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Tuesday May 31, 1977
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Garry Maddox, who led off the game with a homer, later brought the Phillies from behind with a two-run triple in the seventh inning to beat the Pirates, 6-5. After an exchange of leads that saw the Pirates go ahead, 5-4, Larry Bowa walked in the seventh, Davey Johnson singled and Maddox decided the outcome with his triple. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 31, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Pirates      0  0  3    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   5 12  2
Phillies     1  0  0    3  0  0    2  0  x  -   6 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   1   2   0     1   2   .253      Maddox cf             4   1   2   3     0   0   .279
Garner 3b             3   2   2   1     2   0   .229      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Parker rf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .367      Johnstone rf          3   1   1   0     0   0   .306
Oliver cf,lf          4   0   2   2     0   0   .309        Martin ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Robinson 1b           4   0   2   2     0   0   .278      Hebner 1b,3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .318
Stennett 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Boone 3b,c            4   1   1   1     0   0   .302
Gonzalez lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      McCarver c            0   0   0   0     2   0   .326
  Moreno cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .223        Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dyer c                1   0   0   0     2   1   .315        Schmidt ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Ott ph,c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Demery p              2   1   0   0     0   0   .231      Hutton lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Forster p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Brown ph,lf         3   0   2   2     0   0   .212
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Bowa ss               2   1   0   0     1   0   .225
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Lerch p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Johnson 1b          2   1   2   0     0   0   .388
  O. Jones p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  12   5     6   5             Totals               31   6  10   6     3   0

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 23,731
Left on Base: Pirates 10, Phillies 4
DP: Pirates 2, Phillies 3
Errors: Stennett, Forster
Doubles: Robinson (5), Boone (6)
Triples: Maddox (4)
Home Runs: Maddox (4)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (20), Oliver (6)
Caught Stealing: McCarver (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (2), Robinson (2)
GIDP: Parker (1), Stennett (3), Garner (6), Johnstone (3), Bowa (2)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Demery                  3.1   5   4   4   2   0   1  15   4.93
Forster                 2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.80
Tekulve L(3-1)          1     3   2   2   1   0   0   6   2.40
Jackson                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.32
O. Jones                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.54
Totals                  8    10   6   6   3   0   1  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch                   4     5   4   4   5   1   0  20   3.76
Underwood               2     4   1   1   0   1   0   9   4.94
Reed W(4-2)             3     3   0   0   1   3   0  13   2.31
Totals                  9    12   5   5   6   5   0  42

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras walked; Taveras stole second; Garner
walked; Parker grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Taveras to third, Garner out at second]; Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox homered; Sizemore singled to shortstop;
Johnstone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Sizemore out at second]; Hebner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Robinson singled to right; Stennett grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first to shortstop) [Robinson
out at second]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); McCarver
walked; McCarver was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Hutton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Dyer walked; Demery forced Dyer (pitcher to
shortstop); On a bunt Taveras singled to pitcher [Demery to
second]; Garner singled to center [Demery scored, Taveras to
second]; Parker singled to third [Taveras to third, Garner to
second]; Oliver forced Parker (second to shortstop) [Taveras
scored, Garner to third]; Robinson doubled to right [Garner
scored, Oliver to third]; Stennett grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa lined to second; Lerch grounded out (second
to first); Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Phillies 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Gonzalez flied out to center; Dyer walked; Demery
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dyer to second]; Taveras was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnstone singled to shortstop; Hebner singled to center
[Johnstone to third]; Boone doubled to center [Johnstone scored,
Hebner to third]; McCarver walked; FORSTER REPLACED DEMERY
(PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR HUTTON; Brown singled to left
[Hebner scored, Boone scored, McCarver to third]; Bowa grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Brown out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 5TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Garner walked;
UNDERWOOD REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); JOHNSON REPLACED LERCH
(PLAYING 1B); HEBNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BOONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Parker singled to right [Garner
to third, Parker to second (on throw to 3b)]; Oliver hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Garner scored, Parker to third];
Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Parker scored]; Stennett
singled to right; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnson singled to left; Maddox forced Johnson
(shortstop to second) [Maddox to second (error by Stennett)];
Sizemore popped to shortstop; Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Dyer struck out; Forster singled to left; Taveras
singled to right [Forster to second]; Garner grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Taveras out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: MORENO REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING CF); OLIVER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hebner flied out to center;
Boone reached on an error by Forster [Boone to first]; SCHMIDT
BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD; TEKULVE REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING);
Schmidt popped to third; Brown singled to left [Boone to third];
Boone was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PIRATES 7TH: REED REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Parker was called
out on strikes; Oliver singled to left; Robinson flied out to
right; Oliver stole second; Stennett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa walked; Johnson singled to left [Bowa to
second]; Maddox tripled to right [Bowa scored, Johnson scored];
Sizemore flied out to center; JACKSON REPLACED TEKULVE
(PITCHING); MARTIN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Martin reached on a
fielder's choice [Maddox out at home (shortstop to catcher)];
Hebner grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 5, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 8TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Moreno grounded
out (pitcher to first); OTT BATTED FOR DYER; Ott walked;
STARGELL BATTED FOR JACKSON; Stargell struck out; Taveras was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: OTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); O. JONES REPLACED
STARGELL (PITCHING); Boone grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reed popped to second; Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 6.

PIRATES 9TH: Garner singled to center; Parker flied out to
center; Oliver singled to left [Garner to second]; Robinson
flied out to left; Stennett grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Phillies 6.



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