| 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. 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