Dave Kingman took over the league lead in homers with his 36th and 37th of the season and also hit a sacrifice fly, driving in a total of five runs, to mark the Mets' 7-6 victory over the Pirates. However, the Mets also needed a homer by John Stearns, plus a pinch-triple by Bruce Boisclair and pinch-single by Ed Kranepool, to post their tying and winning runs in the sixth inning. New York Mets 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1976 (Day game) at Shea StadiumPirates 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 Mets 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 x - 7 11 2 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 2 2 0 0 2 .259 Mazzilli cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .152 Ott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Millan 2b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .284 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torre 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .311 Moreno cf 4 2 2 3 0 1 .277 Kingman rf 3 2 2 5 0 1 .232 Zisk lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .287 Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Stargell 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .260 Stearns c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .274 Parker rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .312 Mangual lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Hebner 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .243 Boisclair ph,lf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .287 Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Dyer c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Swan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .114 Rooker p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Espinosa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .292 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Lockwood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .353 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Totals 37 6 12 6 0 9 Totals 33 7 11 7 3 4 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 18,652 Left on Base: Pirates 4, Mets 6 DP: Pirates 0, Mets 1 Errors: Mazzilli, Millan Triples: Boisclair (3) Home Runs: Moreno (2), Stargell (18), Kingman 2 (37), Stearns (2) Stolen Bases: Taveras (55), Brown (2) Caught Stealing: Dilone (1), Mangual (9) Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (3) GIDP: Stennett (13) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker 5 7 5 5 2 1 2 23 3.65 Giusti L(4-4) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 4.82 Bair 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.08 Tekulve 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.30 Totals 8 11 7 7 3 4 3 37 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan 4.2 8 6 5 0 1 2 22 3.76 Espinosa W(4-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.18 Lockwood SV(17) 3 3 0 0 0 7 0 11 2.84 Totals 9 12 6 5 0 9 2 37 Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Runge PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second; Moreno singled to center [Taveras scored, Moreno to second (error by Mazzilli)]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell flied to right [Moreno to third]; Parker singled to right [Moreno scored (unearned)]; Hebner flied to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli flied to left; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stennett popped to first; Dyer flied to left; Rooker flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman homered; Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns walked; Mangual popped to shortstop; Harrelson lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras was called out on strikes; Moreno flied to center; Zisk singled to center; Stargell flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Swan lined to right; Mazzilli singled to left; Millan singled to left [Mazzilli to second]; Torre singled to right [Mazzilli to third, Millan to second]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left [Mazzilli scored]; Staiger flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 2. PIRATES 4TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Hebner popped to shortstop; Stennett flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 2. METS 4TH: Stearns flied to center; Mangual singled to center; Mangual was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrelson flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Mets 2. PIRATES 5TH: Dyer popped to first; Rooker flied to right; Taveras singled to center [Taveras to second (on throw to 1b)]; Moreno homered [Taveras scored]; Zisk singled to left; Stargell homered [Zisk scored]; ESPINOSA REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Parker struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Espinosa grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Mazzilli flied to left; Millan walked; Torre singled to center [Millan to second]; Kingman homered [Millan scored, Torre scored]; Staiger grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 5. PIRATES 6TH: Hebner singled to center; Stennett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second]; Dyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 5. METS 6TH: GIUSTI REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Stearns homered; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MANGUAL; Boisclair tripled to right; Harrelson lined to first; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR ESPINOSA; Kranepool singled to right [Boisclair scored]; BROWN RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; BAIR REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Brown stole second; Mazzilli struck out; Millan walked; Torre flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. PIRATES 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR BAIR; Kirkpatrick struck out; Taveras was called out on strikes; Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. METS 7TH: TEKULVE REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. PIRATES 8TH: Zisk struck out; Stargell singled to center; Parker was called out on strikes; Hebner singled to second [Stargell to third (error by Millan), Hebner to second]; Stennett struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. METS 8TH: Boisclair singled to center; Harrelson grounded out (second to first) [Boisclair to second]; Lockwood grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. PIRATES 9TH: Dyer struck out; OLIVER BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); OTT BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Ott singled to right; DILONE RAN FOR OTT; Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Mets 7. |
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