The Pirates staged a "Candy Night" promotion to salute John Candelaria and the lean righthander responded by pitching a no-hitter to beat the Dodgers, 2-0. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Monday, August    9, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  0  1
Pirates      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Oliver cf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .329
Garvey 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .308      Stargell 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   2   .285      Zisk lf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Baker rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Parker rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Buckner lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Robinson 3b           3   0   1   2     0   2   .316
  Lacy ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Yeager c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .227      Candelaria p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .173
Rau p                 2   0   0   0     0   1   .186
  Auerbach ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .098
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               29   0   0   0     1   7             Totals               28   2   5   2     1   6

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance:  9,860
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Pirates 3
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Russell, Taveras, Robinson
Doubles: Robinson (20)
Stolen Bases: Stennett (14)
GIDP: Stargell (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(10-9)             7     5   2   2   1   6   0  26   2.95
Hough                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.45
Totals                  8     5   2   2   1   6   0  29

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria W(11-4)      9     0   0   0   1   7   0  30   3.05
Totals                  9     0   0   0   1   7   0  30

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Runge


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to center; Sizemore flied out to
right; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras was picked off
first (pitcher to first to shortstop); Stennett flied out to
right; Oliver walked; Stargell popped to second in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey was
called out on strikes; Baker popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Parker grounded out
(second to first); Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: LACY BATTED FOR BUCKNER; Lacy was called out on
strikes (strikeout was charged to Buckner); Yeager walked; Rau
forced Yeager (shortstop to second); Lopes reached on an error
by Taveras [Rau to second]; Sizemore reached on an error by
Robinson [Rau to third, Lopes to second]; Russell forced
Sizemore (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dyer struck out;
Candelaria struck out; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey struck out; Cey struck out; Baker flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stennett grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
singled to left; Stargell grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager
flied out to right; Rau was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk singled to left; Parker singled to left [Zisk
to second]; Robinson doubled to left [Zisk scored, Parker
scored]; Dyer flied out to right [Robinson to third]; Candelaria
popped to catcher; Taveras flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
lined to shortstop; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett reached on an error by Russell; Stennett
stole second; Oliver flied out to center; Stargell popped to
first; Zisk popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Pirates 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey struck out; Cey flied out to center; Baker
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 7TH: Parker grounded out (first unassisted); Robinson
was called out on strikes; Dyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first); Yeager
grounded out (third to first); AUERBACH BATTED FOR RAU; Auerbach
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED AUERBACH (PITCHING); Candelaria
flied out to left; Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
flied to right in foul territory; Russell flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 2.