A ninth-inning double by Willie Stargell drove in Dave Parker with the winning run as the Pirates shaded the Mets, 6-5. Parker drilled a one-out triple and Stargell followed with a liner off the right field wall. After the Bucs had gone ahead, 5-4, with three runs in the top of eighth, the Mets tied the contest in the bottom of frame on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Ron Hodges. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 9, 1979 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Pirates      0  1  0    0  0  0    1  3  1  -   6 15  1
Mets         3  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5 11  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moreno cf             4   0   2   0     1   1   .292      Taveras ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .265
Foli ss               5   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Stearns c             4   1   3   1     1   0   .246
Parker rf             5   2   2   0     0   2   .294      Mazzilli cf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .313
Stargell 1b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .306      Hebner 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .251
Milner lf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Youngblood lf         4   1   2   2     0   0   .282
Madlock 3b            5   1   3   1     0   0   .284      Kranepool 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .234
Ott c                 3   1   1   0     1   0   .272      Norman rf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .183
  Lois pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Flores rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .177
  Nicosia c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .295        Hodges ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .159
Garner 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .287        Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kison p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .156        Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Easler ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacy ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .254      Flynn 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Rooker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .107      Burris p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  B. Robinson ph      1   0   1   1     0   0   .263        Pacella p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Hassler p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Maddox rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .258

Totals               39   6  15   5     3   4             Totals               35   5  11   5     3   7

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance:  9,093
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Mets 6
DP: Pirates 1, Mets 4
Errors: Tekulve, Taveras, Hebner
Doubles: Parker (37), Stargell (18), Stearns (25), Hebner (19), Taveras (28), Mazzilli (31)
Triples: Parker (7)
Home Runs: Milner (16)
Stolen Bases: Moreno 2 (67), Madlock 2 (26), Youngblood (17), Mazzilli (32)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (15), Ferrer (2)
GIDP: Garner (5), Madlock (15), Foli (6), Norman (1)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   6     8   4   4   2   2   0  26   3.46
Rooker                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.66
Tekulve W(9-7)          2     2   1   0   0   4   0   7   2.67
Totals                  9    11   5   4   3   7   0  38

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris                  2     3   1   1   0   1   1   9   5.32
Pacella                 4     5   1   1   1   2   0  17   2.25
Hassler                 1.2   3   3   1   2   0   0   8   4.55
Hausman                 0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.54
Glynn L(1-3)            0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.31
Reardon                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.24
Totals                  9    15   6   4   3   4   1  42

Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - John McSherry


PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to left; Moreno stole second; Foli
lined to pitcher; Parker made an out to shortstop; Stargell
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras popped to shortstop; Stearns doubled to left;
Mazzilli walked; Hebner doubled to right [Stearns scored,
Mazzilli to third]; Youngblood singled to left [Mazzilli scored,
Hebner scored]; Youngblood stole second; Kranepool flied out to
center; Norman struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 3.

PIRATES 2ND: Milner homered; Madlock singled to left; Madlock
stole second; Ott reached on an error by Hebner [Madlock stayed
at second, Ott to first]; Garner grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Madlock to third, Ott out at second];
Kison struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 3.

METS 2ND: Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Burris
grounded out (first unassisted); Taveras doubled to center;
Stearns singled to left [Taveras scored]; Mazzilli flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

PIRATES 3RD: PACELLA REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Moreno singled
to left; Ray Burris left with injured right wrist; Moreno
stole second; Foli grounded out (second to first) [Moreno to
third]; Parker struck out; Stargell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

METS 3RD: Hebner flied out to right; Youngblood grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kranepool walked; Norman struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

PIRATES 4TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Madlock
singled to right; Ott forced Madlock (shortstop to second);
Garner singled to right [Ott to third]; Kison grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

METS 4TH: Flynn popped to second; Pacella flied out to center;
Taveras flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Mets 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Moreno popped to shortstop; Foli flied out to left;
Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: Stearns singled to right; Stearns was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Mazzilli singled to center;
Mazzilli stole second; Hebner flied out to center; Youngblood
popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell singled to right; Milner forced Stargell
(first to shortstop); Madlock grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Milner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Kranepool singled to right; Norman grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Kranepool out at
second]; Flynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Mets 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Ott singled to left; Garner walked [Ott to second];
EASLER BATTED FOR KISON; HASSLER REPLACED PACELLA (PITCHING);
LACY BATTED FOR EASLER; Lacy singled to center [Ott scored,
Garner out at third (center to second)]; Moreno walked [Lacy to
second]; Foli grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Moreno out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
2, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: ROOKER REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Hassler struck out;
Taveras flied out to right; Stearns walked; Mazzilli doubled to
center [Stearns to third]; Hebner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Mets 4.

PIRATES 8TH: FLORES REPLACED NORMAN (PLAYING RF); Parker doubled
to left; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted) [Parker to
third]; Milner popped to second; Madlock singled to right
[Parker scored]; Madlock stole second; Ott walked; LOIS RAN FOR
OTT; HAUSMAN REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Garner reached on an
error by Taveras [Madlock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lois to
third, Garner to first]; B. ROBINSON BATTED FOR ROOKER; B.
Robinson singled to third [Lois scored (unearned), Garner to
second]; Moreno struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 5, Mets 4.

METS 8TH: NICOSIA REPLACED LOIS (PLAYING C ); TEKULVE REPLACED
B. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Youngblood singled to center; Youngblood
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Tekulve
[Youngblood to second]; Kranepool struck out; HODGES BATTED FOR
FLORES; Hodges singled to right [Youngblood scored (unearned)];
FERRER RAN FOR HODGES; Ferrer was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Flynn struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Mets 5.

PIRATES 9TH: GLYNN REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING); MADDOX REPLACED
HAUSMAN (PLAYING RF); Foli flied out to left; Parker tripled to
right; Stargell doubled to right [Parker scored]; Milner singled
to center [Stargell to third]; REARDON REPLACED GLYNN
(PITCHING); Madlock lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Milner out at first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: Maddox struck out; On a bunt Taveras struck out;
Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 6, Mets 5.