The Pirates' hopes of catching the Phillies in the National League East were jolted when rookie Lee Mazzilli hit a two-run homer with two out in the last of the ninth inning to give the Mets a 5-4 victory. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Game Played on Monday, September 20, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    0  1  0    2  1  0  -   4 10  0
Mets         0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .261      Mazzilli cf           4   2   2   2     1   1   .189
Stennett 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .264      Millan 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .285
Zisk lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Torre 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .314
  Moreno cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .277        Brown pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Stargell 1b           3   1   1   1     1   1   .261        Phillips 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Parker rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .314      Kingman rf            4   0   2   1     0   1   .234
Robinson cf,lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Stearns c             4   0   1   0     0   2   .273
Hebner 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .246      Staiger 3b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .227
Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Kranepool ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Candelaria p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Mangual lf            2   0   0   0     1   2   .232
  Robertson ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .225        Boisclair lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Dilone pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .228
  Tekulve p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .130
                                                            Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Milner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Foster pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .226

Totals               35   4  10   4     1   2             Totals               34   5  11   5     3   8

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  5,922
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Mets 6
DP: Pirates 0, Mets 2
Errors: Kingman, Staiger
Doubles: Parker (25), Stennett (30), Robertson (4)
Triples: Taveras (6)
Home Runs: Stargell (19), Mazzilli (2)
Caught Stealing: Mangual (10), Mazzilli (2)
GIDP: Dyer (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria              6     7   3   3   3   7   0  25   3.17
Tekulve L(5-2)          2.2   4   2   2   0   1   1  12   2.42
Totals                  8.2  11   5   5   3   8   1  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  7.1   9   4   4   1   1   1  31   3.22
Apodaca W(3-7)          1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.04
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   2   1  36

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


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied to center; Stennett lined to right;
Zisk singled to center; Stargell reached on an error by Staiger
[Zisk to second]; Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mazzilli flied to left; Millan singled to left; Torre
lined to left; Kingman lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Robinson grounded out (second to first); Hebner
grounded out (first to pitcher); Dyer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Stearns was called out on strikes; Staiger was called
out on strikes; Mangual walked; Mangual was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Candelaria lined to left; Taveras grounded out
(third to first); Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson singled to right; On a bunt Lolich struck
out; Mazzilli singled to left [Harrelson to third]; Millan
singled to right [Harrelson scored, Mazzilli to third]; Torre
singled to right [Mazzilli scored, Millan to second]; Kingman
singled to center [Millan scored, Torre to second]; Stearns
struck out; Staiger walked [Torre to third, Kingman to second];
Mangual was called out on strikes; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Stargell
walked; Parker doubled to right [Stargell to third]; Robinson
popped to right; Hebner flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Lolich
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Dyer grounded out (second to first); Candelaria
grounded out (second to first); Taveras tripled to left;
Stennett doubled to center [Taveras scored]; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (second to first); Torre grounded
out (third to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Mets 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell struck out; Parker singled to right;
Robinson lined into a double play (third to third to first)
[Parker out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Stearns singled to left [Stearns out at second (left
to second)]; Staiger flied to center; Mangual was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner singled to center; Dyer flied to center;
ROBERTSON BATTED FOR CANDELARIA; Robertson doubled to left
[Hebner scored]; DILONE RAN FOR ROBERTSON; Taveras singled to
right [Dilone scored, Taveras out at home (right to shortstop to
third to pitcher to third to catcher) (error by Kingman)];
Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: TEKULVE REPLACED DILONE (PITCHING); Harrelson flied to
left; Lolich grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Mets 3.

PIRATES 8TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING LF); Zisk
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stargell homered; APODACA
REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Parker struck out; Robinson grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: MORENO REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING CF); ROBINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Millan grounded out (second to first);
Torre singled to right; BROWN RAN FOR TORRE; Kingman singled to
shortstop [Brown to second]; Stearns flied to center; KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR STAIGER; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Mets 3.

PIRATES 9TH: KRANEPOOL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PHILLIPS
REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 3B); Hebner singled to right; Dyer
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hebner out at second]; Tekulve flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 4, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Boisclair grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
flied to right; MILNER BATTED FOR APODACA; Milner singled to
center; FOSTER RAN FOR MILNER; Mazzilli homered [Foster scored];
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Mets 5.