Bruce Kison helped his own cause by driving in two runs with a single while pitching the Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Mets. Kison's hit in the fifth inning, breaking a 1-1 tie, came after a pass to Manny Sanguillen, single by Dave Parker and sacrifice bunt by Frank Taveras. Bob Robertson added a run with a homer in the sixth before John Milner hit for the circuit in the Mets' half of the inning. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 8, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Pirates 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .236 Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Howe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244 Robinson cf,lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .303 Unser cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .333 Robertson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Zisk lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .272 Milner lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Oliver cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .417 Sanguillen c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Stearns c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .211 Parker rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Phillips ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .229 Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .122 Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Kison p 2 0 1 2 1 0 .182 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .151 Totals 30 4 9 4 4 4 Totals 34 2 7 2 2 2 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 14,053 Left on Base: Pirates 4, Mets 7 DP: Pirates 0, Mets 3 Doubles: Robinson (4), Zisk (3), Sanguillen (4), Parker (2), Unser (4) Home Runs: Robinson (1), Milner (2) Caught Stealing: Stennett 2 (2) Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (1) GIDP: Stennett (4), Sanguillen (2) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kison W(3-1) 9 7 2 2 2 2 1 36 3.34 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 2 1 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(2-1) 7 8 4 4 3 3 1 28 5.03 Baldwin 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.52 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 4 1 35 Balks: Baldwin (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to left; Howe flied out to right; Robinson struck out while Stennett was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Garrett flied out to left; Millan singled to right; Unser doubled to left [Millan scored]; Kranepool lined to right; Milner flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 2ND: Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk flied out to right; Sanguillen lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. METS 2ND: Alou grounded out (third to first); Stearns grounded out (second to pitcher); Phillips singled to left; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (second to first); Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Kison popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Garrett flied out to right; Millan grounded out (third to first); Unser walked; Kranepool singled to center [Unser to second]; Milner forced Kranepool (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 4TH: Stennett walked; Stennett was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Howe popped to second; Robinson doubled to left; Robertson singled to left [Robinson scored]; Zisk doubled to center [Robertson out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Stearns flied out to right; Phillips flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen walked; Parker singled to third [Sanguillen to second]; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sanguillen to third, Parker to second]; Kison singled to center [Sanguillen scored, Parker scored, Kison to second (on throw to home)]; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kison to third]; Howe popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Koosman grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett was called out on strikes; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 1. PIRATES 6TH: Robinson homered; Robertson struck out; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen doubled to left; Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Milner homered; Alou flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. PIRATES 7TH: Taveras flied out to center; Kison walked; Stennett grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kison out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Stearns flied out to left; Phillips grounded out (second to first); CLINES BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Clines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. PIRATES 8TH: BALDWIN REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Howe flied out to left; Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Robertson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. METS 8TH: Garrett lined to second; Millan flied out to right; On a bunt Unser singled to pitcher; Kranepool flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. PIRATES 9TH: Zisk walked; Sanguillen grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Parker doubled to right; Baldwin balked [Parker to third]; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. METS 9TH: ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OLIVER REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING CF); Milner grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); Stearns walked; Phillips singled to right [Stearns to second]; TORRE BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2.

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