The Pirates erupted for five runs in the fifth inning, two scoring on a single by John Candelaria, who helped himself to a 6-3 victory over the Reds. Dave Parker, who had three hits in five trips, including a single during the big inning, batted safely in his 17th straight game. Pete Rose, who stretched his hitting streak to 19 games for the Reds, led off in the seventh with a single, resulting in the exit of Candelaria. Rich Gossage gave up one hit the rest of the way. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Friday, May       6, 1977 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Pirates      0  0  1    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   6 15  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   0     1   1   .357      Moreno cf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .247
Griffey rf            5   1   3   0     0   2   .337      Taveras ss            5   1   2   1     0   0   .233
Morgan 2b             5   1   2   1     0   2   .267      Parker rf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .426
Foster cf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .310      Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .303
Bench lf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .240      Stargell 1b           5   1   2   0     0   2   .308
Bailey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Stennett 2b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .310
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   1     0   1   .256      Garner 3b             3   1   0   1     1   0   .259
Plummer c             1   0   0   0     2   0   .150      Dyer c                3   1   2   1     1   1   .308
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Candelaria p          2   0   1   2     0   0   .125
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .235        Gossage p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .237

Totals               32   3   8   3     4  10             Totals               35   6  15   6     5   5

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 16,258
Left on Base: Reds 9, Pirates 11
DP: Reds 1, Pirates 0
Triples: Taveras (2)
Stolen Bases: Moreno 2 (11), Stennett (6), Parker (5)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (3), Parker (8), Stennett (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Candelaria (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1), Concepcion (1)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (2,by Candelaria)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(3-2)       4.2  11   6   6   5   1   0  29   5.31
Caldwell                0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.00
Borbon                  3     3   0   0   0   3   0  10   1.17
Totals                  8    15   6   6   5   5   0  41

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria W(3-0)       6     7   3   3   3   5   0  28   2.08
Gossage SV(3)           3     1   0   0   1   5   0  11   1.25
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4  10   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Candelaria (1)
Wild Pitches: Billingham (3)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Ed Vargo


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Griffey struck out; Morgan
singled to center; Morgan was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to center; Moreno stole second;
Taveras popped to third; Parker popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Oliver singled to second [Moreno to third]; Stargell
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster struck out; Bench walked; Bailey flied out to
center; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett singled to left; Stennett stole second;
Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer singled to third
[Stennett to third]; Candelaria out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Dyer to second]; Moreno was walked intentionally;
Taveras flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 0.

REDS 3RD: Plummer flied out to left; Billingham grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rose was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Parker singled to second; Parker was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oliver walked; Stargell
singled to center [Oliver to third]; Stennett walked [Stargell
to second]; Garner grounded out (third to first) [Oliver scored,
Stargell to third, Stennett to second]; Dyer was walked
intentionally; Candelaria grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 1.

REDS 4TH: Griffey singled to right; Morgan singled to right
[Griffey to second]; Foster was hit by a pitch [Griffey to
third, Morgan to second]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Griffey scored]; Bailey singled to center [Morgan to third,
Foster to second]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Morgan scored, Foster to third, Bailey to second]; Plummer was
walked intentionally; Billingham struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Reds 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Moreno singled to second; Moreno stole second;
Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Parker flied out to
right [Moreno to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Pirates 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose singled to right; Griffey singled to right [Rose
to third]; Morgan forced Griffey (second to shortstop) [Rose
scored]; Foster struck out; Bench flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell singled to right; Billingham threw a wild
pitch [Stargell to second]; Stennett flied out to center; Garner
walked; Dyer singled to left [Stargell scored, Garner to third,
Dyer to second (on throw)]; Candelaria singled to right [Garner
scored, Dyer scored]; Moreno forced Candelaria (first to
shortstop); Taveras tripled to center [Moreno scored]; CALDWELL
REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Parker singled to right [Taveras
scored]; Parker stole second; Oliver struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 6.

REDS 6TH: Bailey flied out to center; Concepcion popped to first
in foul territory; Plummer walked; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
CALDWELL; Armbrister grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 6TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Stargell
popped to shortstop; Stennett singled to right; Stennett was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Garner flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 6.

REDS 7TH: Rose singled to center; GOSSAGE REPLACED CANDELARIA
(PITCHING); Griffey struck out; Morgan struck out; Foster flied
to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Dyer struck out; Gossage struck out; Moreno
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Pirates 6.

REDS 8TH: Bench flied out to right; Bailey flied out to left;
Concepcion was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: Taveras singled to left; Parker singled to
shortstop [Taveras to second]; Oliver hit into a double play
(shortstop to second to third) [Oliver to first, Taveras out at
third, Parker out at second]; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 6.

REDS 9TH: LUM BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Lum grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR BORBON; Driessen was
called out on strikes; Rose walked; Griffey singled to center
[Rose to second]; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
3, Pirates 6.