Veteran Juan Pizarro, pitching one day after his acquisition from Cordoba of the Mexican League, walked Bruce Miller with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to force in the run that gave the Giants an 8-7 victory over the Pirates. However, major blame for the Pirates' defeat fell on Dave Giusti, Ramon Hernandez and John Morlan. Led by Rennie Stennett, who hit a homer and two singles, driving in three runs, the Pirates were ahead, 6-2, going into the ninth inning when the Giants rallied for five runs.

Giusti, pitching in relief of Bruce Kison, was kayoed after giving up singles by Garry Maddox, Tito Fuentes and Bobby Bonds and double by Gary Matthews, three runs scoring. Hernandez took over and was rapped for a triple by Chris Speier, driving in the tying tally. After Morlan became the Pirates' third pitcher of the inning, Miller singled to put the Giants ahead. The Pirates came back to tie the score in their half. Al Oliver singled, moved to third on a hit by Willie Stargell and was safe at the plate when Dave Rader dropped the throw by Miller on a grounder by Richie Zisk. In the 10th, Morlan passed both Fuentes and Bonds. Pizarro relieved and retired Matthews. Mike Caldwell then sacrificed. Following an intentional pass to Speier, Pizarro walked Miller on a 3-and-2 count to force in Fuentes. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Game Played on Tuesday, August 20, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  5    1  -   8 16  2
Pirates      1  0  2    0  0  0    1  2  1    0  -   7 13  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             6   1   2   0     0   0   .292      Stennett 2b           6   1   3   3     0   0   .279
Fuentes 2b            5   3   5   0     1   0   .247      Hebner 3b             6   2   2   0     0   1   .304
Bonds rf              4   1   2   2     2   0   .263      Oliver cf             5   2   4   1     0   0   .315
Matthews lf           6   1   2   2     0   2   .275      Stargell lf           4   0   2   1     1   0   .301
Goodson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .296        Clines pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Zisk rf               5   0   1   1     0   2   .326
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Sanguillen c          5   1   1   0     0   0   .287
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Kirkpatrick 1b        4   0   0   0     1   0   .249
Speier ss             3   1   1   1     3   0   .256      Taveras ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .262
Miller 3b             5   1   3   2     1   0   .292        Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Rudolph c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Kison p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .083
  Rader ph,c          3   0   1   1     0   0   .297        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .125
D'Acquisto p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .123        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pizarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Howe ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
  Kingman ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .214

Totals               44   8  16   8     8   3             Totals               43   7  13   6     4   6

Time of Game: 3:31   Attendance: 15,944
Left on Base: Giants 15, Pirates 10
DP: Giants 1, Pirates 2
Errors: Rader, D'Acquisto, Taveras
Doubles: Matthews 2 (20), Bonds (19), Fuentes (9), Rader (13), Hebner (20), Oliver (28), Sanguillen (18)
Triples: Speier (4)
Home Runs: Stennett (5)
Caught Stealing: Stargell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (3)
GIDP: Rudolph (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              6     7   3   3   2   3   0  27   3.43
Morris                  1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   5.06
Moffitt                 1     2   2   2   2   1   0   6   4.46
Sosa                    0.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   2   3.15
Caldwell W(12-3)        1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.13
Totals                 10    13   7   6   4   6   1  47

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   6.2   8   1   1   4   1   0  30   3.33
Giusti                  1.1   6   5   5   0   1   0  10   3.84
Hernandez               0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.12
Morlan L(0-3)           0.2   1   1   1   2   1   0   6   3.36
Pizarro                 1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                 10    16   8   8   8   3   0  53

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes
singled to center; Bonds flied out to center; Matthews was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett made an out to second; Hebner singled to
third; Oliver singled to center [Hebner to third]; Stargell
singled to left [Hebner scored, Oliver to second]; Zisk struck
out while Stargell was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Speier flied
out to right; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick reached on an error by D'Acquisto; Taveras forced
Kirkpatrick (first to shortstop); Kison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Rudolph walked; On a bunt D'Acquisto forced Rudolph
(third to shortstop); Maddox singled to right [D'Acquisto to
third]; Fuentes singled to pitcher [D'Acquisto stayed at third,
Maddox to second]; Bonds lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett flied to right in foul territory; Hebner
doubled to center; Oliver doubled to left [Hebner scored];
Stargell was walked intentionally; Zisk singled to right [Oliver
scored, Stargell to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Stargell to third, Zisk to second]; Kirkpatrick was
walked intentionally; Taveras flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews doubled to left; Goodson popped to third in
foul territory; Speier walked; Miller forced Speier (third to
second) [Matthews to third]; Rudolph grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Kison grounded out (third to first); Stennett flied
out to left; Hebner made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 5TH: D'Acquisto grounded out (second to first); Maddox
flied out to right; Fuentes singled to center; Bonds doubled to
center [Fuentes scored]; Matthews flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Oliver singled to center; Stargell flied out to
left; Zisk flied out to right; Sanguillen flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Speier
walked; Miller singled to left [Speier to second]; Rudolph
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Miller out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates
3.

PIRATES 6TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Taveras popped to
catcher in foul territory; Kison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 7TH: THOMASSON BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Thomasson flied out
to center; Maddox grounded out (third to first); Fuentes doubled
to center; Bonds walked; GIUSTI REPLACED KISON (PITCHING);
Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: MORRIS REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Stennett
homered; Hebner flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (first
unassisted); Stargell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 1, Pirates 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Goodson flied out to center; Speier lined to right;
Miller singled to center; RADER BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Rader
doubled to center [Miller scored]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MORRIS;
Ontiveros popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT REPLACED
ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Zisk struck out; Sanguillen doubled to
right; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first) [Sanguillen to
third]; Taveras was walked intentionally; Giusti walked [Taveras
to second]; Stennett singled to right [Sanguillen scored,
Taveras scored, Giusti out at third (right to second to third to
shortstop)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox singled to left; Fuentes singled to center
[Maddox to third]; Bonds singled to third [Maddox scored,
Fuentes to second]; Matthews doubled to center [Fuentes scored,
Bonds scored]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); ARNOLD
BATTED FOR GOODSON; Arnold made an out to second; Speier tripled
to right [Matthews scored]; MORLAN REPLACED HERNANDEZ
(PITCHING); Miller singled to center [Speier scored]; Rader
reached on an error by Taveras [Miller to second]; KINGMAN
BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Kingman struck out; Maddox grounded out
(first unassisted); 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 9TH: SOSA REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); KINGMAN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Hebner struck out; Oliver singled to right;
CALDWELL REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Stargell singled to center
[Oliver to third]; CLINES RAN FOR STARGELL; Zisk reached on a
fielder's choice [Oliver scored (error by Rader) (unearned),
Clines to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (second to pitcher)
[Clines to third, Zisk to second]; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7,
Pirates 7.

GIANTS 10TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Fuentes walked;
Bonds walked [Fuentes to second]; PIZARRO REPLACED MORLAN
(PITCHING); Matthews flied out to center; Caldwell out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Fuentes to third, Bonds to
second]; Speier was walked intentionally; Miller walked [Fuentes
scored, Bonds to third, Speier to second]; Rader grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 8, Pirates 7.

PIRATES 10TH: ROBERTSON BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Robertson struck
out; HOWE BATTED FOR PIZARRO; Howe grounded out (third to
first); Stennett singled to shortstop; Hebner grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Pirates 7.

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