Although giving up two homers, Bruce Kison allowed only one other hit while pitching the Pirates to a 5-3 victory over the Mets, who lost with Tom Seaver on the mound. After the clubs had exchanged unearned runs, the Pirates took the lead in the third when Al Oliver singled for his 1,000th major league hit, stole second and came home on a single by Richie Zisk.

Dave Kingman homered for the Mets in the fourth, but the Pirates went ahead again in their half on a single by Rennie Stennett and double by Richie Hebner. A homer by Stennett, walk to Oliver, single by Willie Stargell and grounder by Zisk give the Pirates their winning margin in the seventh before Rusty Staub homered for the Mets in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Sunday, April 13, 1975 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Mets 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 3 2 Pirates 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5 9 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Stennett 2b 4 3 2 1 0 1 .333 Millan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Hebner 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .385 Staub rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .500 Oliver cf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .333 Kingman lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .267 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .417 Torre 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .125 Zisk lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .333 Milner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .071 Parker rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .182 Grote c 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Garrett ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Kison p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Seaver p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 3 2 5 8 Totals 34 5 9 4 2 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 14,841 Left on Base: Mets 5, Pirates 7 DP: Mets 0, Pirates 0 Errors: Millan, Milner Doubles: Hebner (1) Home Runs: Kingman (3), Staub (1), Stennett (1) Stolen Bases: Oliver (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver L(1-1) 6 7 3 2 1 3 0 27 1.80 Parker 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 9 5.40 Totals 8 9 5 4 2 6 1 36 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kison W(1-0) 9 3 3 2 5 8 2 35 2.00 Totals 9 3 3 2 5 8 2 35 Passed Balls: Sanguillen (1) Wild Pitches: Kison (1) Balks: Kison (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge METS 1ST: Unser lined to third; Millan was called out on strikes; Staub walked; Kingman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett reached on an error by Millan [Stennett to first]; Hebner flied out to center; Oliver singled to center [Stennett scored (error by Milner) (unearned) (no RBI), Oliver to second]; Stargell flied out to center; Zisk struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 1. METS 2ND: Torre walked; Milner flied out to left; Grote forced Torre (shortstop to second); Kison balked [Grote to second]; Sanguillen allowed a passed ball [Grote to third]; Kison threw a wild pitch [Grote scored (unearned)]; Harrelson was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 2ND: Parker flied out to center; Sanguillen made an out to shortstop; Taveras singled to right; Kison singled to center [Taveras to second]; Stennett struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. METS 3RD: Seaver grounded out (third to first); Unser walked; Millan forced Unser (second to shortstop); Staub popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Hebner flied out to right; Oliver singled to center; Oliver stole second; Stargell struck out; Zisk singled to center [Oliver scored]; Parker walked [Zisk to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 2. METS 4TH: Kingman homered; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner grounded out (second to first); Grote struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 2. PIRATES 4TH: Taveras popped to second; Kison grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett singled to right; Hebner doubled to right [Stennett scored]; Oliver flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. METS 5TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Seaver walked; Unser struck out; Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 5TH: Stargell flied out to left; Zisk flied out to center; Parker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. METS 6TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 6TH: Sanguillen flied out to right; Taveras flied out to center; Kison grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. METS 7TH: Milner walked; Grote forced Milner (shortstop to second); Harrelson grounded out (third to first) [Grote to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR SEAVER; Kranepool popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 3. PIRATES 7TH: PARKER REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Stennett homered; Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver walked; Stargell singled to left [Oliver to third]; Zisk forced Stargell (shortstop to second) [Oliver scored]; Parker struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 5. METS 8TH: Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Millan grounded out (first to pitcher); Staub homered; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 5. PIRATES 8TH: Sanguillen struck out; Taveras flied out to left; Kison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 5. METS 9TH: Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); Milner flied out to center; GARRETT BATTED FOR GROTE; Garrett singled to right; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Gallagher struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 5.

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