After driving in one run with a sacrifice fly, Al Oliver hit a grand-slam homer to wrap up the Pirates' 8-3 victory over the Braves. Oliver lofted his sacrifice fly in the third inning when the Pirates took a 2-1 lead. Richie Zisk led off the fourth with a homer and Manny Sanguillen and Frank Taveras followed with singles. Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Atlanta Braves 3Game Played on Friday, June 13, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumPirates 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 11 1 Braves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 9 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stennett 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .266 Garr lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .263 Hebner 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .288 Perez 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Oliver cf 4 1 2 5 0 0 .280 Evans 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .254 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .269 Gaston cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Kirkpatrick pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Baker rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .231 Parker rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .317 Lum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Zisk lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .244 Blanks ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Sanguillen c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .339 Pocoroba c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .324 Taveras ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .186 Odom p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rooker p 4 1 1 1 0 0 .125 Beard p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goodson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .207 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 37 8 11 8 4 3 Totals 34 3 9 2 5 6 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 8,998 Left on Base: Pirates 7, Braves 9 DP: Pirates 2, Braves 0 Errors: Stennett, Blanks Doubles: Parker (11), Pocoroba 2 (2) Triples: Garr (5) Home Runs: Zisk (4), Oliver (5), Baker (11) Stolen Bases: Taveras (8) Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (3) GIDP: Evans 2 (7) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(4-3) 8.1 9 3 3 5 6 1 38 3.89 Hernandez 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.18 Totals 9 9 3 3 5 6 1 39 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Odom L(0-2) 3.1 9 7 6 1 2 1 20 8.79 Beard 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 14 2.63 Sosa 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 3.93 Totals 9 11 8 7 4 3 2 42 Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Hebner singled to center; Oliver forced Hebner (second to shortstop); Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr tripled to right [Garr scored (error by Stennett) (no RBI)]; Perez singled to center; Evans grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; Gaston walked; Baker struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Braves 1. PIRATES 2ND: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk singled to third; Sanguillen flied out to left; Taveras grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 2ND: Lum was called out on strikes; Blanks popped to shortstop in foul territory; Pocoroba doubled to right; Odom grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Braves 1. PIRATES 3RD: Rooker singled to left; Stennett forced Rooker (second to shortstop); Hebner singled to right [Stennett to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stennett scored]; Stargell singled to second [Hebner to second]; Parker doubled to left [Hebner scored, Stargell out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Garr popped to shortstop in foul territory; Perez grounded out (second to first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. PIRATES 4TH: Zisk homered; Sanguillen singled to right; Taveras singled to left [Sanguillen to third]; Rooker reached on an error by Blanks [Sanguillen scored (RBI), Taveras to second, Rooker to first]; Taveras stole third; Stennett struck out; Hebner walked [Rooker to second]; BEARD REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Oliver homered [Taveras scored, Rooker scored (unearned), Hebner scored]; Stargell struck out; Parker grounded out (pitcher to first); 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Gaston popped to first; Baker walked; Lum forced Baker (second to shortstop); Blanks singled to center [Lum to second]; Pocoroba forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. PIRATES 5TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen walked; Taveras popped to first in foul territory; Rooker flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Beard struck out; Garr singled to second; Perez flied out to center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. PIRATES 6TH: Stennett popped to first in foul territory; Hebner flied out to center; Oliver singled to right; Stargell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Gaston flied out to left; Baker flied out to left; Lum flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. PIRATES 7TH: Parker flied out to left; Zisk flied out to center; Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Blanks singled to center; Pocoroba walked [Blanks to second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR BEARD; Goodson walked [Blanks to third, Pocoroba to second]; Garr forced Blanks (pitcher to catcher) [Pocoroba to third, Goodson to second]; Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. PIRATES 8TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Taveras grounded out (third to first); Rooker grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett walked; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: Gaston struck out; Baker homered; Lum grounded out (second to first); Blanks flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 2. PIRATES 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stargell walked; KIRKPATRICK RAN FOR STARGELL; Parker forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); Zisk forced Parker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 2. BRAVES 9TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pocoroba doubled to left; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR SOSA; Williams flied out to left; Garr walked; Perez singled to center [Pocoroba scored, Garr to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Evans grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 3. |
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