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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres

1970-06-12 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · 62°F, drizzle · Wind 16 mph to LF · 2:13

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Diego Padres 2–0. Dock Ellis earned the win. Willie Stargell went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5
SDN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

W: Dock Ellis L: Dave Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: Harry Wendelstedt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Matty Alou	4	0	0	0	0
Gene Alley	4	0	1	0	2
Roberto Clemente	4	0	0	0	1
Bob Robertson	3	0	0	0	0
Willie Stargell	3	2	2	2	1
Jerry May	3	0	0	0	0
Al Oliver	3	0	2	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	0	0	0
Dock Ellis	3	0	0	0	2
Jose Pagan	1	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	BB	SO
Dave Campbell	3	1	0
Steve Huntz	1	3	0
Al Ferrara	4	0	1
Nate Colbert	2	2	1
Ollie Brown	3	1	2
Ivan Murrell	3	0	0
Chris Cannizzaro	3	1	0
Tommy Dean	3	0	1
Dave Roberts	2	0	0
Ramon Webster	1	0	0
Van Kelly	1	0	0
Ed Spiezio	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	9.0	0	8	6

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	7.0	5	0	7
Ron Herbel	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: 43
Gene Alley: K
Roberto Clemente: 13

Bot 1

Dave Campbell: 9
Steve Huntz: W
Al Ferrara: 3/FL
Nate Colbert: W.1-2
Ollie Brown: K/C

Top 2

Bob Robertson: 8
Willie Stargell: HR/F7D
Jerry May: 63
Al Oliver: S7
Bill Mazeroski: 4

Bot 2

Ivan Murrell: 53
Chris Cannizzaro: 8/L
Tommy Dean: 9

Top 3

Dock Ellis: K
Matty Alou: 43
Gene Alley: K/C

Bot 3

Dave Roberts: 7/FL
Dave Campbell: 2/FL
Steve Huntz: W
Al Ferrara: K

Top 4

Roberto Clemente: K
Bob Robertson: 9
Willie Stargell: K/C

Bot 4

Nate Colbert: K
Ollie Brown: K
Ivan Murrell: HP
Chris Cannizzaro: SB2
Chris Cannizzaro: 2/FL

Top 5

Jerry May: 53
Al Oliver: S4
Bill Mazeroski: 53.1-2
Dock Ellis: K/C

Bot 5

Tommy Dean: 63
Dave Roberts: 7
Dave Campbell: W
Steve Huntz: SB2
Steve Huntz: W
Al Ferrara: 13

Top 6

Matty Alou: 13
Gene Alley: S9
Roberto Clemente: CS2(24)#
Roberto Clemente: 9

Bot 6

Nate Colbert: W
Ollie Brown: SB2#
Ollie Brown: 4
Ivan Murrell: 3/FL
Chris Cannizzaro: W
Tommy Dean: K

Top 7

Bob Robertson: 8
Willie Stargell: HR/L9D
Jerry May: 5/FL
Al Oliver: K

Bot 7

Ramon Webster: 4/L34
Dave Campbell: 63
Steve Huntz: 31

Top 8

Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dock Ellis: 63
Matty Alou: 53

Bot 8

Al Ferrara: 9/F89D
Nate Colbert: 8/L8D
Ollie Brown: W
Ivan Murrell: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Gene Alley: 43/G4M
Roberto Clemente: 9/F9D
Jose Pagan: 5/P15

Bot 9

Chris Cannizzaro: 8/P8S
Van Kelly: 31
Ed Spiezio: K/C