Larry Demery pitched a three-hitter and Ed Kirkpatrick and Manny Sanguillen smashed homers, driving in five runs between them, as the Pirates walloped the Mets, 10-1. The Pirates decided the outcome with three runs off Harry Parker in the third inning.

Frank Taveras singled and Rennie Stennett tripled for the first run. After a pass to Kirkpatrick, singles by Al Oliver and Richie Zisk produced two more tallies. Kirkpatrick hit his homer with two men on base in the fourth and Sanguillen connected with one aboard in the seventh. The Mets averted a shutout when Ed Kranepool tripled and Felix Millan hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 10, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    7, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  2
Pirates      0  0  3    3  0  0    3  1  x  -  10 14  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     2   1   .246      Stennett 2b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .266
Millan 2b             2   0   1   1     0   0   .257      Kirkpatrick 1b        4   2   1   3     1   0   .247
Jones lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .280      Oliver cf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .298
  Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Zisk rf               5   1   1   1     0   2   .318
Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Parker lf             3   1   2   0     2   0   .298
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Sanguillen c          5   1   1   2     0   0   .284
Garrett 3b            1   0   0   0     3   0   .211        Ryan c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
Grote c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Howe 3b               4   1   1   0     1   1   .250
  Hodges c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Taveras ss            4   2   3   1     1   1   .251
Hahn cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Demery p              3   1   1   1     1   2   .105
Parker p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Kranepool ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .351
  Theodore lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .189

Totals               26   1   3   1     7   4             Totals               38  10  14  10     6   6

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 13,360
Left on Base: Mets 7, Pirates 11
DP: Mets 0, Pirates 2
Errors: Harrelson, Jones
Doubles: Howe (3)
Triples: Kranepool (1), Stennett (2)
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (2), Sanguillen (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (15), Demery (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Millan (4)
GIDP: Staub (15), Hahn (6)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parker L(3-10)          4     7   6   6   3   2   1  23   3.51
Miller                  3     5   3   3   1   3   1  15   3.60
Aker                    1     2   1   1   2   1   0   7   3.61
Totals                  8    14  10  10   6   6   2  45

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Demery W(2-4)           9     3   1   1   7   4   0  35   3.98
Totals                  9     3   1   1   7   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Harrelson to second]; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett flied to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(third to first); Oliver popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 0, Pirates 0.

METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (second to first); Garrett walked;
Grote grounded out (pitcher to first) [Garrett to second]; Hahn
was walked intentionally; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk struck out; Parker singled to center;
Sanguillen flied to right; Howe struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson walked; Millan singled to left [Harrelson to
third]; Jones struck out; Staub grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras singled to center; Demery out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Taveras to second]; Stennett
tripled to center [Taveras scored]; Kirkpatrick walked; Oliver
singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second, Stennett scored]; Zisk
singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored, Oliver to third, Zisk to
second (error by Jones)]; Parker was walked intentionally;
Sanguillen popped to shortstop; Howe grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 3.

METS 4TH: Milner flied to center; Garrett walked; Grote struck
out; Hahn popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Taveras singled to second; Demery walked [Taveras
to second]; Stennett popped to shortstop; Kirkpatrick homered
[Taveras scored, Demery scored]; Oliver reached on an error by
Harrelson; Zisk popped to first in foul territory; Parker flied
to center; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 6.

METS 5TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR PARKER; Boswell grounded out
(pitcher to first); Harrelson struck out; Millan flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 5TH: HODGES REPLACED GROTE (PLAYING C ); MILLER REPLACED
BOSWELL (PITCHING); Sanguillen popped to third in foul
territory; Howe grounded out (third to first); Taveras struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 6.

METS 6TH: Jones lined to shortstop; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 6TH: Demery struck out; Stennett singled to center;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stennett to
second]; Oliver flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Pirates 6.

METS 7TH: Garrett walked; Hodges popped to second; Hahn grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garrett out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Zisk was called out on strikes; Parker walked;
Sanguillen homered [Parker scored]; Howe doubled to center;
Taveras singled to shortstop [Howe stayed at second]; Demery
singled to center [Taveras to second, Howe scored]; Stennett
lined to third; Kirkpatrick flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 9.

METS 8TH: KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MILLER; Kranepool tripled to
right; Harrelson flied to left; Millan hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kranepool scored]; Jones walked; Staub singled to left
[Jones to second]; Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Pirates 9.

PIRATES 8TH: THEODORE REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING LF); AKER
REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Oliver singled to center; Zisk forced
Oliver (shortstop to second); Parker singled to center [Zisk to
second]; Sanguillen flied to center; Howe walked [Zisk to third,
Parker to second]; Taveras walked [Zisk scored, Parker to third,
Howe to second]; Demery struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets
1, Pirates 10.

METS 9TH: RYAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Garrett popped
to first in foul territory; Hodges popped to third; Hahn flied
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Pirates 10.