The slugging of Gary Thomasson and relief pitching of Dave Patterson and Bobby Castillo enabled the Dodgers to defeat the Pirates, 7-6. Thomasson homered with two men on base in the third inning to give the Dodgers a 5-0 lead against Jim Bibby, who was stopped on his personal six-game winning streak.

After the Pirates scored twice in their half of the fourth, Thomasson added what proved to be the Dodgers' winning blow, driving in two runs with a double in the fifth. The Pirates rallied for four runs in the home half of the fifth, chasing Charlie Hough, but their bid for a seventh straight victory was turned back by Patterson and Castillo. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1979 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      1  1  3    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  0
Pirates      0  0  2    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   6 14  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   0   1   0     2   0   .262      Moreno cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .292
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     1   0   .269      Foli ss               3   2   1   0     1   0   .289
Garvey 1b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .315        Lois pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cey 3b                4   2   2   0     0   1   .279        Stennett 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Baker lf              2   2   1   1     2   0   .290      Parker rf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .300
Thomasson cf,rf       4   1   2   5     0   1   .247      Milner 1b,lf          3   1   1   1     2   0   .303
Hatcher rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .400      B. Robinson lf        5   0   1   0     0   3   .277
  Thomas cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .271        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .217      Madlock 3b            5   1   3   2     0   1   .280
Hough p               1   0   0   1     0   0   .200      Ott c                 5   0   4   1     0   1   .278
  Patterson p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Garner 2b,ss          4   0   1   1     0   2   .297
  Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .103
                                                            Sanguillen ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
                                                            Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Easler ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .297
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stargell ph,1b      2   0   0   0     0   2   .297

Totals               32   7   9   7     5   6             Totals               39   6  14   6     4  10

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 22,416
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Pirates 12
DP: Dodgers 0, Pirates 2
Doubles: Hatcher (2), Thomasson (7), B. Robinson (14)
Triples: Parker (6)
Home Runs: Thomasson (10)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (36)
Caught Stealing: Moreno (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Hough (5), Patterson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Garner (3)
GIDP: Garvey (20)
Hit by Pitch: Cey (2,by Bibby), Foli (5,by Hough)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hough                   4.1   9   6   6   2   2   0  25   5.36
Patterson W(3-0)        3.1   4   0   0   1   4   0  14   4.31
Castillo SV(1)          1.1   1   0   0   1   4   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9    14   6   6   4  10   0  45

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(9-3)            3     6   5   5   2   3   1  17   2.87
Coleman                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.06
Roberts                 1     2   2   2   1   1   0   6   3.36
Jackson                 3     1   0   0   2   1   0  11   3.51
Tekulve                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.99
Totals                  9     9   7   7   5   6   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Hough (5), Bibby (4)

Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Bob Engel


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Russell singled to left
[Lopes to second]; Garvey hit into a double play (second to
shortstop) [Lopes out at third]; Cey singled to left [Russell to
third]; Baker singled to left [Russell scored, Cey to third];
Thomasson struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 1ST: Moreno grounded out (third to first); Foli grounded
out (second to first); Parker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Hatcher doubled to left; Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hatcher to third]; Hough out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Hatcher scored]; Lopes
walked; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Milner flied out to right; B. Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Madlock singled to center; Ott singled to
catcher [Madlock to second]; Garner forced Ott (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey struck out; Cey was hit by a pitch; Baker
walked [Cey to second]; Thomasson homered [Cey scored, Baker
scored]; Hatcher flied out to right; Yeager struck out; 3 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR BIBBY; Sanguillen grounded
out (first unassisted); Moreno flied out to left; Foli singled
to center; Parker tripled to center [Foli scored]; Milner
singled to center [Parker scored]; B. Robinson struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 4TH: COLEMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PITCHING); Hough flied
out to center; Lopes flied out to center; Russell flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Madlock flied out to left; Ott singled to right;
Garner singled to left [Ott to second]; LACY BATTED FOR COLEMAN;
Lacy forced Ott (third unassisted) [Garner to second]; Moreno
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
5, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 5TH: ROBERTS REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Garvey flied out
to right; Cey singled to shortstop; Baker walked [Cey to
second]; Thomasson doubled to left [Cey scored, Baker scored];
Hatcher struck out; Yeager popped to first in foul territory; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Foli was hit by a pitch; Parker walked [Foli to
second]; Milner walked [Foli to third, Parker to second]; B.
Robinson struck out; Madlock singled to left [Foli scored,
Parker scored, Milner to second]; Ott singled to center [Milner
scored, Madlock to third, Ott to second (on throw)]; PATTERSON
REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Garner hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Madlock scored]; EASLER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Easler grounded out
(first to pitcher); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

DODGERS 6TH: JACKSON REPLACED EASLER (PITCHING); Patterson
struck out; Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Russell walked;
Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Russell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 6TH: Moreno struck out; Foli grounded out (shortstop to
first); Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker flied
out to center; Thomasson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Milner flied out to center; B. Robinson doubled to
left; Madlock singled to left [B. Robinson to third]; Ott struck
out; Garner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Pirates 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Hatcher grounded out (second to first); Yeager
singled to left; Patterson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
shortstop to first) [Yeager to second]; Lopes popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: STARGELL BATTED FOR JACKSON; Stargell struck out;
Moreno singled to right; Moreno was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Foli walked; LOIS RAN FOR FOLI; Parker
singled to right [Lois to second]; CASTILLO REPLACED PATTERSON
(PITCHING); Milner walked [Lois to third, Parker to second]; B.
Robinson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

DODGERS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PITCHING); STARGELL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GARNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); STENNETT REPLACED LOIS (PLAYING 2B); MILNER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Russell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Garvey flied out to right; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 9TH: THOMAS REPLACED HATCHER (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Madlock was called out on
strikes; Ott singled to center; Garner struck out; Stargell
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 6.