Calling upon a pair of 21-year-old pitchers, Larry Christenson and Tom Underwood, the Phillies defeated the Pirates in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-3 and 8-1. The Pirates, who had a homer by Dave Parker, held a 2-1 lead against Christenson in the opener before the Phillies rallied for three runs off Jerry Reuss in the sixth. Mike Schmidt doubled and when Rennie Stennett made a late throw to third on a grounder by Greg Luzinski, both runners were safe. Ollie Brown doubled, driving in Schmidt. Taking third on the throw home, Brown scored on a squeeze bunt by Bob Boone. Rain caused a 59-minute delay after the seventh inning and Tug McGraw came in to finish the game for Christenson. The Phils iced their victory with two runs in the eighth on a single by Dick Allen, a sacrifice and singles by Jerry Martin and Mike Anderson. Underwood pitched the route in the nightcap and breezed to victory after the Phillies scored four runs in the first. Bruce Kison walked Dave Cash, Larry Bowa and Jay Johnstone, gave up a two-run single by Luzinski and passed Tommy Hutton before being replaced by Sam McDowell. An error by Richie Hebner and single by Underwood added two runs before the frame ended. Bob Robertson hit a homer for the Pirates' only tally. [The Sporting News] |
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, June 24, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Pirates 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 x - 6 13 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Cash 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .334 xHebner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Bowa ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .332 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Schmidt 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .216 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .291 Parker rf 4 2 1 1 0 0 .319 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Zisk lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .260 Allen 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .233 Sanguillen c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .332 Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Dyer c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Brown rf,lf 2 1 2 1 1 0 .341 Taveras ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .189 Boone c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .264 Reuss p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .281 Martin cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .236 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Christenson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Anderson rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .256 Totals 31 3 8 3 0 5 Totals 33 6 13 6 1 4 Time of Game: 2:17 Left on Base: Pirates 4, Phillies 8 DP: Pirates 1, Phillies 1 Errors: Boone Doubles: Zisk (7), Schmidt (14), Brown (3), Martin (5) Home Runs: Parker (13) Stolen Bases: Cash (5) Caught Stealing: Taveras (3) Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (4), Christenson (2), Boone (2), Brown (1) Sacrifice Flies: Allen (1) GIDP: Stargell (4), Allen (5) Hit by Pitch: Taveras (1,by Christenson) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(8-5) 7 9 4 4 1 4 0 31 2.57 Giusti 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 7 1.64 Totals 8 13 6 6 1 4 0 38 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Christenson W(2-1) 7 6 2 2 0 3 1 26 3.25 McGraw SV(7) 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 8 2.68 Totals 9 8 3 3 0 5 1 34 Hit by Pitch: Christenson (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner flied out to right; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Cash stole second; Bowa grounded out (second to first) [Cash to third]; Schmidt singled to right [Cash scored]; Luzinski singled to right [Schmidt to second]; Allen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Phillies 1. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell flied out to center; Parker homered; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Brown walked; Boone lined to center; Martin grounded out (third to first) [Brown to second]; Christenson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras was hit by a pitch; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Taveras to second]; Taveras was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Stennett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa was called out on strikes; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner reached on catcher's interference by Boone; Oliver flied out to center; Stargell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski made an out to second; Allen flied out to center; Brown singled to left; Boone forced Brown (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Phillies 1. PIRATES 5TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Zisk singled to right; Sanguillen singled to center [Zisk to second]; Taveras singled to right [Zisk to third, Sanguillen to second]; Reuss singled to center [Zisk scored, Sanguillen out at home (center to catcher), Taveras to third]; Manny Sanguillen sprained right ankle rounding 3B; Stennett popped to second; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: DYER REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Martin singled to right; Christenson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Martin to second]; Cash flied out to right [Martin to third]; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 1. PIRATES 6TH: Hebner was called out on strikes; Oliver singled to third; Stargell made an out to shortstop; Parker grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt doubled to left; Luzinski reached on a fielder's choice [Schmidt to third]; Allen hit a sacrifice fly to center [Schmidt scored]; Brown doubled to center [Luzinski scored, Brown to third (on throw to home)]; Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Brown scored]; Martin doubled to left; Christenson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 4. PIRATES 7TH: Zisk struck out; Dyer grounded out (third to first); Taveras was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 7TH: Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt singled to third; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 4. PIRATES 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PLAYING RF); BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MCGRAW REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); ROBINSON BATTED FOR REUSS; Robinson popped to third; Stennett flied out to center; Hebner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 8TH: GIUSTI REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Allen singled to center; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Allen to second]; Boone popped to first; Martin singled to center [Allen scored, Martin to second (on throw to home)]; Anderson singled to left [Martin scored]; Cash singled to right [Anderson to second]; Bowa flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Phillies 6. PIRATES 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Oliver struck out; Stargell singled to right; Parker forced Stargell (first to shortstop); Zisk doubled to right [Parker scored]; Dyer grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Phillies 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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