Game 2 April 11th, 1976 - Pittsburgh at Philadelphia

The Pirates looked to sweep this 2 game series just like they did in real life during the 1976 season.  Bruce Kison started game 2 and Jim Kaat pitched for the Phillies.  In real life, Steve Carlton pitched for the Phillies and Kison went for the Bucs.  Dave Parker led off with a single and then Al Oliver took Kaat deep to give the Bucs a quick 2-0 lead.  The Pirates would tack on 2 more runs in the 1st highlighted by a Bill Robinson double.  Jim Kaat would settle down but exit in the 6th.  Mike Schmidt hit his first homerun in the 4th for the Phillies which was a mammoth shot into the left field stands.  Richie Zisk led off the 6th with a homer off Kaat and then 2 batters later Bill Robinson homered to chase Kaat.  Bruce Kison was cruising with a 6-1 lead but surrendered 2 runs to the Phillies in the bottom of the 6th.  He gutted it out and escaped damage by striking out Bob Boone.  Tug McGraw was brought in for some mop up duty in the 8th and gave up 2 runs but only 1 was earned as Bobby Tolan committed an error to allow a pirates run.  Richie Zisk homered again in the 9th off McGraw for his second homerun of the game.  This was a 2-run shot to give the pirates a 10-3 lead and that is how it ended.  Bruce Kison picks up his first win and Jim Kaat suffered his first loss.  Ironically, the real score was 8-3 in favor of the pirates and this game almost came out identical.  This series was played h2h with Brandon Hayes and it was a fun series. 

1976 Real Life 2-0  8-3

1976 Replay    2-0  10-3

 

 

Apr 11, 1976                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1976 Pittsburgh 2-0           4 0 0   0 0 2   0 2 2     10 12  0
1976 Philadelphia 0-2         0 0 0   1 0 2   0 0 0      3  8  2

Pittsburgh     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Avg    Philadelphia   AB  R  H BI  W  K   Avg
Parker, D RF    4  2  2  0  1  0  .222    Bowa SS         4  1  1  0  0  0  .111
Oliver CF       5  1  1  2  0  1  .125    Cash 2B         4  1  1  0  0  0  .222
Zisk LF         5  3  3  3  0  0  .333    Luzinski LF     4  0  1  1  0  2  .375
Stargell 1B     3  0  0  0  1  2  .143    Schmidt 3B      3  1  1  2  0  2  .167
 Moreno PR      0  1  0  0  0  0  .000    Maddox CF       4  0  1  0  0  1  .250
 Kirkpatrick 1B 0  0  0  0  1  0  .000    Johnstone RF    3  0  0  0  1  0  .000
Robinson,B 3B   5  3  4  1  0  0  .500    Boone C         3  0  1  0  1  2  .429
Sanguillen C    5  0  2  2  0  0  .444    Tolan 1B        3  0  1  0  1  1  .333
Stennett 2B     4  0  0  1  0  1  .125    Kaat P          2  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Taveras, F SS   4  0  0  0  0  0  .286     Twitchell P    0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Kison P         3  0  0  0  0  1  .000     Oates PH       1  0  1  0  0  0 1.000
 Giusti P       1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     McGraw P       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
               39 10 12  9  3  5  .260     Schueler P     0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                                           McCarver PH    1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                                                         32  3  8  3  3  8  .242

Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF   EPC Act Stf
Kison W(1-0)                  7.0  8  3  3  1  6  110  76  34   3.86  29   110 109
 Giusti                       2.0  0  0  0  2  2   38  21  17   0.00   8    35  39
                              9.0  8  3  3  3  8  148  97  51   1.50  37

Philadelphia                   IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF   EPC Act Stf
Kaat L(0-1)                   5.1  6  6  5  0  3   80  60  20   8.44  23   110 119
 Twitchell                    1.2  1  0  0  1  2   25  16   9   0.00   6    70  75
 McGraw                       1.2  5  4  3  2  0   48  28  20  16.20  12    40  39  -
 Schueler                     0.1  0  0  0  0  0    4   2   2   0.00   1    30  27
                              9.0 12 10  8  3  5  157 106  51   6.00  42


Pit: Moreno ran for Stargell in the 8th
     Kirkpatrick moved to 1B in the 8th
Phi: Oates hit for Twitchell in the 7th
     McCarver hit for Schueler in the 9th

  E-Bowa(1) Tolan(1)
 2B-Robinson,B(1) Luzinski(1)
 3B-Parker, D(1)
 HR-Oliver(1) Robinson,B(1) Zisk 2(2) Schmidt(1)
 SF-Schmidt
 SH-Bowa
LOB-Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 7
 DP-Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 2
GWRBI-Oliver


Game MVP:Richie Zisk

Veterans Stadium, Time 3:24,  61ø, Light Rain,  15mph Right to Left

Apr 11, 1976           1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1976 Pittsburgh        4 0 0   0 0 2   0 2 2     10 12  0
1976 Philadelphia      0 0 0   1 0 2   0 0 0      3  8  2

1976 Pittsburgh        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Parker, D RF       1>S              Fd9            F7             W              T
2 Oliver CF            HR             K              F9             G6u3/dp        P3
3 Zisk LF              S            3>P4           6>HR           8>L5             HR
4 Stargell 1B          K              G43            K              W
   Moreno PR
   Kirkpatrick 1B                                                                  W
5 Robinson,B 3B        D,13/13        G53            HR             S,12           S,12
6 Sanguillen C         G43,3H,23    4>G63            S              S,2H,13        Fs8
7 Stennett 2B          G6/e6,3H,B2    F9             K              E3,3H,12,B1
8 Taveras, F SS        G53            G63            G6u/fo         G4u3/dp
9 Kison P            2>F7           5>F7           7>K
   Giusti P                                                       9>F9

1976 Philadelphia      Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Bowa SS            1>G63            B54,12       6>S              Fs8            G13
2 Cash 2B              G53            G63            S,12           G13
3 Luzinski LF          G43          4>K              D,2H,13/13   8>K
4 Schmidt 3B         2>K              HR             Fd7,3H/SF      K
5 Maddox CF            K              G53            S,23           G63
6 Johnstone RF         W              G43            L4           9>L5
7 Boone C              K            5>S              K              W
8 Tolan 1B           3>S              G643/dp      7>K2u            W,12
9 Kaat P               G46/fo,B1      P2
   Twitchell P
   Oates PH                                          S
   McGraw P
   Schueler P
   McCarver PH                                                      P6

Pittsburgh       IN    OUT
Kison            AB1-1 AB4-2
Giusti           AB4-3 End

Philadelphia     IN    OUT
Kaat             AB1-1 AB3-5
Twitchell        AB3-6 AB4-2
McGraw           AB4-3 AB5-5
Schueler         AB5-6 End