Coming through dramatically, Bob Robertson hit a pinch-homer with a man on base in the eighth inning to beat the Cubs, 6-5, and assure the Pirates of at least a tie for the East Division title with the Cardinals, who lost to the Expos. With one game to play, the Pirates were one up on the Cards. The Cubs counted their first run off Jerry Reuss in the second inning when Jerry Morales tripled and Carmen Fanzone hit a sacrifice fly, but the Pirates came back with three runs off Tom Dettore in the fourth on a safe bunt by Al Oliver, singles by Richie Zisk and Manny Sanguillen and a double by Ed Kirkpatrick. The Cubs cut their deficit with a run in the sixth on a single by Jose Cardenal, wild pickoff throw by Reuss and a single by Bill Madlock.

Rain forced a 39-minute delay at the start of the seventh. Reuss cooled off and was knocked out as the Cubs rallied for three runs. Steve Swisher singled, Billy Grabarkewitz walked and both scored when Billy Williams doubled as a pinch-hitter for Dettore. Ramon Hernandez, relieving Reuss, gave up a single by Rick Monday, but Ray Burris, running for Williams, was thrown out trying to score. However, Don Kessinger tripled to score Monday and put the Cubs ahead, 5-3. The Pirates narrowed the gap with a run in their half of the seventh. Pinch-hitter Paul Popovich singled off Oscar Zamora and scored on a wild pitch after Dave LaRoche took the mound for the Cubs. LaRoche then was the loser when Sanguillen singled in the eighth and Robertson, batting for Kirkpatrick, delivered his winning homer. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs         0  1  0    0  0  1    3  0  0  -   5 10  1
Pirates      0  0  0    3  0  0    1  2  x  -   6 11  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .292      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Kessinger ss          5   0   1   1     0   0   .259      Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Cardenal lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .292      Oliver cf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .322
Madlock 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .315      Stargell lf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .303
Morales rf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .274        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Fanzone 1b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .188      Zisk rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .315
Swisher c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .217      Sanguillen c          4   2   2   1     0   1   .284
Sperring 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Kirkpatrick 1b        3   0   1   2     0   0   .250
  Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .251        Robertson ph,1b     1   1   1   2     0   0   .230
  Grabarkewitz 2b     0   1   0   0     1   0   .226      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  LaCock ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Popovich ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Dettore p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Augustine pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .182
  Williams ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .280        Mendoza ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Burris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Reuss p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .151
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Minshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ward ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .204        Parker ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .283

Totals               35   5  10   5     2   6             Totals               35   6  11   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 13,801
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Pirates 6
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 1
Errors: Kessinger, Hebner, Reuss
Doubles: Morales (21), Williams (22), Madlock (21), Kirkpatrick (9)
Triples: Morales (7), Kessinger (7), Popovich (1)
Home Runs: Robertson (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Fanzone (3)
GIDP: Cardenal (18)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dettore                 6     6   3   3   1   4   0  25   4.18
Zamora                  0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   3.12
LaRoche L(5-6)          2     4   2   2   0   1   1  10   4.79
Totals                  8    11   6   6   1   5   1  36

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   6.1   7   4   3   1   4   0  27   3.50
Hernandez               0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.79
Minshall                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Giusti W(7-5)           2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.39
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   6   0  38

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (9)
Wild Pitches: LaRoche (6)

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


CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Hebner
flied out to center; Oliver flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Madlock made an out to second; Morales tripled to
left; Fanzone hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morales scored];
Swisher was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell walked; Zisk flied out to center;
Sanguillen struck out; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Sperring grounded out (second to first); Dettore lined
to second; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: On a bunt Taveras made an out to catcher; Frank
Taveras called for interference for running into his own batted
ball; Reuss grounded out (second to first); Stennett struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 4TH: Kessinger reached on an error by Hebner; Cardenal
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Kessinger out at second]; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner flied out to left; On a bunt Oliver singled
to pitcher; Stargell struck out; Zisk singled to center [Oliver
to third]; Sanguillen singled to shortstop [Oliver scored, Zisk
to third (error by Kessinger), Sanguillen to second];
Kirkpatrick doubled to right [Zisk scored, Sanguillen scored,
Kirkpatrick to third (on throw to home)]; Taveras grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

CUBS 5TH: Morales doubled to right; Fanzone singled to left
[Morales to third]; Swisher made an out to shortstop; MITTERWALD
BATTED FOR SPERRING; Mitterwald flied out to center; Dettore
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED MITTERWALD (PLAYING 2B);
Reuss struck out; Stennett popped to first in foul territory;
Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

CUBS 6TH: Monday flied out to right; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal singled to center; Cardenal was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Reuss [Cardenal to
third]; Madlock singled to left [Cardenal scored (unearned)];
Sanguillen allowed a passed ball [Madlock to second]; Morales
was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Oliver singled to center; Stargell lined to
center; 40 minute rain delay; Zisk singled to left
[Oliver to second]; Sanguillen made an out to shortstop;
Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Pirates 3.

CUBS 7TH: Fanzone grounded out (second to first); Swisher
singled to right; Grabarkewitz walked [Swisher to second];
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR DETTORE; Williams doubled [Swisher scored,
Grabarkewitz scored]; BURRIS RAN FOR WILLIAMS; HERNANDEZ
REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Monday singled to left [Burris out at
home (left to catcher), Monday to second (on throw to home)];
Kessinger tripled to right [Monday scored]; MINSHALL REPLACED
HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Cardenal was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: ZAMORA REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); POPOVICH BATTED
FOR TAVERAS; Popovich tripled to right; AUGUSTINE RAN FOR
POPOVICH; PARKER BATTED FOR MINSHALL; LAROCHE REPLACED ZAMORA
(PITCHING); LaRoche threw a wild pitch [Augustine scored];
Parker lined to left; Stennett singled to shortstop; Hebner
forced Stennett (first to shortstop); Oliver singled to left
[Hebner to second]; Stargell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 5, Pirates 4.

CUBS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PLAYING SS); PARKER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GIUSTI REPLACED STARGELL (PITCHING);
Madlock doubled to left; Morales grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Madlock to third]; Fanzone struck out; Swisher made an out to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 8TH: Zisk flied out to right; Sanguillen singled to
center; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Robertson homered
[Sanguillen scored]; Mendoza grounded out (second to first);
Parker made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Pirates 6.

CUBS 9TH: ROBERTSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LACOCK BATTED
FOR GRABARKEWITZ; LaCock flied out to right; WARD BATTED FOR
LAROCHE; Ward walked; Monday forced Ward (first to shortstop);
Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 5, Pirates 6.

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