Led by Willie Stargell and Al Oliver, who collected four hits apiece, the Pirates scored in every inning except the ninth while outslugging the Cubs, 18-12, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was rained out. The Pirates smacked a total of 20 hits, including homers by Rennie Stennett, Bob Robertson, Stargell and Dave Parker. The Cubs were not far behind, getting 18 hits with homers by Jerry Morales and Rick Monday. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 18, Chicago Cubs 12
Game Played on Sunday, July      6, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Pirates      2  1  1    2  2  5    2  3  0  -  18 20  1
Cubs         2  0  1    4  1  1    3  0  0  -  12 18  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           5   3   1   2     0   0   .261      Kessinger ss          4   3   3   1     2   0   .259
Hebner 3b             6   4   3   0     1   0   .283      Cardenal lf           6   2   3   2     0   1   .308
Oliver cf             6   3   4   3     0   0   .294      Monday cf             5   1   3   2     1   0   .267
Stargell 1b           4   3   4   3     2   0   .302      Morales rf            6   1   3   3     0   1   .300
Parker rf             6   1   2   3     0   2   .323      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .321
Zisk lf               5   1   2   2     1   2   .270        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Sanguillen c          5   1   2   0     1   1   .324        Dunn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .175
Mendoza ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .152      Hosley c              5   1   1   0     0   1   .277
  Kirkpatrick ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .246      Trillo 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .252
  Taveras ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Sperring 3b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .172
Demery p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .231      Bonham p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Robertson ph        1   1   1   2     0   0   .279        Frailing p          1   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   1     1   0   .000        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Zamora p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Hernandez p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Summers ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .244
                                                            Mitterwald 1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .262

Totals               46  18  20  16     8   5             Totals               43  12  18  12     5   3

Time of Game: 3:26   Attendance: 28,023
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Cubs 11
DP: Pirates 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Demery
Doubles: Hebner (11), Oliver (17), Stargell (18), Cardenal (13), Thornton (10), Sperring (2)
Home Runs: Stennett (5), Robertson (3), Stargell (14), Parker (15), Morales (7), Monday (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (2), Thornton (3), Trillo (5)
Hit by Pitch: Stennett (2,by Knowles)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Demery                  4     8   7   7   2   2   2  22   2.95
Tekulve                 1.2   4   2   2   0   0   0   9   3.18
Giusti                  0.1   2   3   3   2   0   0   5   2.68
Hernandez W(5-2)        3     4   0   0   1   1   0  14   3.16
Totals                  9    18  12  12   5   3   2  50

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham                  3.2   8   6   6   2   1   1  21   4.30
Frailing L(2-5)         1.2   5   6   6   2   2   1  12   5.59
Solomon                 0     0   1   1   3   0   0   3   1.69
Zamora                  1.2   3   2   2   0   1   2   8   4.83
Knowles                 2     4   3   3   1   1   0  12   7.31
Totals                  9    20  18  18   8   5   4  56

Passed Balls: Hosley (5)
Hit by Pitch: Knowles (2)
Wild Pitches: Bonham (6), Solomon (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Hebner
doubled to left; Oliver doubled to center [Hebner scored];
Bonham threw a wild pitch [Oliver to third]; Stargell walked;
Parker was called out on strikes; Zisk singled to right [Oliver
scored, Stargell to second]; Sanguillen forced Zisk (shortstop
to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger walked; Kessinger was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Demery [Kessinger to second]; Cardenal
was called out on strikes; Monday lined to second; Morales
homered [Kessinger scored]; Thornton flied out to left; 2 R, 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Mendoza popped to first in foul territory; Demery
grounded out (second to first); Stennett homered; Hebner
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: Hosley struck out; Trillo singled to left; Sperring
flied out to center; Bonham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Stargell
doubled to center; Parker flied out to right; Zisk singled to
right [Stargell scored]; Sanguillen forced Zisk (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal
singled to center; Monday singled to center [Cardenal to
second]; Morales singled to right [Cardenal to third, Monday to
second]; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cardenal scored];
Hosley flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Cubs 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Mendoza flied out to center; Demery walked;
Stennett forced Demery (shortstop to second); Hebner singled to
center [Stennett to second]; Oliver singled to left [Stennett
scored, Hebner to second]; FRAILING REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Stargell singled to center [Hebner scored, Oliver to third];
Parker struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Trillo flied out to right; Sperring flied out to
center; Frailing singled to third; Kessinger walked [Frailing to
second]; Cardenal doubled to center [Frailing scored, Kessinger
scored]; Monday homered [Cardenal scored]; Morales flied out to
right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cubs 7.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen
struck out; Mendoza singled to shortstop; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR
DEMERY; Robertson homered [Mendoza scored]; Stennett grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cubs 7.

CUBS 5TH: TEKULVE REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Thornton
doubled to left; Hosley grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Thornton to third]; Trillo hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Thornton scored]; Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cubs 8.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner walked; Oliver singled to left [Hebner to
second]; Stargell singled to left [Hebner scored, Oliver to
third]; Parker grounded out (first unassisted) [Stargell to
second, Oliver stayed at third]; Zisk was walked intentionally;
SOLOMON REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); Solomon threw a wild pitch
[Oliver scored, Stargell to third, Zisk to second]; Sanguillen
was walked intentionally; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Hosley
allowed a passed ball [Stargell scored, Zisk to third,
Sanguillen to second]; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally;
Tekulve walked [Zisk scored, Sanguillen to third, Kirkpatrick to
second]; ZAMORA REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Stennett hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sanguillen scored, Kirkpatrick to
third]; Hebner flied out to right; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 13, Cubs 8.

CUBS 6TH: TAVERAS REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING SS); Zamora
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger singled to right;
Cardenal singled to left [Kessinger to second]; Monday flied out
to left; Morales singled to center [Kessinger scored, Cardenal
to third]; GIUSTI REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); Thornton grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 13, Cubs 9.

PIRATES 7TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stargell homered;
Parker homered; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen singled to right;
Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 15, Cubs 9.

CUBS 7TH: Hosley singled to center; Trillo walked [Hosley to
second]; Sperring walked [Hosley to third, Trillo to second];
SUMMERS BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Summers singled to right [Hosley
scored, Trillo scored, Sperring to third]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED
GIUSTI (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to left [Sperring scored,
Summers to second]; Cardenal flied out to right; Monday walked
[Summers to third, Kessinger to second]; Morales forced Summers
(third to catcher) [Kessinger to third, Monday to second];
Thornton popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Pirates 15, Cubs 12.

PIRATES 8TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING 1B); KNOWLES
REPLACED THORNTON (PITCHING); Hernandez popped to third;
Stennett was hit by a pitch; Hebner singled to center [Stennett
to third]; Oliver singled to right [Stennett scored, Hebner to
second]; Stargell walked [Hebner to third, Oliver to second];
Parker singled to left [Hebner scored, Oliver scored, Stargell
to second]; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen singled to shortstop
[Stargell to third, Parker to second]; Taveras lined to right; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 12.

CUBS 8TH: Hosley flied out to right; Trillo flied out to right;
Sperring doubled to left; Mitterwald popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 12.

PIRATES 9TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Stennett
grounded out (second to first); Hebner popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 12.

CUBS 9TH: Kessinger singled to right; Cardenal popped to third;
Monday singled to center [Kessinger to third]; Morales struck
out; DUNN BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Dunn forced Monday (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 18, Cubs 12.