Bruce Kison turned in his first shutout of the season, allowing five hits and pitching the Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the Padres. Kison retired the last 17 batters in a row. The Pirates counted twice in the fourth inning when Omar Moreno doubled, Richie Zisk was safe on an error and Dave Parker and Richie Hebner hit run-producing singles. Zisk wrapped up Kison's decision with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    25, 1976 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  3


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .255      Turner lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Moreno cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .340      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Zisk lf               4   2   1   1     0   1   .289      W. Davis cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Robinson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Winfield rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .279
Parker rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .303      Ivie 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Hebner 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .227      Kendall c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .251
Kirkpatrick 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .239      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Stennett 2b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .273      Hernandez ss          2   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Kubiak ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Kison p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Freisleben p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .194
                                                            Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   5   3     2   6             Totals               29   0   5   0     0   6

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 10,963
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Padres 3
DP: Pirates 1, Padres 0
Errors: Rader, Hernandez 2
Doubles: Moreno (2)
Home Runs: Zisk (17)
Caught Stealing: Fuentes (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Kison (8), Freisleben (9)
GIDP: Rader (9)
Hit by Pitch: Taveras (3,by Freisleben)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison W(10-8)           9     5   0   0   0   6   0  30   3.18
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   6   0  30

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(8-11)      8     5   3   2   2   5   1  34   3.68
Metzger                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.79
Totals                  9     5   3   2   2   6   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Freisleben (5)
Wild Pitches: Freisleben (6)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras popped to first in foul territory; Moreno
struck out; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Turner flied out to center; Fuentes singled to left;
W. Davis flied out to center; Fuentes was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Padres 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Parker struck out; Hebner made an out to shortstop;
Kirkpatrick lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Ivie singled
to left; Kendall singled to left [Ivie to second]; Rader
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kendall out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Padres 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer
reached on an error by Hernandez [Dyer to first]; Kison out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dyer to second]; Taveras
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez singled to shortstop; Freisleben out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hernandez to second]; Turner
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hernandez to third]; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Padres 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Moreno doubled to right; Zisk reached on an error
by Hernandez [Moreno stayed at second, Zisk to first]; Parker
singled to center [Moreno scored, Zisk to third]; Hebner singled
to right [Zisk scored (unearned), Parker out at third (right to
third)]; Kirkpatrick forced Hebner (pitcher to shortstop);
Freisleben threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to second]; Stennett
was walked intentionally; Dyer flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: W. Davis flied out to center; Winfield singled to
left; Ivie flied out to left; Kendall struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Kison grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras
struck out; Moreno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Rader flied out to center; Hernandez struck out;
Freisleben was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Zisk struck out; Parker made an out to shortstop;
Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Turner grounded out (first unassisted); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); W. Davis grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Stennett singled to
right; Dyer reached on an error by Rader [Stennett to second,
Dyer to first]; On a bunt Kison made an out to pitcher; Taveras
was hit by a pitch [Stennett to third, Dyer to second]; Moreno
made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield struck out; Ivie made an out to third;
Kendall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Padres 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Zisk homered; Parker grounded out (first to
pitcher); Hebner flied out to center; Kirkpatrick walked;
Stennett struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: ROBINSON REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING LF); Rader grounded
out (second to first); KUBIAK BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Kubiak was
called out on strikes; GRUBB BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN; Grubb flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 0.

PIRATES 9TH: METZGER REPLACED GRUBB (PITCHING); KUBIAK STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Dyer flied out to center; Kison grounded out
(shortstop to first); Taveras struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Turner popped to third in foul territory; Fuentes
was called out on strikes; W. Davis grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 0.