-back leadoff singles to
Bobby Bonilla and R.J. Reynolds in the ninth.
	``In the ninth, I was thinking, `what's going to go wrong
tonight?''' said Martinez, 16-6, who had two losses and a no decision in
his last three starts. ``But Burke was able to come in and held then.
Sometimes you've got to realize it's a team game.''
	Martinez, who gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out two
over 6 1-3 innings, felt lucky that his teammates staked him to a big
lead.
	``I had to stay with my fastball all night because the changeup and
breaking ball weren't working,'' he said.
	LaValliere's home run -- his first since Aug. 1, 1988 -- came on a
2-1 fastball.
	``I really feel sorry for our pitchers,'' Fitzgerald said.
``They've thrown well in the second half, but have nothing to show for
it.
	``We just haven't scored any runs the past two months. Really, we
haven't been able to get key runs in since the All-Star break. This has
been one of my most frustrating seasons, and I've got to believe a lot
of the guys feel the same way.''
	Smiley gave up eight hits, including the two homers, walked two and
struck out two in 4 2-3 innings.
	``He didn't have anything,'' said Pittsburgh manager Jim Leyland.
``He says he's fine, but I'm concerned because he looks bad right now.''
	The loss was just Pittsburgh's second in 12 games. The Pirates,
below .500 all year, have gone 13-7 in September.
	Pittsburgh pulled to within 4-1 in the fourth on an RBI single by
Bobby Bonilla, who was 3-for-4. Jay Bell singled in the Pirates' second
run in the sixth.
	Andres Galarrage went 3 for 5 and scored twice for Montreal, and
Tim Raines stole a team record-tying four bases.