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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

1977-04-23 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 9040 · 2:54

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Rich Gossage earned the win. Bruce Kison went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	10
NYN	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6

W: Rich Gossage L: Ray Sadecki SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Bob Engel · 2B: Jerry Dale · 3B: John McSherry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Omar Moreno	4	2	2	0	1	0
Ed Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Parker	3	2	1	0	2	0
Al Oliver	5	1	4	2	0	0
Bill Robinson	4	0	0	1	0	2
Rennie Stennett	3	0	0	1	0	1
Phil Garner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frank Taveras	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bruce Kison	4	1	1	1	0	1
Tommy Helms	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Mazzilli	2	3	1	1	2	1
Mike Phillips	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bruce Boisclair	4	0	1	3	0	0
Dave Kingman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ed Kranepool	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Stearns	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Staiger	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bud Harrelson	1	1	0	0	1	1
Nino Espinosa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Torre	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Grote	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bruce Kison	7.2	4	3	5
Rich Gossage	1.1	2	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nino Espinosa	6.2	8	3	2
Bob Apodaca	1.1	0	1	3
Ray Sadecki	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Omar Moreno: 53
Ed Ott: 3/G
Dave Parker: 63

Bot 1

Lee Mazzilli: W
Mike Phillips: 163.1-2
Bruce Boisclair: WP.2-3
Bruce Boisclair: 63.3-H
Dave Kingman: K

Top 2

Al Oliver: D7
Bill Robinson: 13/SH.2-3
Rennie Stennett: 13
Phil Garner: 63

Bot 2

Ed Kranepool: 31
John Stearns: 7
Roy Staiger: 6/P

Top 3

Frank Taveras: K/C
Bruce Kison: HR/7
Omar Moreno: W
Ed Ott: D7.1-3
Dave Parker: IW
Al Oliver: 5/FL
Bill Robinson: K

Bot 3

Bud Harrelson: W
Nino Espinosa: 14/SH.1-2
Lee Mazzilli: D7.2-H
Mike Phillips: S9.2-H
Bruce Boisclair: 9
Dave Kingman: 8

Top 4

Rennie Stennett: 9
Phil Garner: 63
Frank Taveras: 8

Bot 4

Ed Kranepool: 8
John Stearns: 63
Roy Staiger: 53

Top 5

Bruce Kison: 13
Omar Moreno: 43
Ed Ott: 63

Bot 5

Bud Harrelson: K
Nino Espinosa: 63
Lee Mazzilli: K/C

Top 6

Dave Parker: S7
Al Oliver: S5/BG.1-3(E5/TH);B-2
Bill Robinson: 43.3-H;2-3
Rennie Stennett: 7/SF.3-H
Phil Garner: S7
Frank Taveras: 23

Bot 6

Mike Phillips: 8
Bruce Boisclair: 7
Dave Kingman: 53

Top 7

Bruce Kison: 2/BP
Omar Moreno: S8
Ed Ott: SB2
Ed Ott: 4/P
Dave Parker: IW
Al Oliver: S9.2-H;1-2
Bill Robinson: SB3;SB2.1-3(E2/TH);2-H
Bill Robinson: K

Bot 7

Ed Kranepool: 8
John Stearns: 7/L
Roy Staiger: K

Top 8

Rennie Stennett: K/C
Phil Garner: W
Frank Taveras: 6/P
Bruce Kison: K

Bot 8

Ron Hodges: 5/FL
Mike Vail: K
Lee Mazzilli: W
Mike Phillips: S9.1-2
Bruce Boisclair: D8.2-H;1-H
Dave Kingman: K

Top 9

Omar Moreno: T9
Tommy Helms: 4/P
Dave Parker: 34.3-3
Al Oliver: S7.3-H
Bill Robinson: 6/P

Bot 9

Ed Kranepool: S8
John Stearns: 96(1)/FO
Roy Staiger: S8.1-2
Joe Torre: K
Jerry Grote: 5(2)/FO

Notes & reviews

Mets manager Frazier ejected by HP umpire Williams for arguing that Oliver was out on a ground ball that the ruled had hit Oliver's foot and was therefore foul

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