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Mets
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 27, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets, played on September 27, 1977 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 27, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 27, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nino Espinosa |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bruce Kison |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 3,379 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Crawford 1B: Eric Gregg 2B: Harry Wendelstedt 3B: Ed Vargo |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Randle | Third Baseman |
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Bruce Boisclair | Right Fielder |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| John Milner | First Baseman |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Joel Youngblood | Second Baseman |
| Doug Flynn | Shortstop |
| Nino Espinosa | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | Shortstop |
| Phil Garner | Second Baseman |
| Dave Parker | Right Fielder |
| Bill Robinson | First Baseman |
| Al Oliver | Left Fielder |
| Ed Ott | Catcher |
| Ken Macha | Third Baseman |
| Omar Moreno | Center Fielder |
| Bruce Kison | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 27, 1977
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Kison
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Kison
Mazzilli bunts towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Kison covering. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Kison
Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Kison
There goes Boisclair. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Boisclair steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Kison
Henderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Boisclair scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Milner vs. Kison
Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Espinosa
Garner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Espinosa
There goes Garner. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Flynn applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Espinosa
Parker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Kison
Stearns strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Kison
Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Kison
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Espinosa
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Espinosa
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood misplays the ball. That's an error on Youngblood. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Espinosa
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Oliver moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Macha vs. Espinosa
Espinosa spins and fires to second, with Flynn covering, and Oliver is picked off. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Macha vs. Espinosa
There goes Ott. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Ott steals second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Macha vs. Espinosa
Macha strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moreno vs. Espinosa
Moreno hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Kison
Espinosa strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Kison
Randle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Kison
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double. Randle goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boisclair vs. Kison
Boisclair hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Kison
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milner vs. Kison
Milner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boisclair moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stearns vs. Kison
Stearns takes first base on ball four. Boisclair moves to third. Milner moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Youngblood vs. Kison
Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Macha fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kison vs. Espinosa
Kison strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Espinosa
Garner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Espinosa
Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Espinosa
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Kison
Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Espinosa vs. Kison
Espinosa bunts towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Espinosa for the out. Flynn moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Kison
Randle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Kison
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double. Flynn scores. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boisclair vs. Kison
Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randle scores. Mazzilli moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Henderson vs. Kison
Henderson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Whitson
Ed Whitson now pitching.
Milner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Whitson
Stearns takes first base on ball four. Milner moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngblood vs. Whitson
Youngblood is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Espinosa
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Espinosa
Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macha vs. Espinosa
Macha hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Whitson
Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Whitson
Espinosa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randle vs. Whitson
Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Espinosa moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Whitson
Mazzilli hits a popup towards third. Macha settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boisclair vs. Whitson
Boisclair hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Espinosa
Moreno hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fregosi vs. Espinosa
Jim Fregosi pinch hits for Ed Whitson.
Fregosi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Pagan
Dave Pagan now pitching.
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Pagan
Milner strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Pagan
Stearns is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Espinosa
Garner hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Espinosa
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Espinosa
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Pagan
Mike Edwards now playing second base. Phil Garner now playing shortstop. Mike Easler now playing right field. Dale Berra now playing third base.
Youngblood strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Pagan
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Macha scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flynn for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Pagan
Espinosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Espinosa
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Espinosa
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macha vs. Espinosa
Macha hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moreno vs. Espinosa
Moreno hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Pagan
Fernando Gonzalez now playing left field.
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pagan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Pagan
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Pagan
Boisclair hits a fly ball into right field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Pagan
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Espinosa
Dan Norman now playing right field. Roy Staiger now playing third base. Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Dave Pagan.
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Espinosa
Edwards strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Espinosa
Garner hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Jones
Timothy Jones now pitching.
Milner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Jones
Stearns takes first base on ball four. Milner moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngblood vs. Jones
Youngblood strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flynn vs. Jones
Flynn hits a popup towards third. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Espinosa vs. Jones
Espinosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garner misplays the ball. That's an error on Garner. Milner moves to third. Stearns moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Norman vs. Jones
Norman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easler vs. Espinosa
Easler hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Espinosa
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Espinosa
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/27/1977 -- New York at Pittsburgh (N)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Randle L, 3b 3 2 1 0 Taveras F, ss 3 0 0 0
Norman D, rf 1 0 0 0 Edwards M, 2b 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli L, cf 5 2 4 2 Garner P, 2b-ss 2 0 0 0
Boisclair B, rf 5 1 1 2 Parker D, rf 3 0 1 0
Staiger R, 3b 0 0 0 0 Easler M, rf 1 0 0 0
Henderson S, lf 5 1 2 3 Robinson B, 1b 3 1 1 0
Milner J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Berra D, 3b 1 0 0 0
Stearns J, c 2 0 0 0 Oliver A, lf 3 0 0 0
Youngblood J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Gonzalez F, lf 1 0 0 0
Flynn D, ss 5 1 1 0 Ott E, c 3 0 1 1
Espinosa N, p 4 0 1 0 Macha K, 3b-1b 3 0 1 0
Moreno O, cf 3 0 0 0
Kison B, p 1 0 0 0
Whitson E, p 0 0 0 0
Fregosi J, ph 1 0 0 0
Pagan D, p 0 0 0 0
Tolan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Jones T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 11 7 30 1 4 1
New York 102 400 000 -- 7
Pittsburgh 010 000 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa N (W) 9.0 4 1 0 2 5
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Kison B (L) 3.2 8 7 7 3 2
Whitson E 1.1 2 0 0 2 1
Pagan D 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Jones T 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
E -- Youngblood J, Garner P
LOB -- New York 12, Pittsburgh 4
2B -- Henderson S, Mazzilli L 2
HR -- Henderson S
SB -- Boisclair B, Ott E
CS -- Garner P
SH -- Espinosa N
T -- 2:31
A -- 3379
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