Word: offs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Bucs scored all the runs they needed in the top of the sixth inning when series star Willie Stargell followed Bill Robinson's single with a towering drive to leftfield for a two-run homer off the south-paw starter Scotty McGregor.
Bibby's replacement on the pitching mound, righthander Don Robinson, did not take long to get into a jam. The Birds' Doug DeCinces slashed a single up the middle to lead off the bottom of the fifth.
Dempsey and Dauer flied out but McGregor worked Robinson for a walk. Tanner had seen enough and called to the bullpen for veteran lefty Grant Jackson, who finished off the inning without allowing any damage to the Bucs' precarious lead.
Despite Weaver's record-setting four pitching changes in the top of the ninth, the Pirates still added two insurance runs. Phil Garner sent Tim Stoddard's first pitch into left for a double off the wall. One out later Garner scored when Omar Moreno pushed a single up the...
Tekulve finished off the Birds with ease in the bottom of the ninth, striking out Gary Roenicke and DeCinces, before Pat Kelly flied to Moreno to make the win official.