Capitalizing on three walks in the 10th inning, the Pirates scored on a single by Rennie Stennett and defeated the Dodgers, 6-5. With Reggie Smith contributing a homer, the Dodgers took a 5-1 lead before Phil Garner brought the Pirates back into contention by hitting for the circuit with two men on base in the fourth. Pinch-hitter Fernando Gonzalez then drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Rich Gossage pitched the last three innings for the Pirates, struck out eight and allowed only one hit. In his last seven appearances covering 13 1/3 innings, Gossage had not given up any runs and had struck out 24 of the last 40 batters whom he faced. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Game Played on Thursday, May       19, 1977 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      2  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   5  7  3
Pirates      0  1  0    3  0  0    1  0  0    1  -   6  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .305      Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Russell ss            5   0   0   0     0   3   .278        Gonzalez ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .357
Smith rf              5   1   2   1     0   2   .336        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Garvey 1b             3   2   0   0     1   3   .293        Kirkpatrick ph      0   1   0   0     1   0   .087
Monday cf             4   0   1   2     0   1   .272      Robinson cf,lf        5   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Lacy 3b               2   0   1   1     0   0   .341      Parker rf             5   0   0   0     0   3   .380
  Martinez 3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Oliver lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Baker lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .313        Moreno cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .245
Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Stargell 1b           3   1   0   0     2   1   .328
Rau p                 2   0   0   1     0   0   .190      Stennett 2b           5   2   3   1     0   1   .282
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garner 3b             3   1   1   3     0   0   .231
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dyer c                4   1   2   1     0   0   .310
  Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Kison p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Helms ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mendoza ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               36   5   7   5     1  14             Totals               34   6   7   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 17,988
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Pirates 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Lopes, Lacy, Yeager, Mendoza
Doubles: Lopes (8), Monday (11), Yeager (13), Stennett (6)
Home Runs: Smith (10), Garner (4)
Stolen Bases: Garvey (4), Kirkpatrick (1)
Caught Stealing: Kison (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Garner (4), Kison (1), Helms (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rau (1), Lacy (1), Gonzalez (1)
Hit by Pitch: Garvey (1,by Kison)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     6.1   6   5   4   1   4   1  28   3.75
Garman                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.18
Wall                    2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.82
Hough L(3-2)            0.2   1   1   1   3   1   0   6   2.15
Totals                  9.2   7   6   5   4   7   1  42

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   5     5   5   5   1   5   1  22   4.14
Tekulve                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.46
Gossage W(4-0)          3     1   0   0   0   8   0  11   0.84
Totals                 10     7   5   5   1  14   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Kison (1)
Wild Pitches: Kison (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to center; Russell struck out; Smith
struck out; Garvey was hit by a pitch; Kison threw a wild pitch
[Lopes to third, Garvey to second]; Monday doubled to center
[Lopes scored, Garvey scored]; Lacy lined to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras lined to shortstop; Robinson reached on an
error by Lacy [Robinson to first]; Parker reached on an error by
Yeager [Robinson to second, Parker to first]; Oliver flied out
to left; Stargell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: MORENO REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING CF); ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baker singled to center; Yeager
doubled to left [Baker to third]; Rau hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Baker scored, Yeager to third]; Lopes grounded out
(pitcher to first); Russell struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett doubled to left; Garner out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Stennett to third]; Dyer singled to
center [Stennett scored]; Kison out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Dyer to second]; Taveras lined to second; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Smith homered; Garvey walked; Garvey stole second;
Monday lined to center [Garvey to third]; Lacy hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Garvey scored]; Baker grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Robinson grounded out (second to first); Parker
struck out; Moreno lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Rau
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes lined to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell walked; Stennett singled to right
[Stargell to second]; Garner homered [Stargell scored, Stennett
scored]; Dyer grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt Kison
singled to catcher; Taveras struck out; Kison was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Pirates 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell struck out; Smith flied out to center;
Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Robinson flied out to center; Parker grounded out
(second to first); Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Pirates 4.

DODGERS 6TH: TEKULVE REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Monday flied out
to right; Lacy singled to right; Baker grounded out (first
unassisted) [Lacy to second]; Yeager grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell flied out to center; Stennett struck out;
Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Pirates 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes struck
out; Russell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
5, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Dyer singled to left; HELMS BATTED FOR TEKULVE;
Helms reached on an error by Lopes (assist by Lacy) on a
sacrifice bunt [Dyer to third, Helms to second]; GONZALEZ BATTED
FOR TAVERAS; Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dyer scored
(unearned), Helms to third]; GARMAN REPLACED RAU (PITCHING);
Robinson grounded out (second to first); WALL REPLACED GARMAN
(PITCHING); Parker struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); MENDOZA
REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING SS); Smith struck out; Garvey struck
out; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 3B); Moreno flied
out to center; Stargell struck out; Stennett grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates
5.

DODGERS 9TH: Martinez struck out; Baker struck out; Yeager
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 9TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Dyer made an
out to shortstop; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 10TH: POWELL BATTED FOR WALL; Powell struck out; Lopes
struck out; Russell reached on an error by Mendoza [Russell to
first]; Smith singled to left [Russell to third]; Garvey struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 10TH: HOUGH REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); KIRKPATRICK
BATTED FOR GOSSAGE; Kirkpatrick walked; On a bunt Robinson
popped to catcher in foul territory; Kirkpatrick stole second;
Parker struck out; Moreno walked; Stargell walked [Kirkpatrick
to third, Moreno to second]; Stennett singled to right
[Kirkpatrick scored, Moreno to third, Stargell to second]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Pirates 6.