A loser of two previous decisions this season, Dock Ellis entered the winning column by pitching the Pirates to a 2-0 victory over the Phillies. The Pirates scored initially in the first inning on a single by Bill Robinson, double by Al Oliver and groundout by Willie Stargell. Their other run followed in the seventh on two walks and a single by Rennie Stennett. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Sunday, April     27, 1975 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Pirates      1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   2  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .204
Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .269      Robinson rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .278
Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .177      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Stargell 1b           3   0   0   1     1   0   .352
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .302      Zisk lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .321
Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .377      Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Anderson rf           2   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Howe 3b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .400
  Johnstone ph,rf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Bannister cf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .278        Robertson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .111        Taveras pr,ss       0   1   0   0     0   0   .074
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ellis p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .294
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     0   5             Totals               29   2   5   2     4   2

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 14,074
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Pirates 7
DP: Phillies 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Montanez
Doubles: Montanez (7), Bowa (3), Oliver (4)
Triples: Bannister (1)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (2)
GIDP: Oliver (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(2-2)        6.1   4   2   2   3   2   0  26   3.70
Schueler                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.55
McGraw                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     5   2   2   4   2   0  33

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(1-2)            9     6   0   0   0   5   0  32   4.43
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   5   0  32

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa grounded out
(second to first); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Robinson
singled to right; Oliver doubled to center [Robinson to third];
Stargell grounded out (second to first) [Robinson scored, Oliver
to third]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski popped to first in foul territory;
Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); Boone grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen lined to right; Howe grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mendoza grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Anderson struck out; Bannister grounded out
(second to first); Underwood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Ellis was called out on strikes; Stennett lined to
first; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
singled to center; Bowa was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Schmidt singled to center; Luzinski singled to left
[Schmidt to second]; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Stargell
grounded out (second to first); Zisk singled to center;
Sanguillen forced Zisk (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone popped to shortstop; Anderson struck out;
Bannister tripled to right; Underwood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Howe reached on an error by Montanez [Howe to
first]; Mendoza struck out; On a bunt Ellis forced Howe (catcher
to shortstop); Stennett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa flied out
to right; Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Robinson singled to center; Oliver grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Robinson out at
second]; Stargell walked; Zisk popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez
doubled to right; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first);
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Johnstone flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 7TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sanguillen
popped to first; Howe walked; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Robertson walked [Howe to second]; TAVERAS RAN FOR ROBERTSON;
SCHUELER REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); On a bunt Ellis forced
Howe (third to shortstop) [Taveras to second]; Stennett singled
to center [Taveras scored, Ellis to third, Stennett to second
(on throw)]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: TAVERAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bannister
grounded out (pitcher to first); HUTTON BATTED FOR SCHUELER;
Hutton grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates
2.

PIRATES 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Oliver grounded
out (shortstop to first); Stargell grounded out (first
unassisted); Zisk walked; Sanguillen forced Zisk (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: On a bunt Bowa doubled to third; Schmidt popped to
first in foul territory; Luzinski popped to second; Montanez
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates
2.