A three-run homer by pinch-hitter Bill Robinson in the eighth inning carried the Phillies to an 8-5 victory over the Pirates, who also lost the services of Dock Ellis for the balance of the season. Ellis, who had won nine of his last 10 decisions, suffered a broken bone in his pitching hand when hit by a line drive in the sixth. Bob Robertson hit a two-run homer for the Pirates in the second, but the Phillies came back with one on a single by Willie Montanez and double by Jay Johnstone. The Pirates made it 4-1 in the sixth with two runs on singles by Rennie Stennett, Al Oliver and Willie Stargell and a sacrifice fly by Richie Zisk. In the Phillies' half, Larry Bowa reached second on an error. Montanez then hit the line drive that struck Ellis. The Pirates' pitcher retrieved the ball and threw wildly to first, allowing Bowa to score.

Art Howe hit his first major league homer for the Pirates in the seventh, but the Phillies came back to tie the score against Bruce Kison in their half. Johnstone and Del Unser singled and Tommy Hutton walked to load the bases. Tony Taylor delivered one run with an infield out and Bowa followed with a double to drive in the tying pair. With Ramon Hernandez on the mound for the Pirates in the eighth, the Phillies called on three pinch-hitters to win the game. Ollie Brown doubled, Mike Anderson drew an intentional pass and Robinson hit his homer. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Game Played on Wednesday, September 11, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Pirates      0  2  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   5  9  2
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  1    3  3  x  -   8 12  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Cash 2b               5   0   1   0     0   1   .306
Sanguillen c          4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Bowa ss               5   1   2   2     0   0   .272
Oliver cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .319      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     1   2   .300
Stargell lf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .317      Montanez 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .311
Zisk rf               2   0   0   1     1   1   .321      Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .272
Robertson 1b          4   1   1   2     0   2   .239        Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
Howe 3b               3   1   1   1     0   0   .258      Johnstone rf          3   1   2   1     0   0   .327
  Hebner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .306        Brown ph,rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .230
Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Unser cf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .270
  Parker ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .289        Anderson ph,cf      0   1   0   0     1   0   .254
Ellis p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Boone c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Kison p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Hutton ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .235
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Bannister pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .125
  Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .114
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .260        Robinson ph,lf      1   1   1   3     0   0   .243
                                                          Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .198
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .385
                                                            Schueler p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .128

Totals               34   5   9   5     1   9             Totals               34   8  12   7     5   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 21,117
Left on Base: Pirates 4, Phillies 7
DP: Pirates 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Taveras, Ellis
Doubles: Johnstone (10), Bowa (18), Brown (6)
Home Runs: Robertson (14), Howe (1), Robinson (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Zisk (3)
GIDP: Oliver (17)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis                   5.2   4   2   1   2   3   0  22   3.16
Kison                   1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   3.39
Hernandez L(2-2)        0.2   4   3   3   2   0   1   7   2.72
Morlan                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.23
Totals                  8    12   8   7   5   5   1  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 7     7   5   5   1   8   2  28   3.35
Schueler W(10-14)       2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.74
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1   9   2  36

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


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett was called out on strikes; Sanguillen
singled to left; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Sanguillen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash struck out; Bowa grounded out (second to
first); Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell singled to center; Zisk popped to second;
Robertson homered [Stargell scored]; Howe flied out to right;
Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez singled to center; Luzinski walked
[Montanez to second]; Johnstone doubled to center [Montanez
scored, Luzinski to third]; Unser was walked intentionally;
Boone struck out; Carlton lined into a double play (third
unassisted) [Luzinski out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Ellis grounded out (second to first); Stennett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies
1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash flied out to right; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver struck out; Stargell grounded out (second to
first); Zisk walked; Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Johnstone popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Howe flied out to right; Taveras struck out; Ellis
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Unser flied out to left; On a bunt Boone grounded
out (third to first); Carlton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett singled to right; Sanguillen forced
Stennett (shortstop to second); Oliver singled to left
[Sanguillen to second]; Stargell singled to center [Sanguillen
scored, Oliver to third]; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Oliver scored]; Robertson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash singled to center; Bowa forced Cash (first to
shortstop) [Bowa to second (error by Taveras)]; Schmidt struck
out; Montanez singled to pitcher [Bowa scored (error by Ellis)
(unearned) (no RBI), Montanez to third]; KISON REPLACED ELLIS
(PITCHING); Luzinski was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Phillies 2.

PIRATES 7TH: Howe homered; Taveras struck out; Kison struck out;
Stennett grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone singled to center; Unser singled to
center [Johnstone to third]; HUTTON BATTED FOR BOONE; Hutton
walked [Unser to second]; BANNISTER RAN FOR HUTTON; TAYLOR
BATTED FOR CARLTON; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Johnstone scored, Unser to third, Bannister to second]; Cash
grounded out (third to first); Bowa doubled to center [Unser
scored, Bannister scored]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED KISON (PITCHING);
Schmidt was walked intentionally; Montanez forced Schmidt
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Phillies 5.

PIRATES 8TH: SCHUELER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); COX REPLACED
BANNISTER (PLAYING C ); Sanguillen popped to second; Oliver
singled to center; Stargell singled to center [Oliver to
second]; Zisk struck out; Robertson popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski singled to left [Luzinski out at second
(left to second)]; BROWN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Brown doubled to
left; ANDERSON BATTED FOR UNSER; Anderson was walked
intentionally; ROBINSON BATTED FOR COX; Robinson homered [Brown
scored, Anderson scored]; Schueler singled to right; MORLAN
REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Cash popped to second; Bowa
singled to center [Schueler to second]; Schmidt struck out; 3 R,
5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 8.

PIRATES 9TH: ESSIAN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING C ); ROBINSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HEBNER BATTED FOR HOWE;
Hebner lined to second; PARKER BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Parker popped
to catcher in foul territory; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MORLAN;
Kirkpatrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
5, Phillies 8.

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