Jerry Reuss observed his 25th birthday by pitching the Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the Dodgers. Ron Cey homered for the Dodgers, who held a 3-1 lead before the Pirates took command in the fifth inning. Rennie Stennett and Gene Clines singled and, after a sacrifice, Richie Zisk walked to load the bases. Mike Marshall replaced Doug Rau, but the relief ace failed to retire the side until the Pirates had scored four runs on a single by Manny Sanguillen, grounder by Richie Hebner and singles by Ed Kirkpatrick and Mario Mendoza. Doubles by Reuss and Al Oliver around a single by Stennett added two more runs in the eighth.

The Dodgers scored their first run under unusual circumstances in the first inning. With the bases loaded and two out, Joe Ferguson, who was batting, took a pitch for what Sanguillen thought was a called third strike. The catcher rolled the ball to the mound, but umpire Satch Davidson actually had ruled ball four. Lee Lacy, who was on third base, thought the inning was over and started for the dugout, but Jim Wynn, alert to the situation, raced for home from second base and was tagged out. Lacy came back and also was tagged before sliding home. After a consultation, the umpires ruled Wynn out for passing Lacy on the basepaths, but held that Lacy was immune to tag and entitled to score because of the bases-loaded pass to Ferguson. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      19, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Pirates      1  0  0    0  4  0    0  2  x  -   7 11  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .261      Stennett 2b           4   3   2   1     1   0   .294
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Clines cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .244
Auerbach ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .371      Oliver 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .286
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zisk lf               3   1   0   0     2   2   .323
Wynn cf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .296      Sanguillen c          3   0   1   2     0   0   .275
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .319      Hebner 3b             4   1   0   1     0   0   .289
Cey 3b                3   1   2   1     1   0   .279      Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   2   1     1   0   .300
Ferguson rf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .256      Mendoza ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .267
Paciorek lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Reuss p               2   1   1   0     1   1   .194
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .322
Rau p                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Russell ph,ss       2   0   0   0     0   0   .276

Totals               33   3   7   3     4   2             Totals               32   7  11   7     5   5

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 16,493
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Pirates 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Pirates 0
Doubles: Wynn (9), Cey (9), Oliver 2 (14), Reuss (1)
Home Runs: Cey (9)
Stolen Bases: Zisk (1), Stennett (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (1), Oliver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanguillen (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(5-3)              4.1   5   4   4   4   2   0  22   3.12
Marshall                1.2   3   1   1   1   1   0   9   2.47
Hough                   2     3   2   2   0   2   0   9   2.13
Totals                  8    11   7   7   5   5   0  40

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(6-4)            9     7   3   3   4   2   1  37   4.06
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   2   1  37

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Sudol


DODGERS 1ST: 45 minute rain delay before start of game;
Lacy singled to center; Auerbach flied out to center; Wynn
singled to center [Lacy to second]; Garvey grounded out (third
to first) [Lacy to third, Wynn to second]; Cey was walked
intentionally; Ferguson walked [Lacy scored, Wynn out at home
(pitcher to catcher), Cey to second]; Joe Ferguson walked on
3-2 pitch that catcher Manny Sanguillen thought was strike
three; he rolled the ball to the mound; Lee Lacy, the runner on
3B, thought it was strike 3 and started for the dugout; Jimmy
Wynn, the runner on 2B, saw it was ball 4 and tried to score;
pitcher Jerry Reuss retrieved the ball and threw it to
Sanguillen who ran back to HP to apply the tag; HP umpire Satch
Davidson made no call as Sanguillen threw to 3B where Richie
Hebner stepped on 3B appealing that Lacy was out; Lacy, standing
in front of the dugout, ran to HP, Hebner threw to Sanguillen,
who applied the tag; Davidson ruled Lacy out and both benches
argued; after an 11 minute delay, the umpires ruled that Lacy
scored without touching HP since it was 'automatic' on a
bases-loaded walk and that Wynn was out trying to advance; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett walked; Clines singled to left [Stennett
to second]; Oliver flied out to left; Zisk walked [Stennett to
third, Clines to second]; Sanguillen hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Stennett scored, Clines to third]; Zisk stole second; Hebner
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Paciorek flied out to center; Yeager flied out to
right; Rau grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Kirkpatrick walked; Mendoza was called out on
strikes; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Stennett popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy singled to center; Auerbach forced Lacy
(pitcher to shortstop); Wynn flied out to left; Garvey made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Clines flied out to left; Oliver doubled to right;
Zisk grounded out (third to first) [Oliver to third]; Sanguillen
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey homered; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Paciorek flied out to center; Yeager struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner popped to third; Kirkpatrick singled to
right; Mendoza grounded out (second to first) [Kirkpatrick to
second]; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Pirates 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Rau popped to third in foul territory; Lacy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach singled to center;
Wynn doubled to left [Auerbach scored]; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates
1.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett singled to left; Clines singled to right
[Stennett to second]; Oliver out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Stennett to third, Clines to second]; Zisk walked;
MARSHALL REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to third
[Stennett scored, Clines to third, Zisk to second]; Hebner
forced Sanguillen (second to shortstop) [Clines scored, Zisk to
third]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Zisk scored, Hebner to
third]; Mendoza singled to left [Hebner scored, Kirkpatrick to
second]; Reuss walked [Kirkpatrick to third, Mendoza to second];
Stennett forced Reuss (second unassisted); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Dodgers 3, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey doubled to center; Ferguson lined to third;
Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates
5.

PIRATES 6TH: Clines grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver made
an out to second; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 7TH: RUSSELL BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Russell flied out to
right; Lacy flied out to right; Auerbach walked; Wynn struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED AUERBACH (PITCHING); RUSSELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hebner grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Pirates 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded
out (third to first); Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: Mendoza made an out to shortstop; Reuss doubled to
left; Stennett singled to center [Reuss scored]; Stennett stole
second; Clines struck out; Oliver doubled to center [Stennett
scored]; Zisk was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 7.

DODGERS 9TH: Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Yeager
walked; Russell flied out to center; MOTA BATTED FOR LACY; Mota
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 7.