With three homers in their attack, the Pirates defeated the Mets, 8-4, and increased their Eastern Division lead to four games over the Cardinals. The Mets and Phillies were tied for third, five games back. Bill Robinson started the Pirates' slugging with a circuit clout in the second, but the Mets came back with a two-run homer by Joe Torre in their half. A single by Frank Taveras, sacrifice by Ken Brett, single by Rennie Stennett and homer by Manny Sanguillen put the Pirates ahead again in the third, 4-2.

The Mets caught up in their half when Mike Vail tripled and Dave Kingman homered to kayo Brett, but they were handcuffed thereafter by the relief pitching of Kent Tekulve and Dave Giusti. The Pirates, meanwhile, broke the tie in the fourth. Richie Hebner singled and Taveras tripled. When Vail let the ball get past him in left field, Taveras also scored. One out later, Stennett hit the Pirates' third homer of the game. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Tuesday, September 2, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Pirates 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 12 0 Mets 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stennett 2b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .279 Clines cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Sanguillen c 4 1 1 2 0 1 .323 Unser ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Oliver cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .277 Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .298 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .297 Vail lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .380 Robinson lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .280 Staub rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .272 Parker rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .312 Kingman 1b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .239 Hebner 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .255 Torre 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .257 Taveras ss 4 2 3 1 0 0 .212 Gallagher pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Tekulve p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Giusti p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Garrett ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Phillips ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Totals 35 8 12 7 2 8 Totals 30 4 6 4 5 5 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 26,486 Left on Base: Pirates 5, Mets 5 DP: Pirates 1, Mets 1 Errors: Vail Doubles: Stargell (28), Oliver (33) Triples: Taveras (4), Vail (1) Home Runs: Robinson (5), Sanguillen (8), Stennett (7), Torre (6), Kingman (29) Caught Stealing: Oliver (2) Sacrifice Hits: Brett (1), Sanguillen (1), Koosman (6) GIDP: Stennett (13), Grote (10) Hit by Pitch: Oliver (5,by Koosman) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brett 2.2 5 4 4 2 1 2 14 3.27 Tekulve W(1-1) 3.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 2.37 Giusti SV(16) 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 10 2.35 Totals 9 6 4 4 5 5 2 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(11-12) 3.2 8 7 7 0 3 3 19 3.73 Baldwin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.48 Lockwood 3 2 1 1 1 5 0 11 1.48 Hall 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 4.68 Totals 9 12 8 8 2 8 3 40 Hit by Pitch: Koosman (4) Wild Pitches: Lockwood (2) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (first to pitcher); Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Clines flied out to right; Millan singled to left; Vail singled to right [Millan out at third (right to shortstop)]; Staub made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (third to first); Robinson homered; Parker grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Hebner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman walked; Torre homered [Kingman scored]; Grote was called out on strikes; Harrelson walked; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harrelson to second]; Clines grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 2. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras singled to right; Brett out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Taveras to second]; Stennett singled to center [Taveras scored]; Sanguillen homered [Stennett scored]; Oliver was hit by a pitch; Oliver was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Stargell doubled to left; Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 2. METS 3RD: Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); Vail tripled to right; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Vail scored]; Kingman homered; TEKULVE REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Torre grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Mets 4. PIRATES 4TH: Parker struck out; Hebner singled to center; Taveras tripled to left [Hebner scored, Taveras scored (error by Vail) (no RBI)]; Tekulve struck out; Stennett homered; BALDWIN REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 4. METS 4TH: Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrelson struck out; MILNER BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Milner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 4. PIRATES 5TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Oliver doubled to left; Lockwood threw a wild pitch [Oliver to third]; Stargell walked; Robinson struck out; Parker forced Stargell (third to second) [Oliver scored]; Hebner flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. METS 5TH: UNSER BATTED FOR CLINES; Unser flied out to left; Millan singled to left; Vail lined to right; Staub walked [Millan to second]; Kingman grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. PIRATES 6TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Taveras singled to pitcher; Tekulve was called out on strikes; Stennett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Taveras out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. METS 6TH: Torre grounded out (second to first); Grote flied out to center; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen was called out on strikes; Oliver was called out on strikes; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. METS 7TH: GIUSTI REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); PHILLIPS BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Phillips struck out; Unser flied out to left; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. PIRATES 8TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HALL REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); Robinson grounded out (third to first); Parker popped to shortstop; Hebner walked; Taveras grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. METS 8TH: Vail popped to first in foul territory; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. PIRATES 9TH: Giusti singled to left; Stennett singled to left [Giusti to second]; Sanguillen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Giusti to third, Stennett to second]; Oliver flied out to left; Stargell flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4. METS 9TH: Torre walked; GALLAGHER RAN FOR TORRE; Grote grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gallagher out at second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR HALL; Garrett walked; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Mets 4.

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