April 17, 1979 Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

View a short video showing advanced box score features / click orange/red text for additional info

BOS 6
MIL 5 TEX 6
@CLE 2 DET 6
KCR 3 CAL 6
@MIN 0 NYY 5
BAL 1 OAK 6
SEA 5 CHW 6
@TOR 1 CHC 5
STL 3 CIN 7
ATL 4 LAD 10
HOU 6 MON 5
NYM 4
(12) PHI 13
@PIT 2 SDP 4
SFG 3

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 7,739

Tuesday, April 17, 1979, 7:35PM
Time of Game: 2:49

Phillies

5-3

Won 3

2nd, 1½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Phillies        1  1  5   0  6  0   0  0  0   13 17  2
Pirates         2  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    2  8  1

W: S Carlton (2-1), L: B Blyleven (0-2)

Pirates

4-6

Lost 2

4th, 3½ GB

BATTING

Philadelphia Phillies        AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B McBride RF                  6   2   4   5    0   0  .222  .632    0    3   0   2·HR
L Bowa SS                     4   1   2   0    1   1  .273  .666    0    0   3   
  L Smith PH                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250    0    0   0   
  R Eastwick P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
P Rose 1B                     3   2   0   0    2   0  .242  .675    0    9   0   
  D Unser 1B                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.500    0    6   0   
G Luzinski LF                 5   0   1   1    0   2  .286  .864    0    1   0   
  D Bird P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  P Mackanin PH-SS            1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   2   
M Schmidt 3B                  5   2   2   1    1   1  .286 1.150    0    0   4   HR
G Maddox CF                   5   3   4   4    0   1  .455 1.334    0    1   0   HR,SB
M Trillo 2B                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .344  .770    0    2   2   
T McCarver C                  4   1   1   1    0   1  .182  .440    0    4   1   
  D Rader C                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
S Carlton P                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .111  .311    0    0   0   
  G Gross LF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    1   0   
Totals                       45  13  17  13    5   7                    27  12

BATTING

HR: M Schmidt (4, off B Blyleven; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); G Maddox (3, off E Romo; 5th inn, 3 on, 1 out to CF); B McBride 2 (2, off B Blyleven, off J Bibby; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to RF; 5th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to RF).

TB: B McBride 10; G Maddox 7; M Schmidt 5; M Trillo 2; L Bowa 2; S Carlton; T McCarver; G Luzinski.

RBI: B McBride 5 (6); G Maddox 4 (8); G Luzinski (4); T McCarver (2); M Schmidt (10); S Carlton (1).

2-out RBI: B McBride 3; G Luzinski.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 5 for 16.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Schmidt-M Trillo-D Unser.

E: G Gross (1); M Schmidt (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: G Maddox (2, 2nd base off J Bibby/S Nicosia).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Taveras SS                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .609    0    2   1   
P Garner 3B-2B                4   1   0   0    1   0  .243  .732    0    1   1   
D Parker RF                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .278  .853    0    1   0   
B Robinson LF                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .256  .773    0    5   0   HR,SB,GDP
  K Tekulve P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
W Stargell 1B                 4   0   2   0    0   1  .364  .909    0    6   1   2B
R Stennett 2B                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .171  .437    0    1   0   
  D Berra 3B                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .334    0    1   0   
S Nicosia C                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .278  .778    0    8   0   
O Moreno CF                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .324  .792    0    2   0   2·SB
B Blyleven P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .334    0    0   0   
  J Bibby P                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .666    0    0   0   
  E Romo P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   1   
  L Lacy LF                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .661    0    0   0   
Totals                       36   2   8   2    2   5                    27   4

BATTING

2B: W Stargell (1, off S Carlton).

HR: B Robinson (2, off S Carlton; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF).

TB: B Robinson 5; W Stargell 3; D Parker 2; S Nicosia; O Moreno.

GIDP: B Robinson (3).

RBI: B Robinson 2 (6).

2-out RBI: B Robinson 2.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 1 for 12.

