Breaking a tie with a homer by Bill Robinson, the Pirates defeated the Mets, 3-1, behind the pitching of Jerry Reuss and bolstered their East Division lead to five games. The Cardinals and Phillies were tied for second place, while the Mets in fourth place fell six games off.

The Mets counted their run off Reuss in the first inning on doubles by Felix Millan and Mike Vail. After errors by Wayne Garrett and Bud Harrelson enabled the Pirates to tie the score in the fourth, Robinson hit his homer in the seventh. The Pirates then added an insurance run in the ninth on doubles by Robinson and Dave Parker. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 3, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Pirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 6 0 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 3 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .279 Unser cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Sanguillen c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .320 Torre ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Oliver cf 4 0 2 0 0 2 .278 Millan 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .297 Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Vail lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .370 Robinson lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .285 Kingman 1b 2 0 0 0 2 2 .238 Parker rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .311 Staub rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .271 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Grote c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .301 Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Reuss p 3 0 0 0 1 1 .177 Harrelson ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 .224 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Phillips ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Heidemann ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Matlack p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .102 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Totals 32 3 6 2 2 8 Totals 34 1 8 1 4 8 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 27,599 Left on Base: Pirates 6, Mets 10 DP: Pirates 1, Mets 2 Errors: Garrett 2, Harrelson Doubles: Robinson (12), Parker (26), Millan (31), Vail (5) Home Runs: Robinson (6) Sacrifice Hits: Sanguillen (2), Taveras (7) GIDP: Staub (17) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss W(15-10) 9 8 1 1 4 8 0 38 2.45 Totals 9 8 1 1 4 8 0 38 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(16-9) 8 6 3 2 1 8 1 33 3.20 Sanders 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2.03 Totals 9 6 3 2 2 8 1 36 Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen flied out to center; Oliver singled to center; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Unser flied out to right; Millan doubled to left; Vail doubled to right [Millan scored]; Kingman walked; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 2ND: Robinson reached on an error by Garrett [Robinson to first]; Parker struck out; Hebner hit into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. METS 2ND: Grote singled to left; Garrett struck out; Harrelson singled to left [Grote to second]; Matlack forced Grote (pitcher to third) [Harrelson to second]; Unser forced Matlack (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Reuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); Vail was called out on strikes; Kingman walked; Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 1. PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen reached on an error by Garrett [Sanguillen to first]; Oliver singled to right [Sanguillen to second]; Stargell reached on an error by Harrelson [Sanguillen scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oliver to second, Stargell to first]; Robinson popped to shortstop; Parker popped to third in foul territory; Hebner struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Grote popped to shortstop; Garrett struck out; Harrelson walked; Matlack popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. PIRATES 5TH: Taveras lined to second; Reuss struck out; Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (third to first); Vail lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. PIRATES 6TH: Sanguillen popped to center; Oliver struck out; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Kingman struck out; Staub singled to center; Grote singled to center [Staub to second]; Garrett forced Grote (pitcher to second) [Staub to third]; ALOU BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Alou forced Garrett (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Mets 1. PIRATES 7TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING SS); Robinson homered; Parker grounded out (second to first); Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Taveras grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Matlack singled to left; Unser flied out to center; Millan forced Matlack (shortstop to second); Vail flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. PIRATES 8TH: Reuss walked; Stennett singled to right [Reuss to second]; Sanguillen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Reuss to third, Stennett to second]; Oliver struck out; Stargell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. METS 8TH: Kingman struck out; Staub struck out; Grote singled to left; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. PIRATES 9TH: Robinson doubled to left; Parker doubled to right [Robinson scored]; SANDERS REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Hebner was walked intentionally; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Parker to third, Hebner to second]; Reuss lined into a double play (shortstop to third) [Parker out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 1. METS 9TH: HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Heidemann struck out; STEARNS BATTED FOR SANDERS; Stearns grounded out (third to first); TORRE BATTED FOR UNSER; Torre walked; Millan forced Torre (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Mets 1.

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