Expos travel to Pittsburgh for this opening series.
Opening Day – Three Rivers Stadium 4-9-81
Pirates 8, Expos 7 (11 innings)
WP: Kent Tekulve (1-0)
LP: Bill Lee (0-1)
HR’s: Pirates – Jason Thompson (1), Tony Pena (1)
4-11-81
Pirates 4, Expos 3
WP: Enrique Romo (1-0)
LP: Bill Gullickson (0-1)
Save: Kent Tekulve (1)
HR’s: None
4-12-81
Expos 6, Pirates 5
WP: Scott Sanderson (1-0)
LP: Rod Scurry (0-1)
Save: Jeff Reardon (1)
HR’s: Expos – Gary Carter 2 (2)
Three 1 run games between these two teams.