The Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles, 8 to 4, in Game 3 of the 1979 World Series on October 12, 1979.

Final

Orioles

2-1

8

Pirates

1-2

4

BAL

PIT

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

2

0

4

5

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

1

0

8

0

9

0

R

8

4

H

13

9

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

BAL

PIT

Sacrifice fly by Dave Parker; Omar Moreno scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

BAL

PIT

Double by Phil Garner; Willie Stargell and Steve Nicosia scored.

0

3

Top 3rd

BAL

PIT

Home run by Benny Ayala; Kiko Garcia scored.

2

3

Top 4th

BAL

PIT

Triple by Kiko Garcia; Rich Dauer, Rick Dempsey, and Scott McGregor scored.

5

3

Single by Ken Singleton; Kiko Garcia scored.

6

3

Douglas DeCinces grounded out; Al Bumbry scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

BAL

PIT

Single by Bill Madlock; Willie Stargell scored.

7

4

Top 7th

BAL

PIT

Single by Kiko Garcia; Error by Willie Stargell; Rick Dempsey scored.

8

4

Orioles

Pirates

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Kiko Garcia SS	4	2	4	4	0	1	0	7
Benny Ayala LF	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	5
Al Bumbry PH,CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Singleton RF	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Eddie Murray 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Douglas DeCinces 3B	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Gary Roenicke CF,LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Rich Dauer 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Rick Dempsey C	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	3
Scott McGregor P	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	40	8	13	8	1	3	7	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Scott McGregor (W)	9.0	9	4	4	0	6	0
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	0	6	0

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	TB
Omar Moreno CF	4	1	2	0	1	4
Tim Foli SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Parker RF	3	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Robinson LF	4	0	1	0	2	1
Willie Stargell 1B	4	2	2	0	1	3
Bill Madlock 3B	4	0	1	1	1	1
Steve Nicosia C	4	1	1	0	0	1
Phil Garner 2B	4	0	1	2	0	2
John Candelaria P	1	0	1	0	0	1
Enrique Romo P	1	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jackson P	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Lacy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Tekulve P	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	4	9	4	6	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
John Candelaria (L)	3.0	8	6	5	2	2	1
Enrique Romo	3.2	5	2	2	1	4	0
Grant Jackson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Tekulve	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	13	8	7	3	7	1

Explore

More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Cruz

RBI

22

Joe

AVG

.285

Joe

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Keller

K

63

Jones

ERA

2.89

Jones

Team Rankings

HR

42

18th

R

168

23rd

SO

383

11th

ERA

4.02

16th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	26	17	.605
Cubs	25	20	.556	2.0
Pirates	20	25	.444	7.0
Reds	19	25	.432	7.5
Cardinals	18	25	.419	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/17	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 5/18	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 5/19	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Tue 5/21	SFG	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 5/22	SFG	@	PIT	6:40 PM

Last Game

Cubs

25-20

4

Final

5

Pirates

20-25

Thu 16 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

13

Tucker

12

Henderson

12

Naylor

RBI Leaders

41

Ozuna

37

Ramírez

36

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.360

Ohtani

.359

Contreras

.353

Kwan

Hit Leaders

63

Ohtani

62

Betts

61

Contreras

Run Leaders

39

Contreras

39

Jr.

38

Betts

OBP Leaders

.441

Betts

.434

Contreras

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.669

Ohtani

.619

Ozuna

.614

Jeffers

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

17

Caballero

16

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

6

Sale

6

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

70

Crochet

68

Cease

ERA Leaders

0.96

Imanaga

1.34

López

1.37

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Cease

0.86

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.76

Glasnow

11.69

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.50

Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

6

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

699.8

Ohtani

684

Cruz

663.6

Betts

DraftKings Points Leaders

539

Ohtani

527

Cruz

508

Betts

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0