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Saturday April 24, 1976
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Although collecting 10 hits, the Pirates were able to score only once and lost to the Giants, 3-1. The Giants, held to six hits, counted on a triple by Von Joshua and a fly by Derrel Thomas in the first inning. In the third, the Giants loaded the bases on two hits and a walk and added their two other runs on a wild pitch by Jim Rooker and sacrifice fly by Chris Speier. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Game Played on Saturday, April 24, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1 10  1
Giants       1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Joshua cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
Hebner 3b             2   0   1   0     2   0   .250      Thomas 2b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .295
Oliver cf             4   1   0   0     0   1   .371      Murcer rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .293
Stargell 1b           4   0   3   0     0   1   .444      Matthews lf           2   0   0   0     2   1   .370
Parker rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .302      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .239
Zisk lf               4   0   2   0     0   2   .233      Speier ss             3   0   0   1     0   1   .293
Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .383
Taveras ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Sadek c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .417
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Halicki p             2   0   1   0     1   1   .333
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Rooker p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Moose p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .143

Totals               35   1  10   1     2   8             Totals               28   3   6   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  9,222
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Giants 7
DP: Pirates 0, Giants 2
Errors: Rooker
Doubles: Zisk (5), Stargell (5)
Triples: Parker (1), Joshua (1)
Stolen Bases: Reitz (1)
Caught Stealing: Montanez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomas (2), Speier (1)
GIDP: Rooker (1), Oliver (1)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(1-1)           6     5   3   3   4   3   0  28   4.50
Moose                   2     1   0   0   0   3   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8     6   3   3   4   6   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki W(2-2)          7     8   1   1   2   6   0  29   4.40
Lavelle SV(5)           2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    10   1   1   2   8   0  37

Wild Pitches: Rooker 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
walked; Oliver flied out to center; Stargell singled to right
[Hebner to second]; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua tripled to right; Thomas hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Joshua scored]; Murcer walked; Matthews walked [Murcer
to second]; Rooker threw a wild pitch [Matthews to second,
Murcer to third]; Montanez was called out on strikes; Speier
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk doubled to center; Sanguillen flied out to
center; Taveras lined to second; Rooker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Reitz singled to right; Reitz stole second; Sadek
flied to right in foul territory; Halicki struck out; Joshua
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Giants 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett flied out to right; Hebner grounded out
(first to pitcher); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Thomas singled to shortstop; Murcer singled to right
[Thomas to second]; Matthews walked [Thomas to third, Murcer to
second]; Rooker threw a wild pitch [Matthews to second, Murcer
to third, Thomas scored]; Montanez struck out; Speier hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Murcer scored, Matthews to third]; Reitz
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Giants 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell struck out; Parker tripled to center; Zisk
was called out on strikes; Sanguillen popped to third; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Sadek lined to center; Halicki walked; Joshua
reached on an error by Rooker [Halicki to third]; Thomas popped
to first in foul territory; Murcer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Taveras singled to left; Rooker grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Taveras out at
second]; Stennett popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Speier lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner walked; Oliver grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second]; Stargell
doubled to center; Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Halicki singled to right;
Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Giants 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Zisk singled to left; Sanguillen forced Zisk (third
to second); KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Kirkpatrick singled
to right [Sanguillen to second]; OTT BATTED FOR ROOKER; Ott
struck out; Stennett forced Kirkpatrick (second to shortstop); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: MENDOZA REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING SS); MOOSE
REPLACED OTT (PITCHING); Thomas flied out to center; Murcer
grounded out (second to first); Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Hebner singled to right; LAVELLE REPLACED HALICKI
(PITCHING); Oliver forced Hebner (shortstop to second); Stargell
singled to center [Oliver to third]; Parker forced Stargell
(second to shortstop) [Oliver scored]; Zisk struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Montanez singled to center; Speier was called out on
strikes; Montanez was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Giants 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen lined to third; ROBINSON BATTED FOR
MENDOZA; Robinson singled to center; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR MOOSE;
Robertson was called out on strikes; Stennett popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 3.



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