After a single by Willie Stargell in the seventh inning, Bob Robertson and Jose Pagan smashed consecutive homers to bring the Pirates a 3-2 victory over the Mets. The Pirates' lead in the East division race was trimmed to 1½ games over the Cubs, who beat the Expos in a doubleheader, but the third-place Mets fell 2½ lengths off the pace. Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 2Game Played on Friday, September 18, 1970 (Night game) at Shea StadiumPirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 11 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 9 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clines rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .542 Agee cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .280 Alou cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Garrett 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .252 Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .323 Jones lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .286 Stargell lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .266 Shamsky 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .306 Robertson 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .289 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kopacz ph,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Marshall rf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .258 Pagan 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .260 Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Alley ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .236 Grote c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .255 Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Blass p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .121 Singleton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Giusti p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 McAndrew p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .137 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .122 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Totals 36 3 11 3 1 6 Totals 32 2 9 2 3 7 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 42,225 Left on Base: Pirates 9, Mets 7 DP: Pirates 2, Mets 0 Errors: Garrett Doubles: Jones (23) Home Runs: Robertson (27), Pagan (6) Caught Stealing: Clines (1), Jorgensen (2) Sacrifice Hits: Blass (2), Sanguillen (1) Sacrifice Flies: Marshall (1) GIDP: Harrelson (8) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blass W(10-12) 7 8 2 2 3 5 0 30 3.37 Giusti SV(25) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.19 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 7 0 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McAndrew L(10-12) 7 8 3 3 0 4 2 28 3.48 Frisella 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 11 2.91 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 6 2 39 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel PIRATES 1ST: 30 minute rain delay before start of game; Clines grounded out (second to first); Alou singled to right; Sanguillen singled to center [Alou to third]; Stargell struck out; Robertson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee singled to center; Garrett flied to left; Jones doubled to right [Agee to third]; Shamsky was walked intentionally; Marshall struck out; Boswell forced Shamsky (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 2ND: Pagan flied to center; Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazeroski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Grote singled to center; Harrelson singled to left [Grote to second]; On a bunt McAndrew forced Grote (pitcher to third) [Harrelson to second]; Agee walked [Harrelson to third, McAndrew to second]; Garrett lined into a double play (third unassisted) [Harrelson out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 3RD: Blass struck out; Clines grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Jones singled to left; Shamsky flied to center; Marshall struck out; Boswell lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen popped to shortstop; Stargell popped to shortstop; Robertson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Grote singled to center; Harrelson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grote out at second]; McAndrew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 5TH: Pagan grounded out (third to first); Alley singled to center; Mazeroski struck out; Blass flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Agee struck out; Garrett flied to center; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 6TH: Clines singled to right; Clines was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Shamsky grounded out (first unassisted); Marshall grounded out (second to first); Boswell singled to left; Grote popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 7TH: Stargell singled to center; Robertson homered [Stargell scored]; Pagan homered; Alley singled to left; Mazeroski flied to right; Blass out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Alley to second]; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 0. PIRATES 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Alou singled to shortstop; Sanguillen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alou to second]; Stargell was walked intentionally; KOPACZ BATTED FOR ROBERTSON; Kopacz struck out (strikeout was charged to Robertson); Pagan reached on an error by Garrett [Stargell to second, Alou to third]; Alley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 0. METS 8TH: KOPACZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Garrett walked; Jones singled to pitcher [Garrett to second]; GIUSTI REPLACED BLASS (PITCHING); Shamsky singled to center [Jones to third, Garrett scored]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR SHAMSKY; Marshall hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jones scored]; Boswell lined to right; Jorgensen was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 2. PIRATES 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Mazeroski flied to right; Giusti singled to left; Clines singled to pitcher [Giusti to second]; Alou grounded out (second to first) [Clines to second, Giusti to third]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 2. METS 9TH: Grote flied to left; SINGLETON BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Singleton was called out on strikes; CLENDENON BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 2. |
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