Richie Hebner walked, hit two doubles and scored three times and Al Oliver batted in two runs to lead the Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers, who suffered their fifth straight defeat. Tom Paciorek singled and Steve Yeager doubled for a Dodger run in the seventh, but a double by Hebner, wild pitch and infield out by Oliver tied the score in the fourth. The Dodgers went ahead again with two runs in the sixth. A double by Steve Garvey and single by Ron Cey produced the first run. After successive forceouts by Joe Ferguson and Paciorek, a single by Yeager and safe squeeze bunt by Andy Messersmith made it 3-1.

The Pirates came back with an equalizing pair in their half of the sixth on walks to Hebner and Willie Stargell, single by Richie Zisk and double by Manny Sanguillen. Then in the eighth, Hebner hit his second double and scored what proved to be the deciding run on a single by Oliver. Dave Giusti saved the game for Jerry Reuss, relieving with two men on base and one out in the ninth and inducing Bill Buckner to ground into a double play. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 17, 1974 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3 11  0
Pirates      0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  x  -   4  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  McMullen ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Hebner 3b             3   3   2   0     1   1   .307
  Lacy pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Oliver cf             4   0   1   2     0   0   .311
Russell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .268      Stargell lf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .303
  Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Zisk rf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .321
Wynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Sanguillen c          4   0   1   1     0   0   .284
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .320      Kirkpatrick 1b        2   0   1   0     1   0   .254
Cey 3b                4   0   1   1     0   0   .266      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Ferguson rf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .239      Reuss p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .200
Paciorek lf           4   2   1   0     0   0   .232        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Yeager c              4   0   3   1     0   0   .274
Messersmith p         2   0   2   1     1   0   .246
  Mota lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .295

Totals               34   3  11   3     2   3             Totals               27   4   6   4     5   2

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 18,681
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Pirates 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 1
Doubles: Russell (15), Yeager (12), Messersmith (6), Garvey (25), Hebner 2 (19), Kirkpatrick (2), Sanguillen (17)
Caught Stealing: Russell (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Lopes (7), Mota (4), Reuss (3)
GIDP: Buckner (10), Taveras (6)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(13-5)     7     6   4   4   5   2   0  30   2.34
Marshall                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.30
Totals                  8     6   4   4   5   2   0  33

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(13-9)           8.1  11   3   3   2   3   0  37   3.80
Giusti SV(8)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.42
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   3   0  38

Wild Pitches: Messersmith (5)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Russell doubled to left; Wynn
grounded out (third to first); Garvey flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner
struck out; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson was
called out on strikes; Paciorek singled to left; Yeager doubled
to right [Paciorek scored, Yeager to third (on throw to home)];
Messersmith walked; Lopes flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell flied out to left; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell popped to first; Wynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Kirkpatrick walked; Taveras grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; Reuss
walked; Stennett forced Reuss (pitcher to shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferguson
walked; Paciorek flied out to center; Yeager popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner doubled to left; Messersmith threw a wild
pitch [Hebner to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Hebner scored]; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Messersmith doubled to left; Lopes out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Messersmith to third]; Russell
grounded out (second to first); Wynn grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kirkpatrick doubled to center; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to
first); Reuss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey doubled to left; Cey singled to left [Garvey
scored]; Ferguson forced Cey (shortstop to second); Paciorek
forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); Yeager singled to center
[Paciorek to third]; Messersmith singled to third [Paciorek
scored, Yeager to third]; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett flied out to right; Hebner walked; Oliver
flied out to left; Stargell walked [Hebner to second]; Zisk
singled to center [Hebner scored, Stargell to second];
Sanguillen doubled to center [Stargell scored, Zisk out at home
(center to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell singled to center; Russell was caught
stealing second (catcher to second to first); Wynn popped to
second; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Taveras
walked; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Taveras
to second]; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey lined to left; Ferguson struck out; Paciorek
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Hebner doubled to right; Oliver singled to right
[Hebner scored, Oliver to second (on throw to home)]; MARSHALL
REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); MOTA REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PLAYING
LF); Stargell flied out to center; Zisk flied out to right;
Sanguillen flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Pirates 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Yeager singled to center; Mota out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Yeager to second]; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR
LOPES; McMullen singled to left [Yeager to third]; LACY RAN FOR
MCMULLEN; GIUSTI REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); BUCKNER BATTED FOR
RUSSELL; Buckner grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Lacy out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 4.

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