Bill Buckner and Ellie Rodriguez batted in two runs apiece to support Burt Hooton, who allowed only four hits in pitching the Dodgers to a 6-0 victory over the Pirates. Rodriguez entered the game as a substitute catcher when Steve Yeager was ejected by umpire Frank Pulli for arguing about a called third strike. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       16, 1976 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  1    0  0  3    1  0  0  -   6 10  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   2   2   0     0   1   .227      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Buckner lf            5   0   2   2     0   0   .291      Hebner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Baker cf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .329
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Robertson 1b          2   0   0   0     1   1   .130
Cey 3b                2   1   0   0     2   1   .319      Zisk lf               2   0   1   0     1   1   .295
Ferguson rf           2   1   1   1     1   0   .193      Robinson rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .390
  Hale rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .156      Sanguillen c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Yeager c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .282      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Rodriguez c         2   0   1   2     1   1   .500        Helms ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Auerbach ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .042        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hooton p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .214      Reuss p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Demery p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Taveras ph,ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .197

Totals               33   6  10   6     5   6             Totals               28   0   4   0     2   6

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 15,334
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Pirates 3
DP: Dodgers 3, Pirates 2
Errors: Taveras
Doubles: Lopes (3), Garvey (9), Ferguson (3), Oliver (3)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (1)
GIDP: Auerbach 2 (3), Sanguillen (8), Robinson (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(3-2)           9     4   0   0   2   6   0  30   4.02
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   6   0  30

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(4-3)            6     7   5   5   3   5   0  25   4.19
Demery                  2     3   1   1   2   1   0  10   1.23
Giusti                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   8.68
Totals                  9    10   6   6   5   6   0  39

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


DODGERS 1ST: 21 minute rain delay at 3:10 PM; Lopes
singled to pitcher; Lopes stole second; Buckner lined to center;
Baker grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to right
[Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to center; Hebner struck out
[Stennett out at second (catcher to second)]; Oliver doubled to
left; Robertson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson walked; Yeager was called out on
strikes; Steve Yeager ejected by HP umpire Frank Pulli;
Auerbach grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Ferguson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED YEAGER (PLAYING C ); Zisk
walked; Robinson struck out; Sanguillen grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Hooton was called out on strikes; Lopes doubled to
left; Buckner singled to right [Lopes scored, Buckner out at
second (right to first to shortstop)]; Baker walked; Garvey
lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Mendoza flied out to center; Reuss flied out to
left; Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Pirates 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey flied out to center; Ferguson flied out to
right; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner singled to right; Oliver made an out to
second; Robertson made an out to second; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Auerbach lined to third; Hooton struck out; Lopes
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Robinson lined to center; Sanguillen flied out to
left; Mendoza flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner flied out to right; Baker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey doubled to left; Cey was walked
intentionally; Ferguson doubled to left [Garvey scored, Cey to
third]; Rodriguez singled to right [Cey scored, Ferguson scored,
Rodriguez out at second (right to catcher to shortstop)]; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: OTT BATTED FOR REUSS; Ott made an out to shortstop;
Stennett popped to first in foul territory; Hebner flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 7TH: DEMERY REPLACED OTT (PITCHING); Auerbach singled to
left; Hooton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Auerbach
to second]; Lopes struck out; Buckner singled to center
[Auerbach scored]; Baker singled to right [Buckner to third];
Garvey made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: HALE REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING RF); Oliver flied
out to center; Robertson walked; Zisk singled to center
[Robertson to second]; Robinson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey walked; Hale made an out to second; Rodriguez
walked [Cey to second]; Auerbach grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted); HELMS
BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first);
TAVERAS BATTED FOR DEMERY; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 9TH: TAVERAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); GIUSTI
REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Hooton flied out to center; Lopes
reached on an error by Taveras [Lopes to first]; Buckner forced
Lopes (first to shortstop); Baker lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Stennett flied out to right; Hebner made an out to
shortstop; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.