| Although Dave Kingman hit two more homers, giving him seven for the season, the Pirates were able to overpower the Mets, 7-5. Kingman drove in four runs. The Pirates had a homer by Willie Stargell in the second inning before exploding for six runs in the fourth on six hits and an error. [The Sporting News] |
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Mets 5
Game Played on Sunday, April 18, 1976 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 12 2 Pirates 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 x - 7 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .324 Stennett 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Millan 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .314 Hebner 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .231 Milner lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .455 Oliver cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .481 Torre 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .273 Robinson ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kingman rf 4 2 2 4 0 0 .263 Stargell 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .476 Staiger 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Parker rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .346 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Zisk lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Sanguillen c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .345 Swan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Taveras ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .208 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reuss p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .429 Ayala ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grote ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .450 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Totals 39 5 12 5 1 3 Totals 33 7 9 7 0 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 9,106 Left on Base: Mets 8, Pirates 3 DP: Mets 1, Pirates 1 Errors: Harrelson 2, Stargell Doubles: Millan (5), Stargell 2 (4), Reuss (1), Stennett (2) Home Runs: Kingman 2 (7), Stargell (2) Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (1) GIDP: Torre (1), Taveras (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan L(0-1) 3.2 6 6 3 0 1 1 18 6.30 Hall 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.86 Webb 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.68 Apodaca 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.00 Totals 8 9 7 3* 0 3 1 34 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss W(2-0) 8 10 4 4 1 3 2 35 4.24 Hernandez SV(2) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 1.93 Totals 9 12 5 5 1 3 2 40 Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry METS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Millan singled to third; Milner singled to right [Millan to second]; Torre struck out; Kingman lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (first unassisted); Hebner flied out to left; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. METS 2ND: Staiger flied out to right; Harrelson struck out; Stearns flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell homered; Parker singled to right; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen reached on an error by Harrelson [Parker to second]; Taveras grounded into a double play (third to first) [Parker out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 1. METS 3RD: Swan struck out; Unser singled to center; Millan lined to center; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Reuss grounded out (third to first); Stennett flied out to right; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 1. METS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman homered; Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to right; Stargell doubled to left [Oliver scored]; Parker singled to right [Stargell scored]; Zisk grounded out (third to first) [Parker to second]; Sanguillen reached on an error by Harrelson [Parker to third]; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Parker scored (unearned), Sanguillen to second]; Reuss doubled to center [Sanguillen scored (unearned)]; HALL REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Stennett doubled to left [Reuss scored (unearned)]; Hebner singled to center [Stennett scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; ROBINSON BATTED FOR OLIVER; Robinson flied out to left; 6 R (3 ER), 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. METS 5TH: ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); AYALA BATTED FOR HALL; Ayala flied out to right; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. PIRATES 5TH: WEBB REPLACED AYALA (PITCHING); Stargell doubled to right; Parker flied out to right; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. METS 6TH: Millan singled to shortstop; Milner reached on an error by Stargell [Millan to second]; Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan to third, Milner out at second]; Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. PIRATES 6TH: Taveras made an out to second; Reuss flied out to left; Stennett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. METS 7TH: Staiger singled to center; Harrelson lined to left; Stearns lined to left; GROTE BATTED FOR WEBB; Grote singled to center [Staiger to third]; Unser forced Grote (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. PIRATES 7TH: APODACA REPLACED GROTE (PITCHING); Hebner grounded out (second to first); Robinson struck out; Stargell grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 7. METS 8TH: Millan grounded out (third to first); Milner singled to right; Torre walked [Milner to second]; Kingman homered [Milner scored, Torre scored]; Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson singled to right; Stearns forced Harrelson (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 7. PIRATES 8TH: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 7. METS 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); GARRETT BATTED FOR APODACA; Garrett grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Unser singled to second; Millan doubled to left [Unser to third]; Milner grounded out (second to first) [Unser scored, Millan to third]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Pirates 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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