The Pirates jumped Vida Blue for four runs in the first on a three-run homer by Bill Robinson and a solo clout by Lee Lacy and went on to beat the Giants, 8-5. Rennie Stennett tripled and scored the tie-breaking run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Manny Sanguillen. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Wednesday, June      20, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Pirates      4  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   8 12  3
Giants       1  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  0  -   5  8  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moreno cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .309      North cf              3   1   1   0     1   2   .272
Foli ss               5   2   2   0     0   0   .288      Herndon lf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .321
Parker rf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .305        Whitfield ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
B. Robinson 1b,lf     3   2   2   3     2   0   .275      Clark rf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .298
Lacy lf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .301      Ivie 1b               4   2   2   0     0   0   .248
  Milner 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Madlock 2b            4   1   3   2     0   1   .263
Garner 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .251
Stennett 2b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .228      LeMaster ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Sanguillen c          1   0   0   1     2   0   .267      Hill c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .186
  Ott c               1   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Venable pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
Rooker p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .118        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Metzger ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Nicosia ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .262        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .130
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sadek ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .182

Totals               37   8  12   7     5   5             Totals               33   5   8   3     2   9

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 19,637
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Giants 4
DP: Pirates 0, Giants 0
Errors: Sanguillen 2, Rooker, Madlock
Doubles: Stennett (7), Parker (18), Ivie 2 (5)
Triples: Stennett (2)
Home Runs: B. Robinson (15), Lacy (2)
Stolen Bases: Moreno (27), Lacy (3), B. Robinson (4), North (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Sadek (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanguillen (1), Lacy (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker                  6.1   7   5   4   1   5   0  27   2.36
Romo                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.43
Jackson W(4-0)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.61
Tekulve SV(9)           2     0   0   0   1   4   0   7   4.22
Totals                  9     8   5   4   2   9   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    3     8   5   5   2   2   2  18   5.80
Minton                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.86
Roberts                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.52
Lavelle L(5-4)          2     3   3   3   2   2   0  11   2.79
Totals                  9    12   8   8   5   5   2  44

Wild Pitches: Rooker (2)
Balks: Lavelle (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to right; Moreno stole second; Foli
singled to second [Moreno to third]; Parker lined to shortstop;
B. Robinson homered [Moreno scored, Foli scored]; Lacy homered;
Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); Stennett doubled to
left; Sanguillen was walked intentionally; Sanguillen was picked
off first (catcher to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North walked; North stole second [North to third
(error by Sanguillen)]; Herndon grounded out (second to first)
[North scored]; Clark flied out to center; Ivie grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Giants 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Rooker struck out; Moreno flied out to left; Foli
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Madlock singled to left; Evans flied out to center;
LeMaster forced Madlock (shortstop to second); Hill forced
LeMaster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
4, Giants 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (first unassisted); B. Robinson
singled to third; Lacy singled to right [B. Robinson to second];
Garner singled to shortstop [B. Robinson to third, Lacy to
second]; Stennett grounded out (first to pitcher) [B. Robinson
scored, Lacy to third, Garner to second]; Sanguillen was walked
intentionally; Rooker struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates
5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: CRUZ BATTED FOR BLUE; Cruz popped to second; North
was called out on strikes; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 1.

PIRATES 4TH: MINTON REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Moreno grounded
out (second to first); Foli grounded out (second to first);
Parker grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark singled to right; Ivie doubled to left [Clark
to third]; Madlock singled to pitcher [Clark scored, Ivie to
third]; Rooker threw a wild pitch [Ivie scored, Madlock to
second]; Evans struck out; LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hill flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
5, Giants 3.

PIRATES 5TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
reached on an error by Madlock [Lacy to first]; Garner flied out
to right; Lacy stole second; Stennett grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: ANDREWS BATTED FOR MINTON; Andrews flied out to
left; North struck out; Herndon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 3.

PIRATES 6TH: ROBERTS REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Sanguillen
flied out to left; Rooker singled to center; Moreno flied out to
left; Foli forced Rooker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark struck out; Ivie doubled to center; Madlock
singled to center [Ivie scored, Madlock scored (error by
Sanguillen) (error by Rooker) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Evans
grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Parker struck out; B. Robinson walked; Lacy flied
out to left; Garner forced B. Robinson (second to shortstop); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Hill singled to right; VENABLE RAN FOR HILL; SADEK
BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Sadek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Venable to second]; ROMO REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING);
North singled to right [Venable out at home (right to first to
shortstop to third), North to second (on throw to home)];
WHITFIELD BATTED FOR HERNDON; JACKSON REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING);
Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 5, Giants 5.

PIRATES 8TH: WHITFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SADEK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LAVELLE REPLACED VENABLE (PITCHING);
Stennett tripled to center; Sanguillen hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Stennett scored]; NICOSIA BATTED FOR JACKSON; Nicosia
popped to first; Moreno was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED NICOSIA (PITCHING); OTT REPLACED
SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Clark struck out; Ivie popped to
second; Madlock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 6, Giants 5.

PIRATES 9TH: Foli singled to right; Parker doubled to left [Foli
to third]; B. Robinson was walked intentionally; Lacy hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Foli scored, Parker to third]; Lavelle
balked [Parker scored, B. Robinson to second]; B. Robinson stole
third; Garner flied out to center; Stennett was walked
intentionally; Ott struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 9TH: MILNER REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 1B); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Evans walked; LeMaster forced
Evans (shortstop to second); METZGER BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Metzger
struck out; Sadek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Giants 5.