In an explosive outburst, the Phillies smashed two homers in the eighth inning and scored six runs to defeat the Pirates, 6-4. Jerry Reuss, pitching for the Pirates, allowed only three hits before the Phillies began their rally with a pinch-single by Jerry Martin, double by Larry Bowa and three-run homer by Mike Schmidt. When Willie Montanez followed with a double, the Pirates brought in Bruce Kison, who failed in relief. Pinch-hitter Jay Johnstone singled, driving in Montanez to tie the score at 4-4. Del Unser then came up as the Phillies' third pinch-hitter of the inning and smashed a homer for the winning margin.

The Pirates, in building up their 4-0 lead, started with two runs in the third inning on a bases-loaded single by Al Oliver. Ed Kirkpatrick doubled, Frank Taveras singled and Rennie Stennett hit a sacrifice fly for another run in the fourth and their fourth tally counted in the seventh on singles by Willie Stargell, Richie Zisk and Taveras. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Game Played on Thursday, September 12, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Pirates      0  0  2    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   4 10  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  6  x  -   6 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .289      Cash 2b               4   0   2   0     1   0   .307
Hebner 3b             2   0   0   0     1   2   .304      Bowa ss               3   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Oliver cf             5   0   1   2     0   0   .318      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   3     1   0   .300
Stargell lf           2   1   2   0     3   0   .320      Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .310
Zisk rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .319      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Clines rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
Sanguillen c          5   0   0   0     0   3   .283      Robinson cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .242
Kirkpatrick 1b        4   1   1   0     1   1   .260        Johnstone ph,lf     1   1   1   1     0   0   .331
Taveras ss            4   0   3   1     0   0   .246      Anderson rf           2   0   1   0     1   0   .255
  Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Unser ph,cf         1   1   1   2     0   0   .272
Reuss p               3   1   0   0     1   3   .173      Boone c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Kison p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .377
  Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .114
                                                          Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .156
                                                            Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bannister ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Martin ph,rf        2   1   2   0     0   0   .750

Totals               35   4  10   4     6  10             Totals               31   6  10   6     4   2

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 22,135
Left on Base: Pirates 13, Phillies 7
DP: Pirates 2, Phillies 0
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (5), Stargell (35), Cash (26), Bowa (19), Montanez (28), Martin (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (36), Unser (10)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Hebner (5), Bowa (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (7)
GIDP: Anderson (14), Boone (16)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (5,by Twitchell), Cox (1,by Kison)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   7.1   7   4   4   4   2   1  31   3.65
Kison L(7-8)            0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   5   3.54
Morlan                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.21
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   2   2  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               5     6   3   3   5   7   0  27   5.17
Scarce                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.18
Garber W(3-0)           2     4   1   1   1   2   0  11   3.88
Schueler                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.72
Totals                  9    10   4   4   6  10   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Kison (10), Twitchell (6)
Wild Pitches: Reuss (6)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett flied out to right; Hebner struck out;
Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash doubled to left; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Cash to third]; Schmidt popped to first in
foul territory; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell walked; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen was
called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to center; Robinson walked;
Anderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Phillies 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras flied out to center; Reuss walked; Stennett
singled to left [Reuss to second]; Hebner was hit by a pitch
[Reuss to third, Stennett to second]; Oliver singled to left
[Reuss scored, Stennett scored, Hebner to third, Oliver to
second (on throw)]; Stargell was walked intentionally; Zisk
popped to second; Sanguillen struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Twitchell
flied out to left; Cash walked; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Kirkpatrick doubled to right; Taveras singled to
right [Kirkpatrick to third]; Taveras stole second; Reuss struck
out; Stennett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kirkpatrick
scored]; Hebner walked; Oliver flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Montanez struck out; Luzinski lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell doubled to center; Zisk popped to
shortstop; Sanguillen flied out to right; Kirkpatrick was walked
intentionally; Taveras singled to shortstop [Stargell to third,
Kirkpatrick to second]; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Anderson walked; Boone grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 6TH: SCARCE REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Stennett
popped to first in foul territory; Hebner struck out; Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: BANNISTER BATTED FOR SCARCE; Bannister popped to
first in foul territory; Cash singled to center; Bowa popped to
shortstop; Schmidt walked [Cash to second]; Montanez flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 7TH: GARBER REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Stargell
singled to left; Zisk singled to center [Stargell to second];
Sanguillen struck out; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Taveras
singled to center [Stargell scored, Zisk to second]; Reuss
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski struck out; Robinson popped to second;
Anderson singled to right; TAYLOR BATTED FOR BOONE; Reuss threw
a wild pitch [Anderson to second]; Taylor grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 8TH: COX REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING C ); Stennett singled
to center; Hebner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Stennett to second]; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Stennett to third]; Stargell was walked intentionally; Zisk
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 8TH: CLINES REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); MARTIN BATTED
FOR GARBER; Martin singled to center; Cash flied out to center;
Bowa doubled to left [Martin to third]; Schmidt homered [Martin
scored, Bowa scored]; Montanez doubled to left; KISON REPLACED
REUSS (PITCHING); Luzinski popped to first in foul territory;
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Johnstone singled to right
[Montanez scored]; UNSER BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Unser homered
[Johnstone scored]; Cox was hit by a pitch; Martin doubled to
center [Cox to third]; MORLAN REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Cash
grounded out (third to first); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Phillies 6.

PIRATES 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); UNSER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
SCHUELER REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); Sanguillen grounded out
(second to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher);
POPOVICH BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Popovich flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Phillies 6.