After the Mets rallied for four runs in the ninth inning, right fielder Joel Youngblood saved the 6-5 victory by throwing out Dave Parker at the plate to cut off the Pirate comeback. The Mets began their uprising in the ninth with a double by John Stearns and a single by pinch-hitter Ed Kranepool, tying the score at 3-3. Lenny Randle tripled, driving in the go-ahead marker. Youngblood delivered a pinch-single, scoring Randle. Youngblood moved to second on an infield out by Lee Mazzilli and counted on a single by Steve Henderson.

In the Pirates' half, Parker tripled home two runs, but Youngblood, who went to right field after his pinch-hitting chore, nailed Parker at the plate when he attempted to score after a fly by Bill Robinson. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Game Played on Friday, June 30, 1978 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 - 6 14 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 - 5 11 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 5 2 4 1 0 0 .242 Taveras ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 .294 Foli ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .225 Moreno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .209 Youngblood pr,2b,rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Parker rf 5 0 3 2 0 0 .316 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Milner lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .300 S. Henderson lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .258 B. Robinson lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Montanez 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .271 Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Boisclair rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Ott c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Maddox ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Garner 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .255 Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Macha 3b 2 1 1 1 1 1 .333 Stearns c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Flynn 2b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 D. Robinson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Espinosa p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .184 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Grieve rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .235 Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Valentine 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Totals 39 6 14 6 2 4 Totals 35 5 11 5 3 1 Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 31,947 Left on Base: Mets 9, Pirates 8 DP: Mets 1, Pirates 0 Errors: Parker, Ott Doubles: Espinosa (3), Montanez (15), Stearns (9), Garner 2 (12), Macha (1), Parker (13) Triples: Randle (5), Parker (5) Stolen Bases: Garner (13) Caught Stealing: Randle (8) Sacrifice Hits: D. Robinson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Foli (1) Hit by Pitch: Stargell (3,by Siebert) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa 7 8 3 3 3 1 0 31 3.98 Siebert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.79 Murray W(4-3) 1.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 7 4.57 Totals 9 11 5 5 3 1 0 40 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Robinson 7 8 2 2 1 4 0 29 3.33 Jackson 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.43 Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.64 Hamilton L(0-2) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.11 Whitson 0.2 3 2 0 1 0 0 6 2.29 Totals 9 14 6 4 2 4 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Siebert (1) Wild Pitches: D. Robinson (5) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Ed Vargo METS 1ST: Randle singled to first; Foli flied out to left; Mazzilli flied out to center; S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Moreno lined to shortstop; Parker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boisclair struck out; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Milner grounded out (first unassisted); Stargell grounded out (first to pitcher); Ott singled to center; Garner flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. METS 3RD: Flynn lined to first; Espinosa doubled to right; Randle singled to left [Espinosa to third]; Foli hit a sacrifice fly to left [Espinosa scored]; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Macha struck out; D. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 4TH: Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); S. Henderson struck out; Montanez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Moreno popped to second; Parker grounded out (third to first); Milner walked; Stargell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 5TH: Boisclair flied out to left; Stearns flied out to left; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Ott grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner doubled to center; Garner stole third; Macha was walked intentionally; D. Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Macha to second]; Taveras singled to third [Garner scored, Macha to third]; Taveras was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. METS 6TH: On a bunt Espinosa grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle flied out to center; Foli singled to center; Mazzilli walked [Foli to second]; S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Moreno flied out to center; Parker singled to right; Milner popped to third in foul territory; Stargell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. METS 7TH: Montanez singled to right; Boisclair singled to left [Montanez to second]; D. Robinson threw a wild pitch [Montanez to third, Boisclair to second]; Stearns lined to left; Flynn flied out to right; Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Ott grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner doubled to center; Macha doubled to center [Garner scored]; D. Robinson popped to first; Taveras singled to right [Macha scored, Taveras to second (on throw to home)]; Moreno grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 3. METS 8TH: B. ROBINSON REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); MENDOZA REPLACED MACHA (PLAYING 3B); On a bunt Randle singled to first; Foli singled to center [Randle to second]; JACKSON REPLACED D. ROBINSON (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR FOLI; Mazzilli popped to third in foul territory; S. Henderson popped to first in foul territory; Montanez doubled to right [Randle scored, Youngblood to third]; MADDOX BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Maddox popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Parker doubled to center; B. Robinson walked; SIEBERT REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Stargell was hit by a pitch [Parker to third, B. Robinson to second]; Ott popped to second; MURRAY REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); GRIEVE REPLACED SIEBERT (PLAYING RF); Garner flied out to right; Mendoza grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. METS 9TH: Stearns doubled to left; TEKULVE REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Flynn popped to first in foul territory; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR GRIEVE; HAMILTON REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); Kranepool singled to center [Stearns scored]; WHITSON REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Ott dropped a foul fly hit by Randle for an error; Randle tripled to right [Kranepool scored]; Youngblood singled to left [Randle scored (unearned)]; Mazzilli popped to second in foul territory [Youngblood to second]; S. Henderson singled to right [Youngblood scored (unearned), S. Henderson to second (error by Parker)]; Montanez was walked intentionally; Murray grounded out (third to first); 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Pirates 3. PIRATES 9TH: VALENTINE REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING 2B); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); STENNETT BATTED FOR WHITSON; Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); Taveras singled to third; Moreno singled to center [Taveras to second]; Parker tripled to left [Taveras scored, Moreno scored]; Dave Parker fractured left cheekbone in HP collision; B. Robinson hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Parker out at home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Pirates 5.

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