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With a possible double play in sight, Roger Metzger booted a grounder by Ed Kirkpatrick with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and Gene Clines scored to bring the Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Astros. Bob Watson put the Astros ahead, 3-2, with a two-run homer in the eighth, but the Pirates rallied to win in the ninth. Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 3Game Played on Friday, April 26, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 11 1 Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 - 4 8 2 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Metzger ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .293 Stennett 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Brown rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .368 Gross ph,rf,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Oliver 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .307 Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .338 Stargell lf 1 0 0 1 1 0 .262 Watson lf,1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .329 Mendoza pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 L. May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Parker cf,rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .317 Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Zisk rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Rader 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Clines cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .338 Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Edwards c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .219 Taveras ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .406 Dierker p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Popovich ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 C. Johnson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Rooker p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scherman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .412 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 11 3 0 6 Totals 32 4 8 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 11,145 Left on Base: Astros 7, Pirates 7 DP: Astros 1, Pirates 1 Errors: Metzger, Stennett, Zisk Doubles: Rader (4), Metzger (5) Triples: Oliver (2) Home Runs: Watson (3) Caught Stealing: Edwards (1) Sacrifice Flies: Edwards (1), Stargell (3) GIDP: Zisk (1) Hit by Pitch: Stargell (1,by Scherman) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker 6 6 2 2 1 2 0 24 2.17 Scherman L(0-1) 2.1 1 2 1 0 1 0 9 1.50 Forsch 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.00 Totals 8.1 8 4 3 2 3 0 36 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker 6.2 9 1 1 0 4 0 28 1.25 Giusti W(1-1) 2.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 9 5.94 Totals 9 11 3 3 0 6 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Scherman (3) Wild Pitches: Dierker (2) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Brown flied out to right; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett flied out to right; Hebner struck out; Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to center; L. May was called out on strikes; Rader popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); Parker singled to right; Zisk grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Parker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms reached on an error by Zisk [Helms to first]; Edwards lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Helms out at first]; Dierker singled to left; Metzger singled to left [Dierker to second]; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Sanguillen grounded out (first to pitcher); Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Rooker flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled to center; L. May flied out to right; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner singled to center; Oliver forced Hebner (second to shortstop); Dierker threw a wild pitch [Oliver to second]; Stargell was walked intentionally; Parker lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. ASTROS 5TH: Helms flied out to center; Edwards singled to right; Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); On a bunt Dierker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Zisk struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Taveras singled to pitcher; Rooker singled to left [Taveras to second]; Stennett singled to left [Taveras scored, Rooker to second]; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 1. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown flied out to left; Cedeno singled to left; Watson singled to right [Cedeno to second]; L. May made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Oliver tripled to right; Stargell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oliver scored]; Parker flied out to left; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 2. ASTROS 7TH: Rader doubled to left; Helms lined to second [Rader to third (error by Stennett)]; Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rader scored]; C. JOHNSON BATTED FOR DIERKER; C. Johnson singled to shortstop; MILBOURNE RAN FOR C. JOHNSON; Metzger doubled to right [Milbourne to third]; GIUSTI REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR BROWN; Gross was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 7TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SCHERMAN REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Sanguillen flied out to left; Taveras grounded out (first unassisted); Giusti grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 2. ASTROS 8TH: PARKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CLINES REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING CF); Cedeno singled to center; Watson homered [Cedeno scored]; L. May grounded out (catcher to first); Rader made an out to second; Helms flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GALLAGHER REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING RF); Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 2. ASTROS 9TH: Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Scherman struck out; Metzger lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 2. PIRATES 9TH: Stargell was hit by a pitch; MENDOZA RAN FOR STARGELL; Parker struck out; Willie Stargell hit on the head; left with injury above his left eye Debut game for Mario Mendoza; Clines singled to center [Mendoza to second]; FORSCH REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled [Mendoza scored, Clines to third, Sanguillen to second (on throw)]; POPOVICH BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Popovich was walked intentionally; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Kirkpatrick reached on an error by Metzger [Clines scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sanguillen to third, Popovich to second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 4. |
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