The Pirates collected 12 hits to only six for the Braves but had to struggle for 11 innings before gaining a 4-2 victory. Al Oliver drove in the first Pirate run with a sacrifice fly in the opening frame and Dave Parker added an RBI with a double in the fifth, but the Braves came back to tie the score with two unearned tallies at the expense of Bruce Kison.

However in the 11th, Ed Ott walked as a pinch-hitter for Bob Moose. Frank Taveras bunted and both runners were safe on a late throw to second. Richie Hebner followed with a sacrifice and Oliver then doubled to drive in two runs. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      12, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Pirates      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  -   4 12  2
Braves       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  -   2  6  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   2   2   0     0   2   .252      Office cf             5   0   3   0     0   0   .305
Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .355      Gilbreath 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .310
  Hebner 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Lacy 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Oliver cf             5   1   2   3     0   0   .335      Wynn lf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .231
Stargell 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Henderson rf          3   0   0   0     2   0   .264
Parker rf             5   0   3   1     1   0   .293      Williams c            5   0   0   0     0   2   .222
Zisk lf               5   0   1   0     1   1   .300      Paciorek 1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .254
Stennett 2b           6   0   2   0     0   0   .245      Chaney ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Dyer c                2   0   1   0     1   0   .188        Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Kirkpatrick ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .233      Royster 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .223
  Sanguillen c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Morton p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .136
Kison p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .200        May ph              0   0   0   1     0   0   .153
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moose p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .600        Evans ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .173
  Ott ph              0   1   0   0     1   0   .250        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   4  12   4     5   7             Totals               36   2   6   1     4   5

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 20,117
Left on Base: Pirates 15, Braves 8
DP: Pirates 2, Braves 2
Errors: Hebner, Kison, Lacy 2
Doubles: Stennett (13), Parker (7), Oliver (9), Office (6)
Stolen Bases: Taveras 2 (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Kison (3), Taveras (4), Hebner (1), Morton (2), Chaney (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (2), May (1)
GIDP: Robinson (8), Sanguillen (9), Williams (6), Wynn (3)
Hit by Pitch: Stargell (3,by Leon)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   7     4   2   0   2   3   0  29   3.10
Moose W(3-1)            3     1   0   0   2   1   0  10   1.15
Tekulve SV(1)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.71
Totals                 11     6   2   0   4   5   0  43

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton                  7    10   2   2   1   4   0  31   5.13
Leon                    3     1   0   0   2   2   0  13   0.51
Devine L(1-2)           1     1   2   2   2   1   0   8   3.55
Totals                 11    12   4   4   5   7   0  52

Hit by Pitch: Leon (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Art Williams


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second;
Taveras stole third; Robinson struck out; Oliver hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Taveras scored]; Stargell grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Gilbreath
lined to second; Wynn walked; Henderson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Braves 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Parker singled to left; Zisk forced Parker
(shortstop to second); Stennett singled to right [Zisk to
second]; Dyer flied out to center [Zisk to third]; Kison
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chaney flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Braves 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras made an out to second; Robinson struck out;
Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster struck out; Morton struck out; Office
doubled to left; Gilbreath lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 1, Braves 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell flied out to left; Parker grounded out
(second to first); Zisk singled to center; Stennett doubled to
left [Zisk to third]; Dyer was walked intentionally; Kison
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates
1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Wynn flied out to center; Henderson walked; Williams
struck out; Paciorek forced Henderson (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Braves 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Taveras singled to shortstop; Robinson grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Taveras out at
second]; Oliver singled to center; Stargell singled to right
[Oliver to third]; Parker doubled to right [Oliver scored,
Stargell to third]; Zisk struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Chaney lined to left; Royster singled to right;
Morton reached on an error by Kison on a sacrifice bunt [Royster
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Morton to second]; Office grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Morton to third]; Gilbreath grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Braves 1.

PIRATES 6TH: LACY REPLACED GILBREATH (PLAYING 2B); Stennett
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dyer singled to left; Kison out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dyer to second];
Taveras was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; Henderson flied out to
center; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted); Stargell grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: HEBNER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); Paciorek
singled to center; Chaney out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Paciorek to second]; Royster reached on an error by
Hebner [Paciorek to third, Royster to first]; MAY BATTED FOR
MORTON; May hit a sacrifice fly to center [Paciorek scored
(unearned)]; Office singled to left [Royster to second]; Lacy
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Braves 2.

PIRATES 8TH: LEON REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Parker flied out to
left; Zisk walked; Stennett flied out to center; KIRKPATRICK
BATTED FOR DYER; Kirkpatrick walked [Zisk to second]; ROBERTSON
BATTED FOR KISON; Robertson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: SANGUILLEN REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING C ); MOOSE
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Wynn struck out; Henderson
walked; Williams grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
2, Braves 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Taveras struck out; Hebner grounded out (second to
first); Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Paciorek flied out to right; Chaney flied out to
right; Royster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
2, Braves 2.

PIRATES 10TH: Stargell was hit by a pitch; Parker singled to
right [Stargell to second]; Zisk flied out to left; Stennett
reached on a fielder's choice [Stargell to third, Parker to
second (error by Lacy)]; Sanguillen grounded into a double play
(first to catcher) [Stargell out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Pirates 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 10TH: EVANS BATTED FOR LEON; Evans walked; Office singled
to catcher [Evans to second]; Lacy forced Office (second to
shortstop) [Evans to third]; Wynn grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Lacy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Braves 2.

PIRATES 11TH: DEVINE REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); OTT BATTED FOR
MOOSE; Ott walked; Taveras reached on a fielder's choice on a
sacrifice bunt [Ott to second]; Hebner out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Ott to third, Taveras to second]; Oliver
doubled to left [Ott scored, Taveras scored]; Stargell struck
out; Parker was walked intentionally; Zisk reached on an error
by Lacy [Oliver to third, Parker to second, Zisk to first];
Stennett grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 11TH: TEKULVE REPLACED OTT (PITCHING); Henderson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Williams struck out; Paciorek singled
to center; GASTON BATTED FOR CHANEY; Gaston grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Braves 2.