Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1974 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 2 0 0 0
Oliver cf 5 0 1 2
Stargell lf 2 1 2 0
Zisk rf 5 0 1 0
  Clines rf 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick 1b 4 1 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 3 1
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 3 1 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Morlan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 2 0
Bowa ss 3 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 3
Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Robinson cf 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Anderson rf 2 0 1 0
  Unser ph,cf 1 1 1 2
Boone c 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Bannister ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 002 100 1004100
Philadelphia 000 000 06x6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   7.1 7 4 4 4 2
  Kison  L (7-8) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Morlan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell   5.0 6 3 3 5 7
  Scarce   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Garber  W (3-0) 2.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Schueler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Kirkpatrick (5,off Twitchell); Stargell (35,off Twitchell), Philadelphia Cash (26,off Reuss); Bowa (19,off Reuss); Montanez (28,off Reuss); Martin (1,off Kison).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (36,8th inning off Reuss 2 on, 1 out); Unser (10,8th inning off Kison 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hebner (5,off Garber); Bowa (18,off Reuss).  SF–Stennett (7,off Twitchell).  HBP–Hebner (5,by Twitchell); Cox (1,by Kison).  IBB–Stargell 2 (16,by Twitchell,by Garber); Kirkpatrick (11,by Twitchell).  SB–Taveras (12,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone).  WP–Reuss (6).  HBP–Kison (10,Cox); Twitchell (6,Hebner).  IBB–Twitchell 2 (7,Stargell,Kirkpatrick); Garber (12,Stargell).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:53.  A–22,135.
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