Rennie Stennett's single with the bases loaded in the eighth drove home two runs to give the Pirates a 3-1 victory over the Giants. The Bucs got all of their runs in that frame. Richie Zisk and Manny Sanguillen got one-out singles and rookie Craig Reynolds doubled home Frank Taveras, running for Zisk, with the tying run.

Pinch-hitter Bill Robinson was intentionally walked to fill the bases before Stennett connected against reliever Randy Moffitt. Giant starter Ed Halicki scored his club's only run in the third when he walked and came around on Von Joshua's double into the left-field corner. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    20, 1975 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  6  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .322      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .265
Thomas 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Kirkpatrick 1b        4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Oliver cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .270      Parker rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .318
Speier ss             2   0   0   0     2   0   .274      Hebner 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Thomasson rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .209      Zisk lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Miller 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Taveras pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .196
Hill c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .215        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Halicki p             2   1   0   0     1   0   .143      Sanguillen c          3   1   1   0     0   1   .326
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Reynolds ss           3   1   1   1     0   0   .267
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Rooker p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .098
                                                            Robinson ph,lf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .278

Totals               29   1   3   1     4   4             Totals               28   3   6   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 14,033
Left on Base: Giants 5, Pirates 2
DP: Giants 2, Pirates 1
Doubles: Joshua (19), Oliver (27), Reynolds (3)
Caught Stealing: Hebner (1)
GIDP: Montanez (21), Kirkpatrick (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(7-10)         7.1   5   3   3   1   4   0  27   3.75
Moffitt                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.78
Lavelle                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.80
Totals                  8     6   3   3   1   4   0  29

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker W(9-9)           8     3   1   1   3   4   0  29   3.44
Giusti SV(13)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.49
Totals                  9     3   1   1   4   4   0  33

Wild Pitches: Giusti (1)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua flied out to left; Thomas singled to left;
Montanez grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Thomas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett flied out to center; Kirkpatrick flied out
to left; Oliver popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Speier
walked; Thomasson struck out; Miller forced Speier (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Parker grounded out (second to first); Hebner made
an out to shortstop; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill struck out; Halicki walked; Joshua doubled to
left [Halicki scored, Joshua to third (on throw to home)];
Thomas grounded out (third to first); Montanez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Sanguillen lined to right; Reynolds made an out to
second; Rooker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
walked; Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Speier to
second]; Miller popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stennett flied out to right; Kirkpatrick struck
out; Oliver doubled to right; Parker lined to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Hill flied out to right; Halicki flied out to right;
Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner singled to center; Zisk struck out while
Hebner was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates
0.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Matthews grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Reynolds flied out to center; Rooker was called out
on strikes; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier popped to first in foul territory; Thomasson
struck out; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory;
Oliver grounded out (second to first); Parker made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Hill flied out to center; Halicki grounded out
(shortstop to first); Joshua singled to center; Thomas struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Hebner flied out to right; Zisk singled to
shortstop; TAVERAS RAN FOR ZISK; Sanguillen singled to center
[Taveras to second]; Reynolds doubled to right [Taveras scored,
Sanguillen to third]; ROBINSON BATTED FOR ROOKER; Robinson was
walked intentionally; MOFFITT REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING);
Stennett singled to left [Sanguillen scored, Reynolds scored,
Robinson to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING);
Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Stennett out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED TAVERAS (PITCHING); ROBINSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Montanez flied out to center; Matthews
walked; Giusti threw a wild pitch [Matthews to second]; Speier
popped to first; Thomasson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.