Jerry Koosman pitched a six-hit shutout and Dave Kingman tied the Mets' record for most homers in one season for a 7-0 victory over the Pirates. Kingman's clout in the fifth inning was his 34th of the year, equaling the club mark set by Frank Thomas in 1962.

With two out in the second inning, the Mets took advantage of an error by Rennie Stennett to score three unearned runs off Jerry Reuss, one of them on a pass to Felix Millan with the bases loaded. Kingman's homer and another bases-loaded pass to Bud Harrelson made it 5-0 in the fifth. In the sixth, when the Mets added their final pair, Mike Vail singled, hitting safely in his 19th straight game to equal the league's previous longest streak this year by Millan. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Thursday, September 11, 1975 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Mets 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 7 11 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clines cf 6 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Millan 2b 4 1 0 1 1 1 .289 Stennett 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .280 Vail lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .348 Oliver cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .277 Kingman 1b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .242 Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294 Staub rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .273 Zisk lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Grote c 4 1 2 1 1 1 .298 Robinson rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Heidemann 3b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .220 Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .325 Harrelson ss 4 1 1 2 1 2 .219 Howe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Koosman p 4 0 1 0 0 2 .181 Reuss p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .197 Moose p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Randolph ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .205 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Minshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 7 11 7 6 10 Totals 32 0 6 0 1 7 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 4,762 Left on Base: Mets 12, Pirates 6 DP: Mets 1, Pirates 0 Errors: Stennett, Zisk Doubles: Heidemann (4), Kingman (18) Home Runs: Kingman (34) Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (7) GIDP: Oliver (16) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(12-13) 9 6 0 0 1 7 0 33 3.51 Totals 9 6 0 0 1 7 0 33 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(16-11) 4.2 8 5 2 3 6 1 26 2.38 Moose 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.13 Tekulve 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 8 2.42 Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Minshall 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 11 7 3 6 10 1 46 Wild Pitches: Koosman (7) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bob Engel METS 1ST: Clines grounded out (first unassisted); Millan struck out; Vail struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras popped to second; Stennett singled to right; Oliver struck out; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Pirates 0. METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Staub popped to second; Grote reached on an error by Stennett [Grote to first]; Heidemann doubled to left [Grote scored (unearned)]; Harrelson singled to center [Heidemann scored (unearned)]; Koosman singled to left [Harrelson to second]; Clines singled to pitcher [Harrelson to third, Koosman to second]; Millan walked [Harrelson scored (unearned), Koosman to third, Clines to second]; Vail struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Robinson flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. METS 3RD: Kingman struck out; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Grote struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Howe struck out; Reuss singled to left; Taveras forced Reuss (third to second); Stennett popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. METS 4TH: Heidemann singled to left; Harrelson lined to left; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Heidemann to second]; Clines grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver struck out; Stargell flied out to left; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Pirates 0. METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail flied out to right; Kingman homered; Staub walked; Grote singled to left [Staub to second]; Heidemann singled to third [Staub to third, Grote to second]; Harrelson walked [Staub scored, Grote to third, Heidemann to second]; MOOSE REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Koosman was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 5, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Robinson singled to shortstop; Sanguillen popped to second; Howe flied out to right; RANDOLPH BATTED FOR MOOSE; Randolph singled to left [Robinson to second]; Koosman threw a wild pitch [Robinson to third, Randolph to second]; Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Pirates 0. METS 6TH: TEKULVE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PITCHING); Clines grounded out (second to first); Millan reached on an error by Zisk [Millan to third]; Vail singled to right [Millan scored (unearned)]; Kingman doubled to left [Vail to third]; Staub was walked intentionally; Grote singled to right [Vail scored, Kingman to third, Staub to second]; Heidemann flied out to right; Harrelson was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Stennett singled to right; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Stennett out at second]; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. METS 7TH: JONES REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); Koosman popped to shortstop; Debut game for Odell Jones; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: Zisk lined to left; Robinson grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. METS 8TH: Vail flied out to center; Kingman grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: Howe flied out to left; DYER BATTED FOR JONES; Dyer struck out; Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. METS 9TH: MINSHALL REPLACED DYER (PITCHING); Grote walked; Heidemann walked [Grote to second]; Harrelson struck out; Koosman struck out; Clines flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 9TH: Stennett flied out to right; Oliver struck out; Stargell walked; Zisk singled to left [Stargell to second]; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 7, Pirates 0.

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