The Pirates, who were held to two hits by Jerry Koosman and lost the opener of a doubleheader, 4-1, came back to beat the Mets in the nightcap, 9-5, in 10 innings. As a result of the split, the Pirates boosted their lead to two games over the Cubs in the East division race, while the Mets remained 3½ games in arrears. New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, September 20, 1970 (Day game) at Shea StadiumPirates 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 Mets 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 x - 4 7 0 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alou cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Agee cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Alley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Garrett 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .257 Clemente rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .353 Jones lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .282 Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Shamsky rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Swoboda rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Stargell lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Clendenon 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .293 Pagan 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .261 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .249 Moose p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Grote c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .520 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .236 Brunet p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Koosman p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .091 Jeter ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 29 1 2 1 0 3 Totals 26 4 7 4 4 2 Time of Game: 2:04 Left on Base: Pirates 2, Mets 5 DP: Pirates 2, Mets 0 Doubles: Boswell (13) Home Runs: Pagan (7), Clendenon (20) Caught Stealing: Agee (14) Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (7) Sacrifice Flies: Jones (6) GIDP: Jones 2 (21) Hit by Pitch: Alou (4,by Koosman), Agee (2,by Moose) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moose L(11-10) 5 6 3 3 2 1 0 22 4.02 Brunet 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 4.26 Grant 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 1.83 Totals 8 7 4 4 4 2 1 33 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(11-7) 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 30 3.21 Totals 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 30 Hit by Pitch: Moose (3), Koosman (2) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Shag Crawford PIRATES 1ST: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); Clemente grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee singled to center; Garrett singled to left [Agee to second]; Jones grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Agee to third, Garrett out at second]; Shamsky flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson struck out; Stargell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Clendenon singled to center; Boswell popped to first; Grote flied to center; Harrelson flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 3RD: Pagan popped to catcher in foul territory; Mazeroski popped to first; Moose grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Koosman grounded out (third to first); Agee was hit by a pitch; Garrett singled to left [Agee to third]; Jones hit a sacrifice fly to right [Agee scored]; Shamsky forced Garrett (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 4TH: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Alley flied to right; Clemente struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Clendenon walked; Boswell doubled to left [Clendenon scored]; Grote grounded out (first to pitcher) [Boswell to third]; Harrelson singled to right [Boswell scored]; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harrelson to second]; Agee grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 3. PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson grounded out (third to first); Stargell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 3. METS 5TH: Garrett walked; Jones grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garrett out at second]; Shamsky struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 3. PIRATES 6TH: Pagan homered; Mazeroski flied to left; CLINES BATTED FOR MOOSE; Clines grounded out (second to first); Alou was hit by a pitch; Alley grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 3. METS 6TH: BRUNET REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Clendenon flied to center; Boswell grounded out (second to first); Grote walked; Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 3. PIRATES 7TH: Clemente was called out on strikes; Sanguillen flied to right; Robertson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 3. METS 7TH: Koosman walked; On a bunt Agee forced Koosman (pitcher to shortstop); Garrett flied to left; Agee was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 3. PIRATES 8TH: Stargell singled to center; Pagan popped to catcher in foul territory; Mazeroski flied to center; JETER BATTED FOR BRUNET; Jeter flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 3. METS 8TH: GRANT REPLACED JETER (PITCHING); Jones flied to right; Shamsky flied to center; Clendenon homered; Boswell flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 4. PIRATES 9TH: SWOBODA REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN REPLACED CLENDENON (PLAYING 1B); Alou grounded out (second to first); Alley flied to left; Clemente flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 4. |
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