FIELDING

E: F Taveras (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Robinson (1, 2nd base off S Carlton/T McCarver); O Moreno 2 (5, 3rd base off S Carlton/T McCarver, 2nd base off S Carlton/T McCarver).

PITCHING

Philadelphia Phillies         IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Carlton, W (2-1)             6     7   2   2    2   5   1   5.48   28     -       ·  ·      8· 6· 0· 7     53    -     0.63  -0.05
D Bird                         2     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    7     -       ·  ·      3· 3· 0· 1          0-0    0.01   0.00
R Eastwick                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3     -       ·  ·      2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     8   2   2    2   5   1          38     -       ·  ·     13·10· 0· 8           -

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Blyleven, L (0-2)            2.2  10   7   7    1   1   2   7.13   19     -       ·  ·      2· 5· 0·10     10    -     1.37  -0.51
J Bibby                        1.2   4   5   4    3   1   1   7.50   13     -       ·  ·      2· 3· 0· 4          0-0    0.26  -0.03
E Romo                         3.2   2   1   1    0   5   1   5.68   13     -       ·  ·      3· 3· 0· 2          3-3    0.02  -0.01
K Tekulve                      1     1   0   0    1   0   0  10.80    5     -       ·  ·      3· 0· 0· 1          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    17  13  12    5   7   4          50     -       ·  ·     10·11· 0·17          3-3

Balks: None.

WP: S Carlton (1); B Blyleven (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Steve Fields, 1B - Joe Schratz, 2B - Ron Hutson, 3B - Harry Smail.

Time of Game: 2:49.

Attendance: 7,739.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Philadelphia Phillies         Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. B McBride            RF    1. F Taveras            SS 
2. L Bowa               SS    2. P Garner             3B 
3. P Rose               1B    3. D Parker             RF 
4. G Luzinski           LF    4. B Robinson           LF 
5. M Schmidt            3B    5. W Stargell           1B 
6. G Maddox             CF    6. R Stennett           2B 
7. M Trillo             2B    7. S Nicosia            C  
8. T McCarver           C     8. O Moreno             CF 
9. S Carlton            P     9. B Blyleven           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  1-0  -2-     -19%  38% B Robinson      S Carlton       Home Run; Garner Scores
   t 3   2  2-4  -23      18%  90% B McBride       B Blyleven      Home Run; Trillo Scores; McCarver Scores
   t 3   1  2-2  ---      12%  59% M Schmidt       B Blyleven      Home Run
   t 2   1  2-1  12-      10%  54% S Carlton       B Blyleven      Single to CF; Maddox Scores; Trillo to 2B
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-       9%  58% G Luzinski      B Blyleven      Single to CF; Rose Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Phillies Batting, Tied 0-0, Bert Blyleven facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      54%  B McBride       Single to CF
   O      1--      50%  L Bowa          Popfly: 3B
   O      1--      47%  P Rose          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      48%  G Luzinski      Wild Pitch; Rose to 2B
   R      -2-      58%  " "             Single to CF; Rose Scores
   O      1--      56%  M Schmidt       Strikeout
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Steve Carlton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      58%  F Taveras       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      55%  P Garner        Walk
          1--      54%  D Parker        Wild Pitch; Garner to 2B
   O      -2-      57%  " "             Strikeout
   RR     -2-      38%  B Robinson      Home Run; Garner Scores
          ---      37%  W Stargell      Single to RF
   O      1--      39%  R Stennett      Foul Flyball: 1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Pirates 2.

Top of the 2nd, Phillies Batting, Behind 1-2, Bert Blyleven facing 6-7-8
          ---      43%  G Maddox        Single to CF
          1--      50%  M Trillo        Single to LF; Maddox to 2B
   O      12-      44%  T McCarver      Flyball: LF
   R      12-      54%  S Carlton       Single to CF; Maddox Scores; Trillo to 2B
   O      12-      49%  B McBride       Flyball: RF
          12-      53%  L Bowa          Walk; Trillo to 3B; Carlton to 2B
   O      123      45%  P Rose          Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Phillies 2, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 2-2, Steve Carlton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      47%  S Nicosia       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      45%  O Moreno        Walk
          1--      43%  B Blyleven      Moreno Steals 2B
          -2-      40%  " "             Moreno Steals 3B
   O      --3      46%  " "             Strikeout
   O      --3      50%  F Taveras       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Pirates 2.

