After driving in one run with a sacrifice fly, Al Oliver hit a grand-slam homer to wrap up the Pirates' 8-3 victory over the Braves. Oliver lofted his sacrifice fly in the third inning when the Pirates took a 2-1 lead. Richie Zisk led off the fourth with a homer and Manny Sanguillen and Frank Taveras followed with singles.

Jim Rooker was safe on an error by Larvell Blanks as Sanguillen scored. After Rennie Stennett struck out, Richie Hebner walked to load the bases for Oliver, who hit his homer to greet the arrival of Mike Beard on the mound in relief for the Braves. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Friday, June      13, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Pirates      0  0  2    6  0  0    0  0  0  -   8 11  1
Braves       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  9  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   1   0   0     1   1   .266      Garr lf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .263
Hebner 3b             4   2   2   0     1   0   .288      Perez 2b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .275
Oliver cf             4   1   2   5     0   0   .280      Evans 3b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .254
Stargell 1b           4   0   1   0     1   2   .269      Gaston cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
  Kirkpatrick pr,1b   0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Baker rf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .231
Parker rf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .317      Lum 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Zisk lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .244      Blanks ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .264
Sanguillen c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .339      Pocoroba c            3   1   2   0     1   0   .324
Taveras ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .186      Odom p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rooker p              4   1   1   1     0   0   .125        Beard p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Goodson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .207
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               37   8  11   8     4   3             Totals               34   3   9   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  8,998
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Braves 9
DP: Pirates 2, Braves 0
Errors: Stennett, Blanks
Doubles: Parker (11), Pocoroba 2 (2)
Triples: Garr (5)
Home Runs: Zisk (4), Oliver (5), Baker (11)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (3)
GIDP: Evans 2 (7)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker W(4-3)           8.1   9   3   3   5   6   1  38   3.89
Hernandez               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.18
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   6   1  39

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(0-2)             3.1   9   7   6   1   2   1  20   8.79
Beard                   3.2   2   1   1   1   1   1  14   2.63
Sosa                    2     0   0   0   2   0   0   8   3.93
Totals                  9    11   8   7   4   3   2  42

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


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Hebner
singled to center; Oliver forced Hebner (second to shortstop);
Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr tripled to right [Garr scored (error by
Stennett) (no RBI)]; Perez singled to center; Evans grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Perez out at
second]; Gaston walked; Baker struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Braves 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk
singled to third; Sanguillen flied out to left; Taveras grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Braves
1.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum was called out on strikes; Blanks popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Pocoroba doubled to right; Odom
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Braves 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Rooker singled to left; Stennett forced Rooker
(second to shortstop); Hebner singled to right [Stennett to
third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stennett scored];
Stargell singled to second [Hebner to second]; Parker doubled to
left [Hebner scored, Stargell out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr popped to shortstop in foul territory; Perez
grounded out (second to first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Zisk homered; Sanguillen singled to right; Taveras
singled to left [Sanguillen to third]; Rooker reached on an
error by Blanks [Sanguillen scored (RBI), Taveras to second,
Rooker to first]; Taveras stole third; Stennett struck out;
Hebner walked [Rooker to second]; BEARD REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Oliver homered [Taveras scored, Rooker scored
(unearned), Hebner scored]; Stargell struck out; Parker grounded
out (pitcher to first); 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Gaston popped to first; Baker walked; Lum forced
Baker (second to shortstop); Blanks singled to center [Lum to
second]; Pocoroba forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen
walked; Taveras popped to first in foul territory; Rooker flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Beard struck out; Garr singled to second; Perez
flied out to center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 8, Braves 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett popped to first in foul territory; Hebner
flied out to center; Oliver singled to right; Stargell flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Gaston flied out to left; Baker flied out to left;
Lum flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Braves 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Parker flied out to left; Zisk flied out to center;
Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Blanks singled to center; Pocoroba walked [Blanks to
second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR BEARD; Goodson walked [Blanks to
third, Pocoroba to second]; Garr forced Blanks (pitcher to
catcher) [Pocoroba to third, Goodson to second]; Perez popped to
catcher in foul territory; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

PIRATES 8TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Taveras grounded
out (third to first); Rooker grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stennett walked; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: Gaston struck out; Baker homered; Lum grounded out
(second to first); Blanks flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stargell walked;
KIRKPATRICK RAN FOR STARGELL; Parker forced Kirkpatrick
(shortstop to second); Zisk forced Parker (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pocoroba
doubled to left; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR SOSA; Williams flied out to
left; Garr walked; Perez singled to center [Pocoroba scored,
Garr to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Evans
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Perez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8, Braves
3.