The Pirates won the East division championship with a 2-1 victory over the Mets before a record Pittsburgh crowd of 50,469. With three games left to play, the Pirates had a 4½-game lead over the Cubs and 5½ over the Mets, with both runners-up having four games remaining. Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Mets 1Game Played on Sunday, September 27, 1970 (Day game) at Three Rivers StadiumMets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 2 Pirates 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 2 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Agee cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .286 Alou cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .295 Garrett 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .252 Cash 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .311 Jones lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Clemente rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .352 Shamsky rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Oliver lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .289 Robertson 1b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .326 Grote c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .257 Hebner 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .283 Weis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Alley ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 .243 Dyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Ellis p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 McAndrew p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .148 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Marshall ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 1 10 1 5 2 Totals 32 2 8 2 3 7 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 50,469 Left on Base: Mets 12, Pirates 12 DP: Mets 0, Pirates 2 Errors: Garrett, Boswell, Cash Doubles: Clemente (22), Hebner (23) Stolen Bases: Agee (31) Caught Stealing: Grote (1) Sacrifice Flies: Robertson (6), Cash (2) GIDP: Boswell (13), Jones (24) Hit by Pitch: Alley (3,by McAndrew) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McAndrew L(10-13) 5 7 2 2 1 5 0 26 3.48 Ryan 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.50 Herbel 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.59 Totals 8 8 2 2 3 7 0 38 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis W(13-10) 7.1 10 1 1 4 2 0 34 3.21 Giusti SV(26) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3.00 Totals 9 10 1 1 5 2 0 40 Hit by Pitch: McAndrew (2) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Augie Donatelli METS 1ST: Agee walked; Garrett singled to left [Agee to second]; Jones walked [Agee to third, Garrett to second]; Shamsky forced Agee (first to catcher) [Garrett to third, Jones to second]; Clendenon singled to left [Garrett scored, Jones to third, Shamsky to second]; Boswell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Clendenon out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Alou popped to shortstop; Cash grounded out (third to first); Clemente singled to left; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 2ND: Grote reached on an error by Cash; Harrelson flied out to center; On a bunt McAndrew struck out; Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Robertson reached on an error by Garrett; Sanguillen singled to center [Robertson to second]; Hebner struck out; Alley struck out; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 3RD: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Jones popped to second; Shamsky walked; Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Alou lined to third; Cash singled to left; Clemente doubled to center [Cash to third]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Robertson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cash scored, Clemente to third]; Sanguillen popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. METS 4TH: Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); Grote walked; Grote was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrelson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner doubled to right; Alley was hit by a pitch; Ellis forced Hebner (pitcher to third) [Alley to second]; Alou singled to right [Alley to third, Ellis to second]; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center [Alley scored, Ellis to third]; Clemente struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 5TH: McAndrew singled to right; Agee singled to left [McAndrew to second]; On a bunt Garrett singled to third [McAndrew to third, Agee to second]; Jones grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Agee to third, Garrett to second, McAndrew out at home]; Shamsky flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 5TH: Oliver reached on an error by Boswell; Robertson singled to center [Oliver to second]; Sanguillen lined to center; Hebner struck out; Alley forced Oliver (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 6TH: Clendenon flied out to left; Boswell singled to center; Grote forced Boswell (third to second); Harrelson singled to right [Grote to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Kranepool forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 6TH: RYAN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Ellis struck out; Alou grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 7TH: Agee singled to left; Agee stole second; Garrett flied out to left; Jones flied out to center; Shamsky grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 7TH: Clemente flied out to right; Oliver struck out; Robertson walked; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 8TH: Clendenon flied out to center; Boswell singled to left; Grote singled to left [Boswell to second]; WEIS RAN FOR GROTE; GIUSTI REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Harrelson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Boswell to third, Weis to second]; MARSHALL BATTED FOR RYAN; Marshall walked; Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: DYER REPLACED WEIS (PLAYING C ); HERBEL REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Hebner singled to left; Alley grounded out (second to first) [Hebner to second]; Giusti popped to shortstop; Alou was walked intentionally; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 9TH: Garrett popped to third in foul territory; Jones flied to right in foul territory; Shamsky grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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