Saturday August 7, 1976
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New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, August 7, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Mets 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 7 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mangual cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .238 Stennett 2b 5 0 0 1 0 0 .266 Phillips 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .262 Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .227 Milner lf 3 1 1 3 0 0 .259 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .331 Torre 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .305 Parker rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .306 Vail rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Zisk lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Hodges c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276 Robinson lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .316 Staiger 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .239 Kirkpatrick 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .226 Foster ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Dyer c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .237 Espinosa p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Apodaca p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Stargell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 Taveras ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Ott ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Medich p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .079 Robertson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Helms ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Totals 33 4 8 4 0 6 Totals 33 2 7 2 5 4 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 12,364 Left on Base: Mets 4, Pirates 9 DP: Mets 1, Pirates 0 Doubles: Hebner (15), Parker (18) Triples: Phillips (5) Home Runs: Milner (12) Sacrifice Flies: Milner (3), Staiger (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(1-2) 5.2 3 0 0 3 3 0 22 1.65 Apodaca 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 10 2.92 Lockwood SV(12) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 2.86 Totals 9 7 2 2 5 4 0 38 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich L(5-11) 7 6 2 1 0 2 0 27 3.84 Tekulve 2 2 2 2 0 4 1 8 3.05 Totals 9 8 4 3 0 6 1 35 Passed Balls: Dyer (4) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Andy Olsen METS 1ST: Mangual flied to right; Phillips tripled to right; Milner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Phillips scored]; Torre singled to center; Vail flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett popped to second; Hebner flied to center; Oliver flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 2ND: Hodges singled to center; Staiger flied to center; Foster popped to second; Espinosa flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Parker struck out; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 3RD: ROBINSON REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING LF); Mangual was called out on strikes; Phillips flied to left; Milner flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Dyer singled to center; Mendoza grounded out (pitcher to first) [Dyer to second]; Medich struck out; Stennett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Pirates 0. METS 4TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Vail singled to right; Hodges singled to left [Vail to second]; Dyer allowed a passed ball [Vail to third]; Staiger hit a sacrifice fly to center [Vail scored (unearned)]; Foster flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner popped to first; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Parker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. METS 5TH: Espinosa grounded out (second to first); Mangual was called out on strikes; Phillips grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Robinson walked; Kirkpatrick flied to right; Dyer flied to left; Mendoza struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. METS 6TH: Milner popped to first in foul territory; Torre singled to left; Vail forced Torre (shortstop to second); Hodges grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Medich singled to left; Stennett hit into a double play (second to second to first) [Medich out at second]; Hebner walked; Oliver singled to center [Hebner to third]; Parker walked [Oliver to second]; APODACA REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Robinson forced Parker (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. METS 7TH: Staiger grounded out (pitcher to first); Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Apodaca grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: Kirkpatrick walked; Dyer flied to left; STARGELL BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Stargell flied to center; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR MEDICH; Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Pirates 0. METS 8TH: TAVERAS REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING SS); TEKULVE REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Mangual struck out; Phillips singled to center; Milner homered [Phillips scored]; Torre struck out; Vail grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: Stennett flied to right; Hebner doubled to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Hebner to third]; Parker doubled to left [Hebner scored]; Robinson flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 1. METS 9TH: Hodges flied to left; Staiger struck out; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 1. PIRATES 9TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED APODACA (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick singled to left; Dyer singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second]; OTT BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Ott forced Dyer (second to shortstop) [Kirkpatrick to third]; HELMS BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Helms walked [Ott to second]; Stennett forced Helms (second to shortstop) [Kirkpatrick scored, Ott to third]; Hebner flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Pirates 2.

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