Top of the 3rd, Phillies Batting, Tied 2-2, Bert Blyleven facing 4-5-6
                  Phil Garner moves to 2B; Dale Berra replaces Rennie Stennett playing 3B batting 6th
   O      ---      48%  G Luzinski      Flyball: CF
   R      ---      59%  M Schmidt       Home Run
          ---      62%  G Maddox        Single to CF
          1--      68%  M Trillo        Single to CF; Maddox to 3B
   R      1-3      75%  T McCarver      Single to P; Maddox Scores; Trillo to 2B
   O      12-      72%  S Carlton       Groundout: 1B unassisted; Trillo to 3B; McCarver to 2B
   RRR    -23      90%  B McBride       Home Run; Trillo Scores; McCarver Scores
                  Jim Bibby replaces Bert Blyleven pitching and batting 9th
          ---      90%  L Bowa          Single to CF
          1--      91%  P Rose          Walk; Bowa to 2B
   O      12-      90%  G Luzinski      Foul Flyball: 1B
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Phillies 7, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-7, Steve Carlton facing 2-3-4
   O      ---      91%  P Garner        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      89%  D Parker        Single to RF
   O      1--      91%  B Robinson      Popfly: 1B
          1--      89%  W Stargell      Double to RF; Parker to 3B
   O      -23      93%  D Berra         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Phillies 7, Pirates 2.

Top of the 4th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 7-2, Jim Bibby facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      92%  M Schmidt       Flyball: LF
          ---      93%  G Maddox        Single to LF
          1--      93%  M Trillo        Maddox Steals 2B
   O      -2-      92%  " "             Flyball: LF
   O      -2-      91%  T McCarver      Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 7, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-7, Steve Carlton facing 7-8-9
          ---      89%  S Nicosia       Single to CF
   O      1--      90%  O Moreno        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Nicosia to 2B
   O      -2-      92%  J Bibby         Strikeout
   O      -2-      94%  F Taveras       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 7, Pirates 2.

Top of the 5th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 7-2, Jim Bibby facing 9-1-2
          ---      95%  S Carlton       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--      98%  B McBride       Home Run; Carlton Scores/unER
          ---      98%  L Bowa          Single to LF
          1--      99%  P Rose          Walk; Bowa to 2B
   O      12-      98%  G Luzinski      Strikeout
          12-      99%  M Schmidt       Walk; Bowa to 3B; Rose to 2B
                  Enrique Romo replaces Jim Bibby pitching and batting 9th
   RRRR   123     100%  G Maddox        Home Run; Bowa Scores; Rose Scores; Schmidt Scores
   O      ---     100%  M Trillo        Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  T McCarver      Strikeout
                  6 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-13, Steve Carlton facing 2-3-4
   O      ---     100%  P Garner        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---     100%  D Parker        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--     100%  B Robinson      Single to CF; Parker to 3B
          1-3     100%  W Stargell      Robinson Steals 2B
   O      -23     100%  " "             Strikeout
   O      -23     100%  D Berra         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Top of the 6th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 13-2, Enrique Romo facing 9-1-2
   O      ---     100%  S Carlton       Flyball: CF
   O      ---     100%  B McBride       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---     100%  L Bowa          Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-13, Steve Carlton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---     100%  S Nicosia       Flyball: RF
          ---     100%  O Moreno        Single to P
   O      1--     100%  E Romo          Strikeout
   O      1--     100%  F Taveras       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Top of the 7th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 13-2, Enrique Romo facing 3-4-5
   O      ---     100%  P Rose          Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---     100%  G Luzinski      Strikeout
          ---     100%  M Schmidt       Single to LF
   O      1--     100%  G Maddox        Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-13, Doug Bird facing 2-3-4
                  Doug Bird replaces Greg Luzinski pitching and batting 4th; Dave Rader replaces Tim McCarver playing C batting 8th; Del Unser replaces Pete Rose playing 1B batting 3rd; Greg Gross replaces Steve Carlton playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---     100%  P Garner        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---     100%  D Parker        Single to RF
   OO     1--     100%  B Robinson      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Top of the 8th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 13-2, Enrique Romo facing 7-8-9
   O      ---     100%  M Trillo        Flyball: LF
   O      ---     100%  D Rader         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---     100%  G Gross         Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-13, Doug Bird facing 5-6-7
          ---     100%  W Stargell      Reached on E7 (Fly Ball); Stargell to 2B
   O      -2-     100%  D Berra         Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      -2-     100%  S Nicosia       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      -2-     100%  O Moreno        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Top of the 9th, Phillies Batting, Ahead 13-2, Kent Tekulve facing 1-2-3
                  Kent Tekulve replaces Bill Robinson pitching and batting 4th; Lee Lacy replaces Enrique Romo playing LF batting 9th
          ---     100%  B McBride       Single to RF
                  Lonnie Smith pinch hits for Larry Bowa batting 2nd
          1--     100%  L Smith         Walk; McBride to 2B
   O      12-     100%  D Unser         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; McBride to 3B
                  Pete Mackanin pinch hits for Doug Bird batting 4th
   O      1-3     100%  P Mackanin      Fielder's Choice 1B; McBride out at Hm/1B-C; Unser to 2B; Mackanin to 1B
   O      12-     100%  M Schmidt       Groundout: 3B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-13, Rawly Eastwick facing 9-1-2
                  Rawly Eastwick replaces Lonnie Smith pitching and batting 2nd; Pete Mackanin moves to SS
   O      ---     100%  L Lacy          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---     100%  F Taveras       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---     100%  P Garner        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Phillies 13, Pirates 2.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:PIT197904170

