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Wednesday June 25, 1975
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In a remarkable comeback, the Phillies wiped out a 6-0 deficit and then defeated the Pirates, 7-6, when Mike Schmidt drew a pass from Dave Giusti with the bases loaded in the 13th inning. Richie Hebner and Richie Zisk homered to pace the Pirates to their early lead. After picking up a run in the third, the Phillies scored three times in the fifth on singles by Larry Bowa and Greg Luzinski, a triple by Dick Allen and single by Johnny Oates. Luzinski provided the tying tallies in the seventh, hitting a homer after a single by Jay Johnstone.

In the 13th, Johnstone doubled and Luzinski was passed intentionally, leading to a sacrifice by Allen. Giusti issued another intentional walk, this time to Oates, and then failed to relocate the plate facing Schmidt, who walked to force in the winning run. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Game Played on Wednesday, June 25, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Pirates      3  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   6 10  1
Phillies     0  0  1    0  3  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   7 16  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           6   1   1   0     0   0   .265      Cash 2b               7   0   2   0     0   1   .339
Hebner 3b             6   1   2   3     0   0   .281      Bowa ss               6   2   2   0     0   0   .326
Oliver cf             6   0   1   0     0   3   .271      Johnstone rf          5   2   3   0     2   0   .345
Stargell 1b           6   2   1   0     0   1   .289      Luzinski lf           5   2   4   3     2   0   .304
Zisk lf               5   1   1   2     0   0   .257      Allen 1b              4   1   2   2     2   0   .241
Robinson rf           4   0   0   1     0   0   .294      Oates c               4   0   1   1     2   0   .281
Dyer c                5   1   3   0     0   0   .294      Schmidt 3b            5   0   0   1     2   2   .207
Taveras ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .192      Anderson cf           3   0   1   0     0   2   .257
Moose p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Demery p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Martin cf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Giusti p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Lonborg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .030
                                                            Hoerner p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rogodzinski ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Hilgendorf p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
                                                            McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   6  10   6     0   6             Totals               48   7  16   7    10   6

Time of Game: 3:39   Attendance: 34,171
Left on Base: Pirates 4, Phillies 17
DP: Pirates 2, Phillies 0
Errors: Robinson
Doubles: Stennett (14), Stargell (15), Johnstone 2 (7)
Triples: Allen (1)
Home Runs: Hebner (8), Zisk (5), Luzinski (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Moose (1), Oates (3), Bowa (7), Allen (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Robinson (2)
GIDP: Cash (6), Allen (6)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moose                   4.1   8   4   4   4   3   0  24   5.93
Demery                  3     4   2   2   1   2   1  14   2.11
Giusti L(2-3)           5     4   1   1   5   1   0  23   1.66
Totals                 12.1  16   7   7  10   6   1  61

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 1.2   6   5   5   0   0   2  11   2.84
Hoerner                 2.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.38
Hilgendorf              3     1   0   0   0   4   0  10   2.38
McGraw                  5     1   0   0   0   0   0  16   2.38
Schueler W(2-1)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   7.02
Totals                 13    10   6   6   0   6   2  49

Passed Balls: Dyer (1)
Wild Pitches: Hilgendorf (2)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett popped to shortstop; Hebner homered;
Oliver singled to right; Stargell forced Oliver (first to
shortstop); Zisk homered [Stargell scored]; Robinson flied out
to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa made an out to
second; Johnstone doubled to right; Luzinski walked; Allen
walked [Johnstone to third, Luzinski to second]; Oates grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Phillies 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Dyer singled to center; Taveras lined to shortstop;
Moose flied out to left; Stennett doubled to left [Dyer to
third]; Hebner singled to right [Dyer scored, Stennett scored];
HOERNER REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to right; Anderson struck out;
Hoerner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Phillies 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stargell doubled to center; Zisk flied out to right
[Stargell to third]; Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Stargell scored]; Dyer flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash was called out on strikes; Bowa singled to
right [Bowa to second (error by Robinson)]; Johnstone walked;
Luzinski singled to left [Bowa scored, Johnstone to second];
Allen flied out to center; Oates walked [Johnstone to third,
Luzinski to second]; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Taveras singled to right; Moose out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Taveras to second]; Stennett flied out
to right; Hebner popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Anderson singled to right; ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR
HOERNER; Rogodzinski flied out to left; Cash grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Anderson out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 5TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Oliver
was called out on strikes; Stargell flied out to left; Zisk
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa singled to shortstop; Johnstone flied out to
center; Luzinski singled to center [Bowa to third]; Allen
tripled to right [Bowa scored, Luzinski scored]; Oates singled
to right [Allen scored]; DEMERY REPLACED MOOSE (PITCHING); Dyer
allowed a passed ball [Oates to second]; Schmidt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Anderson struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Pirates 6, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer
singled to left; Hilgendorf threw a wild pitch [Dyer to second];
Taveras was called out on strikes; Demery struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hilgendorf struck out; Cash grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner
popped to first; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone singled to center; Luzinski homered
[Johnstone scored]; Allen singled to second; Oates out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Allen to second]; Schmidt was
walked intentionally; HUTTON BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Hutton flied
out to right; TAYLOR BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; Taylor flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED HUTTON (PLAYING CF); MCGRAW
REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Stargell flied out to center; Zisk
flied out to left; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash singled to center; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Cash to second]; GIUSTI REPLACED DEMERY
(PITCHING); Johnstone was walked intentionally; Luzinski
grounded out (first unassisted) [Cash to third, Johnstone to
second]; Allen was walked intentionally; Oates flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 9TH: Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Taveras made an out to catcher; Frank Taveras called for
interference for being out of batter's box; Giusti grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt struck out; Martin singled to center; On a
bunt McGraw popped to catcher in foul territory; Cash singled to
center [Martin to second]; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 10TH: Stennett grounded out (third to first); Hebner
flied out to center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 10TH: Johnstone grounded out (second to first);
Luzinski singled to center; Allen grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 11TH: Stargell grounded out (third to first); Zisk flied
out to left; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 11TH: Oates flied out to center; Schmidt grounded out
(third to first); Martin made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 12TH: Dyer singled to center; Taveras forced Dyer (first
to shortstop); Giusti forced Taveras (pitcher to shortstop);
Stennett popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 12TH: BROWN BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Brown flied out to left;
Cash flied out to center; Bowa popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 13TH: SCHUELER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Hebner
grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver grounded out (shortstop
to first); Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 13TH: Johnstone doubled to left; Luzinski was walked
intentionally; Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Johnstone to third, Luzinski to second]; Oates was walked
intentionally; Schmidt walked [Johnstone scored, Luzinski to
third, Oates to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Phillies 7.



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