Pinch-hitter Richie Zisk tripled home Manny Sanguillen, who had bunted for a single and moved to second on a wild pitch in the seventh inning, to give the Pirates a 2-1 victory over the Cubs. The RBI was Zisk's 100th of the season and broke a tie which had stood since the third inning when the Pirates scored a run off Bill Bonham. The Cubs scored their only run off Bruce Kison in the first when the Pirate winner gave up two singles, hit a batter and walked Pete LaCock on four pitches. Kison gave up only one hit after the first frame.

The Pirates got the tying tally two innings later when Frank Taveras was hit by a pitch, then broke for second as Rennie Stennett bounced to third. Stennett was thrown out at first, but Taveras continued to third and came around to score when the return throw from LaCock to third baseman Bill Madlock was wild. The run became earned when Richie Hebner walked and Al Oliver singled. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Game Played on Monday, September 30, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Pirates 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2 4 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Monday cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296 Williams lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Oliver cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .319 Hiser lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Stargell lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .305 Cardenal ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Parker rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Madlock 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Sanguillen c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Morales rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Kirkpatrick 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 LaCock 1b 2 0 0 1 2 1 .183 Taveras ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .246 Swisher c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Zisk ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .313 Sperring 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Augustine pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Bonham p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Kison p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .108 Totals 31 1 3 1 2 5 Totals 27 2 4 1 2 7 Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 10,482 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Pirates 4 DP: Cubs 2, Pirates 0 Errors: Kessinger, LaCock, Taveras Doubles: Oliver (38) Triples: Zisk (3) Caught Stealing: Augustine (1) GIDP: Stennett (16) Hit by Pitch: Madlock (5,by Kison), Taveras (2,by Bonham) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bonham L(11-22) 8 4 2 2 2 7 0 30 3.86 Totals 8 4 2 2 2 7 0 30 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kison W(9-8) 9 3 1 1 2 5 0 34 3.49 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 5 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Bonham (6), Kison (11) Wild Pitches: Bonham (13) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata CUBS 1ST: Monday flied out to left; Kessinger struck out; Williams singled to right; Madlock was hit by a pitch [Williams to second]; Morales singled to third [Williams to third, Madlock to second]; LaCock walked [Williams scored, Madlock to third, Morales to second]; Swisher forced Morales (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner was called out on strikes; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: Sperring flied out to right; Bonham grounded out (second to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell struck out; Parker grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen reached on an error by Kessinger; Kirkpatrick made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: Kessinger made an out to shortstop; Williams flied out to right; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras was hit by a pitch; On a bunt Kison struck out; Stennett grounded out (third to first) [Taveras scored (error by LaCock)]; Hebner walked; Oliver singled to center [Hebner to third]; Stargell flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. CUBS 4TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); LaCock struck out; Swisher reached on an error by Taveras; Sperring struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Parker was called out on strikes; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. CUBS 5TH: Bonham struck out; Monday lined to shortstop; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Kison walked; Stennett grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kison out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. CUBS 6TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Madlock singled to center; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first) [Madlock to second]; LaCock was walked intentionally; Swisher made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: HISER REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING LF); Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver doubled to center; Stargell struck out; Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. CUBS 7TH: Sperring grounded out (second to first); Bonham grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: On a bunt Sanguillen singled to third; Kirkpatrick lined to right; ZISK BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Bonham threw a wild pitch [Sanguillen to second]; Zisk tripled to center [Sanguillen scored]; AUGUSTINE RAN FOR ZISK; Kison struck out while Augustine was caught stealing home (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 2. CUBS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PLAYING SS); Kessinger flied out to left; CARDENAL BATTED FOR HISER; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Stennett flied out to center; Hebner flied out to center; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 2. CUBS 9TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); LaCock grounded out (second to first); Swisher grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 2.

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