Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cline rf 4 2 2 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 3b 3 1 2 1
Bench c 2 0 1 2
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Carbo lf 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Woodward ss 3 0 0 0
  Bravo ph 1 0 1 0
Simpson p 3 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 2 3 1
Oliver 1b 2 1 0 1
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 3 1 1 2
Alley ss 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Jeter ph 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Cincinnati 102 000 000390
Pittsburgh 000 201 01x471
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson  L (13-2) 8.0 7 4 4 3 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   3.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Pena   4.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Giusti  W (8-0) 2.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
5

  E–Hebner (10).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Cincinnati Cline (3,off Nelson).  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (9,off Simpson).  HR–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (6,4th inning off Simpson 1 on, 2 out); Clemente (10,8th inning off Simpson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Bench (6,off Nelson); Oliver (4,off Simpson).  IBB–Perez (9,by Nelson).  SB–Perez (7,2nd base off Nelson/Sanguillen); Bench (2,2nd base off Giusti/Sanguillen).  CS–Cline (1,2nd base by Pena/Sanguillen); Perez (3,2nd base by Pena/Sanguillen).  IBB–Nelson (4,Perez).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:12.  A–23,298.
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