The Pirates, who collected only two hits off Ed Halicki in losing the opener of a doubleheader, 2-1, were wrapped in another close contest in the nightcap before erupting for five runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Giants, 7-1. Halicki helped himself to victory in the lidlifter, hitting a double off Jim Rooker in the eighth inning and scoring the Giants' first run on a triple by Von Joshua. Bobby Murcer followed with a single to drive in what proved to be the winning marker. Willie Stargell doubled for the Pirates' first hit in the fourth and Manny Sanguillen homered for their run in the ninth.

The Giants, who collected only four hits off Ken Brett and Dave Giusti in the second game, scored their run in the first inning on a triple by Joshua and sacrifice fly by Murcer. The Pirates came back to take a 2-1 lead before clinching the verdict with their five runs in the eighth on five hits, including a homer by Richie Zisk with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      20, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  2  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   2  7  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Joshua cf             4   1   1   1     0   2   .316
Kirkpatrick lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .268
Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .295      Murcer rf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .309
Stargell 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .307      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .279
Parker rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .332      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .272
Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Speier ss             2   0   1   0     1   0   .277
Sanguillen c          2   1   1   1     2   0   .344      Miller 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .180      Sadek c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .308
  Robertson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Halicki p             2   1   1   0     0   0   .148
  Taveras pr,ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Zisk ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Rooker p              1   0   0   0     1   1   .125
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   2   1     5   8             Totals               28   2   7   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:25
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Giants 6
DP: Pirates 1, Giants 0
Errors: Halicki
Doubles: Stargell (20), Speier (18), Halicki (1)
Triples: Joshua (4)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (4)
Stolen Bases: Parker (7), Kirkpatrick (1), Sanguillen (5)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Rooker (5), Halicki (2)
GIDP: Miller (7)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(7-5)           7.1   7   2   2   3   6   0  30   3.26
Tekulve                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.25
Hernandez               0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.83
Totals                  8     7   2   2   3   7   0  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki W(4-6)          9     2   1   1   5   8   1  35   4.05
Totals                  9     2   1   1   5   8   1  35

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


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett made an out to second; Kirkpatrick flied
out to left; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Thomas singled to center; Murcer
walked [Thomas to second]; Matthews flied out to center [Thomas
to third]; Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell struck out; Parker walked; Hebner struck
out; Parker stole second; Sanguillen was walked intentionally;
Mendoza was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier doubled to left; Miller grounded out (second
to first) [Speier to third]; Sadek grounded out (pitcher to
first); Halicki flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Rooker walked; Stennett flied out to center;
Kirkpatrick forced Rooker (first to shortstop); Kirkpatrick
stole second; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out
to center; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Giants 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell doubled to center; Parker grounded out
(second to first) [Stargell to third]; Hebner flied out to
right; Sanguillen was walked intentionally; Mendoza flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews singled to center; Montanez struck out;
Matthews was caught stealing second (catcher to second to
first); Speier flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Rooker was called out on strikes; Stennett flied
out to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Miller flied out to right; Sadek singled to right;
Halicki out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Sadek to
second]; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Stargell
grounded out (second to first); Parker grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
flied out to left; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner flied out to right; Sanguillen reached on an
error by Halicki [Sanguillen to first]; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR
MENDOZA; Sanguillen stole second; Robertson walked; TAVERAS RAN
FOR ROBERTSON; Rooker out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Sanguillen to third, Taveras to second]; Stennett made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: TAVERAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Montanez struck
out; Speier walked; Miller grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Kirkpatrick popped to catcher in foul territory;
Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Sadek flied out to left; Halicki doubled to left;
Joshua tripled to right [Halicki scored]; Thomas walked; Murcer
singled to left [Joshua scored, Thomas to second]; TEKULVE
REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Matthews forced Thomas (shortstop to
third) [Murcer to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED TEKULVE
(PITCHING); Montanez struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
0, Giants 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Parker was called out on strikes; Hebner flied out
to right; Sanguillen homered; ZISK BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Zisk
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 2.