Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
June 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1973 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 3 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Zisk lf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Alley ss 3 0 1 0
Dettore p 1 0 0 0
  Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Bench rf 3 1 1 2
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Menke 3b 0 0 0 0
Driessen 3b,1b 3 1 1 1
Tolan cf 4 1 1 0
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
Plummer c 2 0 1 2
Grimsley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 000181
Cincinnati 005 000 00x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dettore  L (0-1) 2.2 7 5 5 3 1
  Rooker   4.1 1 0 0 2 4
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (6-5) 9.0 8 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
2

  E–Clines (3).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (7,off Dettore); Plummer (1,off Dettore); Morgan (14,off Rooker).  SH–Grimsley (3,off Rooker).  IBB–Chaney (2,by Dettore); Perez (3,by Rooker).  SB–Morgan (27,2nd base off Dettore/Sanguillen).  IBB–Dettore (1,Chaney); Rooker (6,Perez).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:07.  A–50,232.
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