Brooklyn-born John Candelaria, making his first pro appearance in New York, allowed only four hits and pitched the Pirates to a 5-1 victory over the Mets. The rookie lefthander was matched against Tom Seaver, who was stopped on his 28-inning scoreless streak when Willie Stargell homered in the seventh. The Mets tied the score in the eighth. John Stearns and Jesus Alou singled, Stearns taking third and crossing the plate on a sacrifice fly by Jack Heidemann, who batted for Seaver.

The Pirates then brought Candelaria his first major league victory by breaking loose against reliever Tom Hall for four runs in the ninth. Singles by Stargell, Dave Parker and Richie Zisk sent pinch-runner Art Howe home with the tie-breaking tally. Manny Sanguillen walked to load the bases and, after the next two batters struck out, Rennie Stennett cleared the sacks with a triple. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 5, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Friday, June      20, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  4  -   5  9  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           5   0   2   3     0   0   .266      Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Millan 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Jones lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .367
Stargell 1b           4   1   3   1     0   1   .290        Clines pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .181
  Howe pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .169      Torre 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .277
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Staub rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Parker rf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .326      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Zisk lf               3   1   1   1     0   2   .253      Stearns c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .203
Sanguillen c          2   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Phillips ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .194        Alou ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .368
  Kirkpatrick ph,1b   1   0   0   0     0   1   .313        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Candelaria p          4   0   0   0     0   3   .143        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Seaver p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .225
                                                            Heidemann ph,ss     0   0   0   1     0   0   .217

Totals               34   5   9   5     1  11             Totals               28   1   4   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 47,867
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Mets 3
DP: Pirates 1, Mets 2
Errors: Taveras
Doubles: Stargell (13)
Triples: Stennett (4)
Home Runs: Stargell (12)
Caught Stealing: Oliver (1), Unser (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Heidemann (1)
GIDP: Hebner (3), Torre (10)
Hit by Pitch: Zisk (2,by Seaver), Sanguillen (3,by Seaver), Hebner (9,by Seaver)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria W(1-1)       9     4   1   1   1   6   0  31   3.15
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1   6   0  31

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  8     4   1   1   1   9   1  30   1.78
Hall L(1-1)             0     3   3   3   0   0   0   3   5.97
Apodaca                 1     2   1   1   0   2   0   5   1.65
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1  11   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Seaver 3 (3)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to right; Hebner grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stennett out at
second]; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
grounded out (third to first); Jones flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell doubled to center; Parker was called out
on strikes; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen was walked
intentionally; Taveras flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Torre struck out; Staub was called out on strikes;
Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Candelaria struck out; Stennett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hebner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Stearns grounded out (second to first); Phillips flied
to center; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to center; Stargell struck out;
Parker struck out while Oliver was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Unser reached on an error by Taveras; Millan out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Unser to second]; Jones
grounded out (first unassisted) [Unser to third]; Torre was
walked intentionally; Staub flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop
to first); Taveras struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; Stearns
popped to first in foul territory; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Candelaria grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stennett popped to second; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Seaver singled to shortstop; Unser forced Seaver
(pitcher to shortstop); Unser was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Millan flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell
homered; Parker grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk was hit by
a pitch; Sanguillen was hit by a pitch [Zisk to second]; Taveras
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Jones singled to left; CLINES RAN FOR JONES; Torre
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Clines out at second]; Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Mets 0.

PIRATES 8TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Candelaria
struck out; Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner was
hit by a pitch; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Kingman popped to shortstop; Stearns singled to left;
ALOU BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Alou singled to right [Stearns to
third]; HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR SEAVER; Heidemann hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Stearns scored, Alou to second (on throw to home)];
Unser flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 1.

PIRATES 9TH: HALL REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Stargell singled to center; HOWE RAN FOR
STARGELL; Parker singled to right [Howe to third]; Zisk singled
to left [Parker to second, Howe scored]; APODACA REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to center [Zisk to second, Parker
to third]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Kirkpatrick struck
out; Candelaria struck out; Stennett tripled to center
[Sanguillen scored, Zisk scored, Parker scored]; Hebner flied to
right; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: MENDOZA REPLACED HOWE (PLAYING SS); KIRKPATRICK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Millan flied to left; Clines grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Mets 1.