Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 6, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1977 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 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 2 0
Griffey rf 5 1 3 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1
Foster cf 3 0 0 0
Bench lf 2 0 0 1
Bailey 1b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 1
Plummer c 1 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 2 0
Taveras ss 5 1 2 1
Parker rf 5 0 3 1
Oliver lf 4 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 5 1 2 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 2 0
Garner 3b 3 1 0 1
Dyer c 3 1 2 1
Candelaria p 2 0 1 2
  Gossage p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 15 6
Cincinnati 000 210 000380
Pittsburgh 001 050 00x6150
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (3-2) 4.2 11 6 6 5 1
  Caldwell   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   3.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
15
6
6
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (3-0) 6.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Gossage  SV (3) 3.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  3B–Pittsburgh Taveras (2,off Billingham).  SF–Bench (1,off Candelaria); Concepcion (1,off Candelaria).  HBP–Foster (2,by Candelaria).  IBB–Plummer (1,by Candelaria); Moreno (1,by Billingham); Dyer (1,by Billingham).  SH–Candelaria (1,off Billingham).  CS–Morgan (3,2nd base by Candelaria/Dyer); Parker (8,2nd base by Billingham/Plummer); Stennett (3,2nd base by Borbon/Plummer).  SB–Moreno 2 (11,2nd base off Billingham/Plummer 2); Stennett (6,2nd base off Billingham/Plummer); Parker (5,2nd base off Caldwell/Plummer).  WP–Billingham (3).  HBP–Candelaria (1,Foster).  IBB–Billingham 2 (3,Moreno,Dyer); Candelaria (2,Plummer).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:55.  A–16,258.
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