A winner for the sixth straight time, Dock Ellis yielded only five hits and pitched the Pirates to a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers. Al Oliver and Willie Stargell hit doubles for a Pirate run in the first inning and both followed with singles in the fourth. When Jim Wynn missed connections with Oliver's hit to center field, Stargell scored. Oliver reached third on the error and counted on a wild pitch by Don Sutton.

The Dodgers loaded the bases in the sixth and picked up two runs on a single by Steve Garvey, but the Pirates pulled away with their final pair in the eighth on two walks around Oliver's third hit of the game, an error by Bill Russell and sacrifice fly by Manny Sanguillen. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Friday, August    16, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  5  2
Pirates      1  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .251      Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Buckner lf            3   0   2   0     1   0   .311      Hebner 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .304
Wynn cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Oliver cf             4   3   3   0     0   0   .312
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .321      Stargell lf           2   1   2   1     2   0   .306
Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .295      Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .321
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Sanguillen c          2   0   0   1     0   0   .284
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Kirkpatrick 1b        4   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .262
Sutton p              2   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Ellis p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   5   2     2   8             Totals               28   5   7   2     4   3

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 32,347
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Pirates 5
DP: Dodgers 3, Pirates 0
Errors: Wynn, Russell
Doubles: Oliver (27), Stargell (28)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanguillen (6)
GIDP: Stennett (13), Kirkpatrick (4)
Hit by Pitch: Sanguillen (3,by Sutton)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(10-9)          7     6   3   3   2   3   0  28   3.70
Hough                   1     1   2   1   2   0   0   6   3.38
Totals                  8     7   5   4   4   3   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(9-8)            9     5   2   2   2   8   0  33   3.39
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   8   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Sutton (4)
Wild Pitches: Sutton (4)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Andy Olsen


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Buckner walked; Wynn
singled to center [Buckner to third, Wynn out at second (center
to third to second)]; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett struck out; Hebner grounded out (second to
first); Oliver doubled to left; Stargell doubled to left [Oliver
scored]; Zisk lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to right; Cey struck out;
Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Sutton struck out; Lopes
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett
made an out to second; Hebner grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Wynn made
an out to second; Garvey lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to right; Stargell singled to center
[Oliver scored (error by Wynn), Stargell to third]; Zisk struck
out; Sanguillen was hit by a pitch; Sutton threw a wild pitch
[Stargell scored, Sanguillen to second]; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Sanguillen to third]; Taveras walked;
Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford struck out; Cey flied out to right;
Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett flied out to center; Hebner grounded out
(second to first); Oliver made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager was called out on strikes; Sutton singled to
first; Lopes walked [Sutton to second]; Buckner singled to
center [Sutton to third, Lopes to second]; Wynn struck out;
Garvey singled to left [Sutton scored, Lopes scored, Buckner to
third]; Crawford flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell walked; Zisk singled to center [Stargell
to second]; Sanguillen lined into a double play (second
unassisted) [Stargell out at second]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey popped to first; Russell grounded out (second
to first); Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Taveras flied out to center; Ellis singled to
first; Stennett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 8TH: JOSHUA BATTED FOR SUTTON; Joshua grounded out
(second to first); Lopes struck out; Buckner singled to left;
Wynn lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Hebner walked;
Oliver singled to left [Hebner to second]; Stargell walked
[Hebner to third, Oliver to second]; Zisk reached on an error by
Russell [Hebner scored (no RBI), Oliver to third, Stargell to
second]; Sanguillen hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oliver scored
(unearned)]; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Zisk out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford
flied out to left; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 5.