Although the Dodgers collected only four hits, they included two home runs that beat the Pirates, 3-2. John Candelaria, who pitched the route for the Bucs, retired the first 16 batters in a row before Bill Russell homered for the Dodgers' first run. Then in the eighth, after Joe Ferguson singled, Steve Yeager connected for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Game Played on Friday, May       14, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   3  4  0
Pirates      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Stennett 2b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .277
Buckner lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Sanguillen c          5   1   2   1     0   0   .255
Baker cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Oliver cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .338
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Robertson 1b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .111
Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .327      Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Ferguson rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .192      Robinson rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .400
  Hale pr,rf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .159      Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .238
Yeager c              3   1   1   2     0   1   .296      Mendoza ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Russell ss            3   1   1   1     0   0   .377      Candelaria p          2   0   0   0     1   0   .091
John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   1   0     0   0   .385
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Taveras pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Sizemore ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   4   3     0   5             Totals               33   2   7   2     5   4

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 13,764
Left on Base: Dodgers 1, Pirates 9
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0
Doubles: Oliver (2), Robinson (3)
Triples: Stennett (2), Sanguillen (1)
Home Runs: Russell (2), Yeager (4)
GIDP: Sanguillen (7)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    5.2   4   2   2   1   4   0  21   2.84
Hough W(3-0)            1.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   7   2.95
Marshall SV(7)          2     2   0   0   2   0   0  10   2.61
Totals                  9     7   2   2   5   4   0  38

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria L(3-2)       9     4   3   3   0   5   2  31   2.15
Totals                  9     4   3   3   0   5   2  31

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Buckner popped to catcher in foul
territory; Baker flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett tripled to right; Sanguillen tripled to
right [Stennett scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Sanguillen scored]; Robertson grounded out (second to first);
Zisk grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey
struck out; Ferguson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
lined to first; Mendoza lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Russell grounded out (second to
first); John grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Candelaria grounded out (second to first); Stennett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Robertson
was called out on strikes; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey made an out to second; Cey flied out to
center; Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Robinson singled to center; Hebner struck out;
Mendoza struck out; Candelaria grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager lined to left; Russell homered; John flied
out to center; Lopes flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett walked; Sanguillen grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Stennett out at second]; Oliver
doubled to right; HOUGH REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Robertson
walked; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner struck out; Baker singled to center; Garvey
made an out to second; Cey popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 7TH: Robinson doubled to center; Hebner made an out to
second; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); Candelaria
walked; Stennett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Ferguson singled to right; HALE RAN FOR FERGUSON;
Yeager homered [Hale scored]; Russell grounded out (shortstop to
first); SIZEMORE BATTED FOR HOUGH; Sizemore made an out to
shortstop; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 8TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MARSHALL REPLACED
SIZEMORE (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to center; Oliver flied
out to left; Robertson walked [Sanguillen to second]; Zisk
forced Robertson (second to shortstop) [Sanguillen to third];
Robinson forced Zisk (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Buckner flied out to right; Baker flied out to
right; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Hebner walked; Mendoza popped to catcher in foul
territory; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR CANDELARIA; Kirkpatrick
singled to center [Hebner to second]; TAVERAS RAN FOR
KIRKPATRICK; Stennett made an out to shortstop; Sanguillen lined
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 2.