San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 5, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 8 1 2 1
Fuentes 2b 7 3 4 0
Turner lf 3 1 0 0
  Rettenmund lf 3 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 2
  Ivie 1b 4 1 2 2
Winfield rf 3 2 2 4
Rader 3b 8 0 1 2
Melendez cf 8 0 1 0
Kendall c 5 0 1 0
  Davis W. pr 0 1 0 0
  Davis B. c 0 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Locklear ph 1 0 1 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 1 0 0 0
Totals 58 11 16 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 8 0 3 2
Robinson 3b 8 3 4 4
Oliver cf 7 1 2 1
Stargell 1b 6 0 2 0
Zisk lf 7 1 1 0
Parker rf 7 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 6 2 1 1
Taveras ss 5 0 2 0
Medich p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 1 1 0
  Demery p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 61 9 18 9
San Diego 300 010 300 010 01211162
Pittsburgh 000 003 013 010 0109184
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   8.0 9 6 6 0 1
  Metzger   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Tomlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Spillner   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Reynolds   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben  W (3-1) 2.2 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
15.0
18
9
9
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   4.2 5 4 4 3 4
  Tekulve   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Demery   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Moose   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Giusti   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez  L (1-1) 4.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
15.0
16
11
11
7
10

  E–Hernandez (5), Fuentes (10), Robinson (1), Zisk (2), Hernandez 2 (2).  DP–San Diego 3.  PB–Kendall (4); Sanguillen (3).  2B–San Diego Rader (10,off Medich); McCovey (5,off Medich); Melendez (1,off Tekulve); Ivie (5,off Giusti); Kendall (4,off Hernandez); Rettenmund (4,off Hernandez), Pittsburgh Helms (4,off Jones); Parker (6,off Reynolds).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (6,off Jones); Stennett (3,off Spillner).  HR–San Diego Winfield (8,7th inning off Demery 2 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Robinson 3 (8,6th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out,14th inning off Freisleben 0 on, 1 out); Oliver (6,6th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Fuentes (5,off Demery); Jones (10,off Moose); Rettenmund (2,off Giusti); Taveras 2 (3,off Metzger,off Spillner).  SF–Winfield (3,off Hernandez).  HBP–Winfield (3,by Moose); Stargell (2,by Freisleben).  IBB–McCovey (4,by Demery); Winfield 2 (2,by Giusti,by Hernandez).  SB–Winfield (8,2nd base off Medich/Sanguillen); Stennett (3,2nd base off Metzger/Kendall); Taveras (9,3rd base off Freisleben/Kendall).  WP–Medich (1).  HBP–Freisleben (1,Stargell); Moose (1,Winfield).  IBB–Demery (4,McCovey); Giusti (3,Winfield); Hernandez (4,Winfield).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–4:18.  A–15,558.
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