A triple by Dave Cash and infield out by Greg Luzinski in the seventh inning produced the Phillies' deciding run in an 8-7 victory over the Pirates. Al Oliver drove in three runs with a homer and double to pace the Pirates to a 4-0 lead before the Phillies came back to tie the score in the third on a walk with the bases loaded and singles by Larry Bowa and Del Unser.

The Pirates went ahead again with an unearned run in the fourth, but the Phillies picked up a tally in the fifth and took a 7-5 lead when Mike Schmidt doubled and Mike Anderson homered in the sixth. Richie Zisk singled a run home for the Pirates in the seventh before Cash's triple and Luzinski's grounder in the home half enabled the Phillies to squeeze past the Pirates, who scored in the ninth on a double by Zisk for his fourth hit of the game and a single by Manny Sanguillen. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Game Played on Sunday, May 12, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Pirates      0  1  3    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   7 16  2
Phillies     0  0  4    0  1  2    1  0  x  -   8 12  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   2   3   0     0   0   .295      Cash 2b               5   3   2   0     0   0   .287
Parker cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .330      Bowa ss               5   1   2   1     0   0   .264
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Unser cf              2   0   1   3     1   0   .333
Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .330      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   1     0   2   .243
Stargell lf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .272      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Oliver 1b             5   2   3   3     0   0   .299      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .346
Zisk rf               5   1   4   2     0   0   .310      Anderson rf           4   1   2   2     0   1   .310
Sanguillen c          5   0   2   1     0   0   .262      Boone c               3   1   2   0     0   0   .253
Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Schueler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Clines ph,cf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .182        Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ellis p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .111        Rogodzinski ph      1   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Kison p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Farmer p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Scarce p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .348

Totals               41   7  16   6     2   1             Totals               34   8  12   7     2   5

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 11,243
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Phillies 6
DP: Pirates 1, Phillies 2
Errors: Stennett, Taveras, Cash, Anderson
Doubles: Oliver (5), Parker (5), Zisk (4), Schmidt (4), Boone (8)
Triples: Cash (3)
Home Runs: Oliver (4), Anderson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Stennett (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Unser (2)
GIDP: Stargell (2)
Hit by Pitch: Parker (2,by Schueler), Boone (2,by Ellis)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(1-3)            6     9   7   6   0   3   1  27   5.01
Kison                   1     2   1   1   2   1   0   7   2.70
Giusti                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.70
Totals                  8    12   8   7   2   5   1  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler                2.1   6   4   4   1   1   1  15   3.38
Culver                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.76
Farmer W(1-0)           3     4   1   0   1   0   0  12   4.22
Scarce                  2.2   5   2   2   0   0   0  14   3.93
Watt SV(4)              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.97
Totals                  9    16   7   6   2   1   1  45

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (2)
Hit by Pitch: Ellis (6), Schueler (1)
Wild Pitches: Scarce (1)
Balks: Ellis (1), Schueler (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Pryor


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to center; Schueler balked
[Stennett to second]; Parker grounded out (third to first);
Hebner popped to shortstop; Stargell grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Bowa grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies
0.

PIRATES 2ND: Oliver homered; Zisk singled to center; Sanguillen
flied out to right; Taveras struck out; Ellis lined to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski struck out; Montanez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett singled to right; Parker was hit by a
pitch [Stennett to second]; Hebner grounded out (second to
pitcher) [Stennett to third, Parker to second]; Stargell was
walked intentionally; Oliver doubled to center [Stennett scored,
Parker scored, Stargell to third]; Zisk singled to left
[Stargell scored, Oliver to third]; CULVER REPLACED SCHUELER
(PITCHING); Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory;
Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Pirates 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Anderson singled to center; Boone was hit by a
pitch [Anderson to second]; ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR CULVER;
Rogodzinski singled to right [Anderson to third, Boone to
second]; Cash forced Anderson (third to catcher) [Boone to
third, Rogodzinski to second]; Ellis balked [Boone scored,
Rogodzinski to third, Cash to second]; Bowa singled to left
[Rogodzinski scored, Cash to third, Bowa to second (on throw to
home)]; Unser singled [Cash scored, Bowa scored]; Luzinski
struck out; Montanez flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 4, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 4TH: FARMER REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Ellis
grounded out (third to first); Stennett singled to shortstop;
Parker singled to right [Stennett scored (error by Anderson)
(unearned) (no RBI), Parker to third]; Hebner walked; Stargell
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hebner out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt flied out to left; Anderson reached on an
error by Taveras; Boone flied out to left; Farmer struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen singled to center;
Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash singled to left; On a bunt Bowa singled to
pitcher [Cash to third (error by Stennett)]; Unser hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cash scored (unearned)]; Luzinski hit
into a double play (right to first) [Bowa out at second]; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Ellis singled to left; Stennett out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Ellis to second]; Parker hit into a
double play (shortstop unassisted) [Ellis out at third]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt
doubled to left; Anderson homered [Schmidt scored]; Boone
singled to center [Boone out at second (center to second)];
Farmer grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Phillies 7.

PIRATES 7TH: SCARCE REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Hebner flied out
to center; Stargell grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
singled to center; Scarce threw a wild pitch [Oliver to second];
Zisk singled to center [Oliver scored]; Sanguillen forced Zisk
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: KISON REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Cash tripled to
center; Bowa flied out to left; Unser was walked intentionally;
Luzinski forced Unser (third to second) [Cash scored]; Montanez
singled to right [Luzinski to second]; Sanguillen allowed a
passed ball [Luzinski to third, Montanez to second]; Schmidt
walked; Anderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Phillies 8.

PIRATES 8TH: CLINES BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Clines grounded out
(catcher to first); ROBERTSON BATTED FOR KISON; Robertson flied
out to right; Stennett reached on an error by Cash; Parker
doubled to right [Stennett to third]; Hebner flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MENDOZA
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING SS); GIUSTI REPLACED PARKER
(PITCHING); Boone doubled to center; Scarce struck out; Cash
reached on a fielder's choice [Boone out at third (shortstop to
third to second)]; Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 8.

PIRATES 9TH: Stargell flied out to right; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); Zisk doubled to left; Sanguillen singled to
right [Zisk scored]; WATT REPLACED SCARCE (PITCHING); Clines
singled to right [Sanguillen to second]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR
MENDOZA; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 7, Phillies 8.

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