Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
October 5, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Alou cf 5 1 1 0
Clemente rf 5 1 2 0
  Jeter pr 0 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 0 3 1
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 0 0
Moose p 4 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 0
Tolan cf 3 0 1 1
Perez 3b 4 1 1 1
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 2 1
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Carbo lf 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Woodward ss,3b 3 0 0 0
Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Bravo ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 0 1 0 0
  Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Pittsburgh 100 010 0002100
Cincinnati 200 000 01x350
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose  L (0-1) 7.2 4 3 3 2 4
  Gibbon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Giusti   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   5.0 7 2 2 4 1
  Wilcox  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 2 5
  Granger   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Gullett  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner 2 (2,off Cloninger,off Wilcox).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (1,1st inning off Moose 0 on, 2 out); Bench (1,1st inning off Moose 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Patek (1,3rd base by Cloninger/Bench); Tolan (1,2nd base by Moose/Sanguillen).  WP–Cloninger (1).  U–Paul Pryor, Doug Harvey, Bob Engel, Harry Wendelstedt, Stan Landes, Nick Colosi.  T–2:38.  A–40,538.
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