April 14, 1972. Pittsburgh 5, New York Mets 3

 Pittsburgh ran their winning streak to 3 games with a 5-3 win over the Mets.  This was Bob Moose's first start and it was a dandy.  Moose threw a complete game only allowing 5 hits, 2 earned runs, and didn't walk anybody.

Pittsburgh got off on the right foot in the top of the 1st when Roberto Clemente followed up a Dave Cash single with a 2-run homer. He later had an RBI triple in the 8th to finish with 3 hits, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored.  That RBI triple and Clemente scoring on Al Oliver's single gave the Pirates some breathing room at 5-2.  John Milner hit a leadoff homer in the 9th, but the Mets couldn't threaten any more than that.

Those 3 hits by Clemente push his career total to within 106 of the magic 3000 plateau, which seems like an easily attainable goal this year if he stays healthy.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PITTSBURGH PIRATES AT NEW YORK METS GAME ID: 83 - FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH , 1972 - GAME LOG   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 2 New York Mets (3-3) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0

Clemente Leads Pirates to 5-3 Win Over Mets Roberto Clemente was a major contributor to the 5-3 Pittsburgh win over New York. The Pirates right fielder went 3-4 with a home run and a triple. He scored 2 times and drove in 3. The defeat makes New York 3-3. Clemente had a key at-bat for Pittsburgh early in the game. With a runner on 1st, he hit a 2-run home run. It was his 2nd home run of the season and gave Pittsburgh an early 2-0 lead. "I really like what we did out there today," Clemente said after the game.

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Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI G. Clines LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .250 0 0 D. Cash 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .333 0 3 R. Clemente RF 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 .375 2 4 A. Oliver CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333 0 5 M. Sanguillen C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .241 1 3 B. Robertson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 0 0 J. Pagan 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0 G. Alley SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .136 1 2 B. Moose P 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 Totals 34 5 8 5 0 4 7       BATTING Triples: R. Clemente (1, 8th Inning off J. Matlack, 1 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: R. Clemente (2, 1st Inning off J. Matlack, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: G. Clines 2 , D. Cash , R. Clemente 8 , A. Oliver , B. Moose 2-out RBI: R. Clemente , A. Oliver Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Sanguillen Sac Fly: D. Cash Team LOB: 3 FIELDING Errors: B. Robertson (1) , G. Alley (1) Double Plays: 2 (Moose-Alley-Robertson, Pagan-Cash-Robertson) Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI W. Garrett 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .235 0 3 B. Harrelson SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .059 0 0    c-J. Milner PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 2 2 T. Agee CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .238 0 4 R. Staub RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .423 1 3 E. Kranepool 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .353 1 3 C. Jones LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0 J. Grote C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 T. Martinez 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0    a-K. Boswell PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 0 1 J. Matlack P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0    C. Taylor P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0    b-D. Marshall PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0    C. Swan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 30 3 5 3 0 4 6       a - K. Boswell pinch hit for T. Martinez in the 8th b - D. Marshall pinch hit for C. Taylor in the 8th c - J. Milner pinch hit for B. Harrelson in the 9th BATTING Home Runs: R. Staub (1, 4th Inning off B. Moose, 0 on, 1 out) , J. Milner (2, 9th Inning off B. Moose, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: J. Milner 4 , T. Agee , R. Staub 4 , E. Kranepool , J. Matlack GIDP: C. Jones , J. Grote Sac Bunt: B. Harrelson Sac Fly: T. Agee Team LOB: 2

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Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA    B. Moose W (1-0) 9.0 5 3 2 0 4 2 113 2.00    PITCHING Game Score: B. Moose 71 Batters Faced: B. Moose 32 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Moose 12-9 Pitches - Strikes: B. Moose 113-75 Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA    J. Matlack L (0-2) 7.2 8 5 5 0 4 1 101 5.27    C. Taylor 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00    C. Swan 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4.50    PITCHING Game Score: J. Matlack 47 Batters Faced: J. Matlack 31, C. Taylor 1, C. Swan 3 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Matlack 7-12, C. Taylor 0-1, C. Swan 1-2 Pitches - Strikes: J. Matlack 101-67, C. Taylor 5-2, C. Swan 16-10 Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Taylor 1-0

GAME NOTES

Player of the Game: Roberto Clemente Ballpark: Shea Stadium 1964-1978 Weather: Partly Cloudy (50 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 13 mph Start Time: 2:05 PM ET Time: 2:34 Attendance: 22345