Play-by-Play Explanation

Scr/Out- This has a "O" for every out on the play and an "R" for every run that scored on the play. Some plays will have both in no particular order.
RoB- This gives the baserunner (Runners on Base) configuration at the start of the play. "1-3" would mean runners on first and third. Clicking on this will show the defensive players and baserunners on the field for this play. This is a subscriber feature, so non-subscribers are limited as to the number of times they can use this feature in a day.
Pt- When available, the number of pitches in this plate appearance. Clicking on this number will show the sequence of pitches thrown including, when available, things like runner going, ball blocked, attempted pickoffs and the like. We believe this data to be as accurate as humanly possible, but there are going to be some errors in the data, so please take it with a grain of salt. Clicking on this will show the defensive players and baserunners on the field for this play. This is a subscriber feature, so non-subscribers are limited as to the number of times they can use this feature in a day.
Batter- The batter at the plate when this play occurred. If the play is a baserunning event, then the batter's name will be repeated as indicated by quotes.
Play Detail- This is an explanation of the play that occurred. In some cases, batted ball location and type will be indicated within parentheses. Again, these are best efforts to the record the game as it happened. Also, plays made on the baserunners (including the batter as a baserunner) will be indicated in parentheses after the baserunner's name. Advancement of baserunners is given in cases where the advancement is not easily deduced or obvious from the play. For example, advancement for a walk will not be given, but for a single or double it will be given.

Please report any issues or strangeness you see with the description of plays given above. We have tested several hundred different types of plays, but, in all likelihood, there are still some errors or misinterpretations of the play-by-play data.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.

In some cases, the results from play-by-play data will contradict results in the official record. The official record has many, many errors, but we have not undertaken to reconcile those errors. Pitch-by-pitch data should not be taken as completely accurate, though we believe it to be as accurate as is currently possible.


Quick Index: Play Index \| Players \| Teams \| Leagues \| Managers \| Leaders \| Awards \| Postseason \| Box Scores \| Minors \| Draft SportingNews.com \| Stat of the Day \| SR Blog \| Tutorial Videos \| All-Star \| Travel \| Bullpen Wiki \| Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Boxes > 1979 > PIT \| PHI > Apr 17, 1979, Phillies at Pirates Play by Play and Box Score

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

BATTING

PITCHING

OTHER

LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation