Reggie Smith homered in the third inning and knocked in another run with a two-out single in the 10th to give the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Pirates. Tommy John was rapped for 11 hits by the Pirates, but their only run was unearned when Frank Taveras singled, stole second and third and scored on a wild throw by Steve Yeager in the home half of the third. In the 10th, Lee Lacy drew a walk from Rich Gossage with two away and stole second. After Bill Russell beat out an infield hit, Smith singled to plate the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    24, 1977 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   2  9  2
Pirates      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   1 11  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               4   1   1   0     1   1   .276      Taveras ss            5   1   3   0     0   0   .230
Russell ss            5   0   4   0     0   0   .280      Garner 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .247
Smith rf              4   1   3   2     1   0   .308      Parker rf             5   0   1   0     0   3   .342
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .254      Robinson 1b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .306
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Oliver lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Monday cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Gonzalez 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Baker lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Moreno cf             4   0   2   0     0   2   .236
  Oates c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .265      O. Jones p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .148
John p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .217        Fregosi ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Tekulve p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Berra pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               35   2   9   2     4   8             Totals               39   1  11   0     1  10

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 20,018
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Pirates 10
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Russell, Yeager
Doubles: Baker (19), Parker (40)
Triples: Moreno (6)
Home Runs: Smith (23)
Stolen Bases: Lacy (2), Taveras 2 (47), Moreno (41)
GIDP: Gonzalez (5)
Hit by Pitch: Oliver (4,by John)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(15-5)            9    11   1   0   1   9   0  38   2.63
Garman SV(7)            1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.29
Totals                 10    11   1   0   1  10   0  41

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
O. Jones                7     3   1   1   2   7   1  26   4.76
Tekulve                 2     4   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.19
Gossage L(9-9)          1     2   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.00
Totals                 10     9   2   2   4   8   1  39

Hit by Pitch: John (2)
Wild Pitches: O. Jones 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
singled to right; Smith walked [Russell to second]; O. Jones
threw a wild pitch [Russell to third, Smith to second]; Cey was
called out on strikes; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to center; Garner grounded out
(third to first); Parker doubled to center; Robinson walked;
Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Monday grounded out (first unassisted); Baker
walked; Yeager forced Baker (pitcher to second); John was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Dyer struck
out; Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy flied out to center; Russell flied to right in
foul territory; Smith homered; Cey flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: O. Jones grounded out (second to first); Taveras
singled to left; Taveras stole second; Taveras stole third
[Taveras scored (error by Yeager) (unearned)]; Garner struck
out; Parker struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Monday
struck out; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Robinson struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to
first); Gonzalez singled to left; Dyer grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Yeager made an out to second; John grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lacy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Moreno singled to center; Moreno stole second; O.
Jones struck out; Taveras singled to third [Moreno stayed at
second]; Garner popped to first in foul territory; Parker struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell singled to left; Smith flied out to left;
O. Jones threw a wild pitch [Russell to second]; Cey struck out;
Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Robinson reached on an error by Russell [Robinson
to first]; Oliver was hit by a pitch [Robinson to second];
Robinson was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Gonzalez
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Oliver out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Monday flied out to center; Baker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Dyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Moreno
tripled to right; FREGOSI BATTED FOR O. JONES; Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Taveras grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED FREGOSI (PITCHING); John struck
out; Lacy singled to center; Russell singled to shortstop [Lacy
out at third (shortstop to second)]; Smith singled to center
[Russell out at home (center to first to catcher)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 8TH: OATES REPLACED YEAGER (PLAYING C ); Garner singled
to left; Parker forced Garner (first to shortstop); Robinson
singled to center [Parker to second]; Oliver singled to right
[Parker out at home (right to catcher), Robinson to third];
Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey
grounded out (second to first); Monday walked; Baker doubled to
right [Monday out at home (second to first to catcher)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Dyer flied out to right; Moreno struck out; Tekulve
singled to center; BERRA RAN FOR TEKULVE; Taveras singled to
shortstop [Berra to second]; Garner forced Taveras (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 10TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED BERRA (PITCHING); Oates flied out
to center; POWELL BATTED FOR JOHN; Powell grounded out (second
to first); Lacy walked; Lacy stole second; Russell singled to
pitcher [Lacy to third]; Smith singled to right [Lacy scored,
Russell to third, Smith out at second (right to third to
second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 10TH: GARMAN REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); Parker struck
out; Robinson flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 1.