Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1977 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 2 0
Garner 3b 3 2 2 1
Parker rf 5 1 2 0
Oliver cf,lf 4 0 2 2
Robinson 1b 4 0 2 2
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
  Moreno cf 1 0 0 0
Dyer c 1 0 0 0
  Ott ph,c 0 0 0 0
Demery p 2 1 0 0
  Forster p 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 4 1 2 3
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnstone rf 3 1 1 0
  Martin ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hebner 1b,3b 4 1 1 0
Boone 3b,c 4 1 1 1
McCarver c 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
Hutton lf 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 3 0 2 2
Bowa ss 2 1 0 0
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 1b 2 1 2 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 003 020 0005122
Philadelphia 100 300 20x6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Demery   3.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Forster   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve  L (3-1) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
0
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   4.0 5 4 4 5 1
  Underwood   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Reed  W (4-2) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
5

  E–Stennett (3), Forster (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Robinson (5,off Lerch), Philadelphia Boone (6,off Demery).  3B–Philadelphia Maddox (4,off Tekulve).  HR–Philadelphia Maddox (4,1st inning off Demery 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Oliver (2,off Underwood); Robinson (2,off Underwood).  SB–Taveras (20,2nd base off Lerch/McCarver); Oliver (6,2nd base off Reed/Boone).  CS–McCarver (2,2nd base by Demery/Dyer).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:33.  A–23,731.
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