Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 9, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1965 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 5 0 1 0
Harper lf 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 2 0
  Ruiz pr,3b 0 1 0 0
James rf 3 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 0 0 0 0
  Keough pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Pavletich c 3 1 1 2
  Edwards ph,c 1 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 2 0 1 0
Jay p 1 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Arrigo p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 1 2
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 4 1 2 0
Virdon cf 4 1 2 1
Clemente rf 5 0 2 1
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 3 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 1 1 0
  Virgil 3b 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
Alley 2b 4 0 2 1
Gibbon p 2 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Cincinnati 000 000 203580
Pittsburgh 002 100 000390
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay   3.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Nuxhall   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Arrigo  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  McCool  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   7.0 5 2 2 2 3
  McBean  L (2-3) 1.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Veale   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Schofield (5,off Jay); Virdon (3,off Jay); Freese (2,off Jay).  HR–Cincinnati Pavletich (2,7th inning off Gibbon 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Coleman (1,by McBean); Crandall (1,by Jay).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Virdon (2,off Jay); Gibbon (2,off Nuxhall).  Team–9.  SB–Harper (6,2nd base off Gibbon/Crandall).  HBP–Jay (2,Crandall); McBean (2,Coleman).  T–2:38.  A–6,858.
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