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Monday August 22, 1977
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Bob Shirley and Rollie Fingers combined on a seven-hitter and Gene Tenace stroked his 14th home run to send the Padres to a 1-0 victory over the Pirates. Fingers worked 1 2/3 innings and was credited with his major league-leading 28th save. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Monday, August 22, 1977 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .260      Garner 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
Tenace 1b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .233      Gonzalez lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Ivie 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .282        Tolan ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
  Ashford 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Parker rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .342
Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .300      Robinson 1b,lf        4   0   2   0     0   2   .309
Winfield rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .289      Oliver cf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .299
Kingman lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .223      Berra 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Richards lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Champion 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .253
Roberts c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .206      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Shirley p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .089        Fregosi ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .291
  Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                          Rooker p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .216
                                                            Macha ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .238
                                                            Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               32   1   7   1     3   2             Totals               31   0   7   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  7,375
Left on Base: Padres 8, Pirates 7
DP: Padres 1, Pirates 1
Triples: Garner (6)
Home Runs: Tenace (14)
Stolen Bases: Champion (2)
Caught Stealing: Oliver (14), Robinson (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Tenace (2)
GIDP: Champion (7), Dyer (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley W(8-15)         7.1   5   0   0   3   6   0  27   3.93
Fingers SV(28)          1.2   2   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.79
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   9   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(10-8)          8     6   1   1   2   1   1  31   3.41
Tekulve                 1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.27
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   2   1  36

Wild Pitches: Rooker (5)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


PADRES 1ST: Almon singled to left; Tenace flied out to right;
Ivie forced Almon (shortstop to second); Hendrick forced Ivie
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 1ST: Garner flied out to right; Gonzalez singled to
center; Parker forced Gonzalez (third to second); Robinson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield made an out to third; Kingman walked;
Champion grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Oliver walked; Berra flied out to left; Debut
game for Dale Berra; Oliver was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first); Dyer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates 0.

PADRES 3RD: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Shirley
struck out; Almon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras flied out to right; Rooker struck out;
Garner tripled to left; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates 0.

PADRES 4TH: Tenace homered; Ivie popped to catcher in foul
territory; Hendrick singled to left; Winfield singled to left
[Hendrick to second]; Kingman popped to third in foul territory;
Champion popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker flied out to center; Robinson singled to
left; Oliver flied out to center; Robinson was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PADRES 5TH: Roberts flied out to left; Shirley flied out to
right; Almon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Berra grounded out (pitcher to first); Dyer struck
out; Taveras grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PADRES 6TH: Tenace flied out to center; Ivie singled to center;
Rooker threw a wild pitch [Ivie to second]; Hendrick walked;
Winfield flied out to right; Kingman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Rooker flied out to center; Garner walked; Gonzalez
flied out to right; Parker singled to third [Garner to third];
Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PADRES 7TH: Champion flied out to center; Roberts lined to
second; Shirley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Oliver singled to left; Berra popped to pitcher;
Dyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oliver
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PADRES 8TH: Almon singled to center; Tenace out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Almon to second]; Ivie made an out to
shortstop; Hendrick flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: ASHFORD REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING 3B); FREGOSI BATTED
FOR TAVERAS; Fregosi was called out on strikes; MACHA BATTED FOR
ROOKER; Macha walked; FINGERS REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING);
Garner made an out to second; TOLAN BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Tolan
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PADRES 9TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROBINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TEKULVE REPLACED MACHA (PITCHING);
MENDOZA REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING SS); Winfield struck out;
Kingman flied out to left; Champion singled to center; Champion
stole second; Roberts was walked intentionally; Fingers grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 9TH: RICHARDS REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Parker
struck out; Robinson singled to right; Oliver singled to third
[Robinson to second]; OTT BATTED FOR BERRA; Ott flied out to
center; Dyer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Pirates 0.



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