Calling upon a pair of 21-year-old pitchers, Larry Christenson and Tom Underwood, the Phillies defeated the Pirates in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-3 and 8-1. The Pirates, who had a homer by Dave Parker, held a 2-1 lead against Christenson in the opener before the Phillies rallied for three runs off Jerry Reuss in the sixth. Mike Schmidt doubled and when Rennie Stennett made a late throw to third on a grounder by Greg Luzinski, both runners were safe. Ollie Brown doubled, driving in Schmidt. Taking third on the throw home, Brown scored on a squeeze bunt by Bob Boone. Rain caused a 59-minute delay after the seventh inning and Tug McGraw came in to finish the game for Christenson. The Phils iced their victory with two runs in the eighth on a single by Dick Allen, a sacrifice and singles by Jerry Martin and Mike Anderson.

 Underwood pitched the route in the nightcap and breezed to victory after the Phillies scored four runs in the first. Bruce Kison walked Dave Cash, Larry Bowa and Jay Johnstone, gave up a two-run single by Luzinski and passed Tommy Hutton before being replaced by Sam McDowell. An error by Richie Hebner and single by Underwood added two runs before the frame ended. Bob Robertson hit a homer for the Pirates' only tally. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, June      24, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Pirates      0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  0
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  x  -   6 13  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Cash 2b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .334
xHebner 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Bowa ss               5   0   0   0     0   1   .332
Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Schmidt 3b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .216
Stargell 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .291
Parker rf             4   2   1   1     0   0   .319        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Zisk lf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .260      Allen 1b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .233
Sanguillen c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .332        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Dyer c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Brown rf,lf           2   1   2   1     1   0   .341
Taveras ss            2   0   1   0     0   1   .189      Boone c               3   0   0   1     0   0   .264
Reuss p               1   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Martin cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .236
  Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .307      Christenson p         2   0   0   0     0   2   .214
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Anderson rf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .256

Totals               31   3   8   3     0   5             Totals               33   6  13   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:17
Left on Base: Pirates 4, Phillies 8
DP: Pirates 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Boone
Doubles: Zisk (7), Schmidt (14), Brown (3), Martin (5)
Home Runs: Parker (13)
Stolen Bases: Cash (5)
Caught Stealing: Taveras (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (4), Christenson (2), Boone (2), Brown (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Allen (1)
GIDP: Stargell (4), Allen (5)
Hit by Pitch: Taveras (1,by Christenson)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(8-5)            7     9   4   4   1   4   0  31   2.57
Giusti                  1     4   2   2   0   0   0   7   1.64
Totals                  8    13   6   6   1   4   0  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(2-1)      7     6   2   2   0   3   1  26   3.25
McGraw SV(7)            2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   2.68
Totals                  9     8   3   3   0   5   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Christenson (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor


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

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Cash stole second; Bowa
grounded out (second to first) [Cash to third]; Schmidt singled
to right [Cash scored]; Luzinski singled to right [Schmidt to
second]; Allen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell flied out to center; Parker homered; Zisk
grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies
1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown walked; Boone lined to center; Martin
grounded out (third to first) [Brown to second]; Christenson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Phillies 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras was hit by a pitch; Reuss out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Taveras to second]; Taveras
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Stennett flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa was
called out on strikes; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner reached on catcher's interference by Boone;
Oliver flied out to center; Stargell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski made an out to second; Allen flied out to
center; Brown singled to left; Boone forced Brown (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Zisk singled
to right; Sanguillen singled to center [Zisk to second]; Taveras
singled to right [Zisk to third, Sanguillen to second]; Reuss
singled to center [Zisk scored, Sanguillen out at home (center
to catcher), Taveras to third]; Manny Sanguillen sprained
right ankle rounding 3B; Stennett popped to second; 1 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: DYER REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Martin
singled to right; Christenson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Martin to second]; Cash flied out to right [Martin
to third]; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner was called out on strikes; Oliver singled to
third; Stargell made an out to shortstop; Parker grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt doubled to left; Luzinski reached on a
fielder's choice [Schmidt to third]; Allen hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Schmidt scored]; Brown doubled to center [Luzinski
scored, Brown to third (on throw to home)]; Boone out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Brown scored]; Martin doubled
to left; Christenson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
2, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Zisk struck out; Dyer grounded out (third to
first); Taveras was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 2, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa
grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt singled to third;
Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies
4.

PIRATES 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PLAYING RF); BROWN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MCGRAW REPLACED LUZINSKI
(PITCHING); ROBINSON BATTED FOR REUSS; Robinson popped to third;
Stennett flied out to center; Hebner was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: GIUSTI REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Allen singled
to center; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Allen to second]; Boone popped to first; Martin singled to
center [Allen scored, Martin to second (on throw to home)];
Anderson singled to left [Martin scored]; Cash singled to right
[Anderson to second]; Bowa flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Oliver struck
out; Stargell singled to right; Parker forced Stargell (first to
shortstop); Zisk doubled to right [Parker scored]; Dyer grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies
6.