TOP OF THE 1ST Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Pitching: LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Gene Clines 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 69.4 MPH) Batting: RHB Dave Cash 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.6 MPH) Batting: RHB Roberto Clemente Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 0-0: Ball Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 1-0: Called Strike Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 1-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 110.0 MPH), Distance : 420 ft Batting: LHB Al Oliver 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH) Batting: RHB Manny Sanguillen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 101.9 MPH) Top of the 1st over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - New York 0 BOTTOM OF THE 1ST New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Pitching: RHP Bob Moose Batting: LHB Wayne Garrett 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 84.4 MPH) Batting: SHB Bud Harrelson 0-0: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4 Wayne Garrett to third Batting: RHB Tommie Agee 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 104.4 MPH) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF Batting: LHB Rusty Staub 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 96.9 MPH) Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - New York 1 TOP OF THE 2ND Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Robertson 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF 1-2: Strikes out looking Batting: RHB Jose Pagan 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 83.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Alley 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 88.1 MPH) Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - New York 1 BOTTOM OF THE 2ND New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: LHB Ed Kranepool 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Cleon Jones 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Grounds into double play, 1-6-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 68.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Jerry Grote 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 108.8 MPH) Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - New York 1 TOP OF THE 3RD Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Moose 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 95.6 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Clines 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 96.9 MPH) Bob Moose to second Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, no throw by LF Batting: RHB Dave Cash 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 100.0 MPH) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF Batting: RHB Roberto Clemente Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 93.8 MPH) Gene Clines to second Gene Clines to third Batting: LHB Al Oliver 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 91.2 MPH) Batting: RHB Manny Sanguillen 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 104.4 MPH) Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 1 BOTTOM OF THE 3RD New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: RHB Ted Martinez 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.2 MPH) Batting: LHB Jon Matlack 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 103.1 MPH) Batting: LHB Wayne Garrett 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 91.2 MPH) Batting: SHB Bud Harrelson 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 1 TOP OF THE 4TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Robertson 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LMF, EV 100.6 MPH) Batting: RHB Jose Pagan 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 74.4 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Alley 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH) Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 1 BOTTOM OF THE 4TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: RHB Tommie Agee 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 71.9 MPH) Batting: LHB Rusty Staub 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 395 ft Batting: LHB Ed Kranepool 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D, EV 90.0 MPH) Batting: RHB Cleon Jones 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 TOP OF THE 5TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Moose 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 88.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Clines 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging Batting: RHB Dave Cash 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 82.5 MPH) Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 BOTTOM OF THE 5TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: RHB Jerry Grote 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Ted Martinez 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH) Batting: LHB Jon Matlack 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 TOP OF THE 6TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Roberto Clemente 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Swinging Strike 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Strikes out swinging Batting: LHB Al Oliver 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 94.4 MPH) Batting: RHB Manny Sanguillen 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 90.0 MPH) Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 BOTTOM OF THE 6TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: LHB Wayne Garrett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 80.6 MPH) Batting: SHB Bud Harrelson 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 87.5 MPH) Batting: RHB Tommie Agee 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH) Batting: LHB Rusty Staub Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 88.1 MPH) Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 TOP OF THE 7TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Robertson 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D, EV 97.5 MPH) Batting: RHB Jose Pagan 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 92.5 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Alley 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out looking Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 BOTTOM OF THE 7TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Batting: LHB Ed Kranepool 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.2 MPH) Batting: RHB Cleon Jones 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 63.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Jerry Grote 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF 0-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 90.0 MPH) Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 3 - New York 2 TOP OF THE 8TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : LHP Jon Matlack Batting: RHB Bob Moose 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 89.4 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Clines 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 101.9 MPH) Batting: RHB Dave Cash Pickoff Throw to First - No movement. 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 63.1 MPH) Gene Clines to second Batting: RHB Roberto Clemente 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 108.8 MPH) Gene Clines scores Batting: LHB Al Oliver 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 93.8 MPH) Roberto Clemente scores Pitching: RHP Chuck Taylor Batting: RHB Manny Sanguillen 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 86.9 MPH) Top of the 8th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - New York 2 BOTTOM OF THE 8TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Pinch Hitting: LHB Ken Boswell 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 99.4 MPH) Pinch Hitting: LHB Dave Marshall 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 76.9 MPH) Batting: LHB Wayne Garrett 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - New York 2 TOP OF THE 9TH Pittsburgh Pirates batting - Pitching for New York Mets : RHP Chuck Taylor Pitching: RHP Craig Swan Now at 2B: Ken Boswell Batting: RHB Bob Robertson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 88.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Jose Pagan 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH) Batting: RHB Gene Alley 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 72.5 MPH) Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - New York 2 BOTTOM OF THE 9TH New York Mets batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Pirates : RHP Bob Moose Pinch Hitting: LHB John Milner 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.6 MPH), Distance : 368 ft Batting: RHB Tommie Agee 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH) Batting: LHB Rusty Staub 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 99.4 MPH) Batting: LHB Ed Kranepool 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 25F, EV 83.1 MPH) Bottom of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - New York 3