Rich Gossage, taking over in relief of Jerry Reuss with two men on base and two out in the eighth inning, faced four batters and struck out all four to gain his 12th save as the Pirates defeated the Padres, 3-1. Rennie Stennett hit safely in his 20th straight game with a single in the third inning and then broke a 1-1 tie with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, scoring Ed Ott. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      22, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Pirates      0  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .321      Almon ss              3   1   1   0     0   2   .228
Garner 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .218      Richards lf           4   0   1   1     0   3   .261
Parker rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .354      Winfield rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .298
Robinson lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Ivie 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .292
  Moreno cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Hendrick cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Oliver cf,lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .291      Tenace 3b             3   0   1   0     1   2   .232
Stargell 1b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .286      Roberts c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Ott c                 4   1   1   0     0   0   .253        Scanlon ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .091
Taveras ss            3   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Champion 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Reuss p               2   0   1   0     1   0   .258        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
  Gossage p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .067
                                                            Rettenmund ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .316
                                                            Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sutherland ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .340
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .204

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   6             Totals               34   1   7   1     1  13

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 14,624
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Padres 8
DP: Pirates 0, Padres 0
Errors: Taveras, Almon
Doubles: Stargell 2 (10), Oliver (11)
Triples: Almon (6), Richards (5)
Stolen Bases: Stennett (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (4), Almon (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(3-7)            7.2   7   1   1   1   9   0  32   3.82
Gossage SV(12)          1.1   0   0   0   0   4   0   4   1.36
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1  13   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(5-5)          5     5   2   2   1   4   0  20   4.80
Spillner                2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   3.46
Fingers                 2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.43
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   6   0  37

Balks: Griffin (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett struck out; Garner walked; Griffin balked
[Garner to second]; Parker grounded out (second to first)
[Garner to third]; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Almon struck out; Richards was called out on
strikes; Winfield singled to shortstop; Ivie flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Padres 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell
doubled to right; Ott grounded out (second to first) [Stargell
to third]; Taveras singled to center [Stargell scored]; Taveras
was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
walked; Roberts struck out; Champion forced Tenace (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Padres 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Reuss popped to third in foul territory; Stennett
singled to left; Stennett stole second; Garner struck out;
Parker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Griffin struck out; Almon tripled to center;
Richards tripled to left [Almon scored]; Winfield popped to
third in foul territory; Ivie flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Padres 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted); Stargell popped to third; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (catcher to first); Tenace
singled to left; Roberts forced Tenace (third to second);
Champion lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Padres 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Ott singled to pitcher; Taveras out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Ott to second]; Reuss singled to left
[Ott to third]; Stennett hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ott
scored]; Garner flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: RETTENMUND BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Rettenmund singled to
center; Almon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Rettenmund to second]; Richards struck out; Winfield grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Padres 1.

PIRATES 6TH: SPILLNER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Parker
grounded out (second to first); Robinson popped to catcher in
foul territory; Oliver singled to left; Stargell doubled to
center [Oliver scored]; Ott made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
singled to right; Tenace struck out; Roberts forced Hendrick
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Reuss
walked; Stennett forced Reuss (second to shortstop) [Stennett to
second (error by Almon)]; Garner grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Champion struck out; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR SPILLNER;
Sutherland grounded out (third to first); Almon struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PIRATES 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PITCHING); Parker
grounded out (first unassisted); Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver doubled to center; Stargell was
walked intentionally; Ott grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: MORENO REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING CF); OLIVER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Richards was called out on
strikes; Winfield singled to center; Ivie reached on an error by
Taveras [Winfield to second, Ivie to first]; Hendrick flied out
to left; GOSSAGE REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Tenace struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Taveras was called out on strikes; Gossage struck
out; Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: SCANLON BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Scanlon struck out;
TURNER BATTED FOR CHAMPION; Turner struck out; KINGMAN BATTED
FOR FINGERS; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
3, Padres 1.