Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1977 at Riverfront 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Cincinnati Reds 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 3 1 0
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez 3b 6 2 3 2
Parker rf 4 3 2 5
  Hairston pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 0 0 0 0
  Macha pr,1b 4 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 5 1 2 0
Dyer c 4 1 1 0
Moreno cf 5 2 2 1
Reuss p 5 0 2 2
Totals 40 12 15 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 1 0 0 0
  Knight 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
Griffey rf 2 0 1 0
  Summers rf,3b 2 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 1
  Lum rf 1 0 0 0
Foster cf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 1 0 0 0
  Plummer ph,c 3 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 3 0 0 0
Armbrister lf 3 0 0 0
Auerbach 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Moskau ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 1 1 1 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Pittsburgh 064 020 00012150
Cincinnati 000 001 000141
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (7-10) 9.0 4 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (9-9) 1.1 6 6 6 1 2
  Sarmiento   1.2 5 4 2 0 1
  Murray   5.0 4 2 2 4 1
  Hoerner   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
10
5
5

  E–Armbrister (2).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Moreno (11,off Norman); Gonzalez (7,off Sarmiento); Macha (1,off Sarmiento); Taveras (12,off Murray).  3B–Pittsburgh Oliver (4,off Sarmiento).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker 2 (16,2nd inning off Norman 2 on, 1 out,5th inning off Murray 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Robinson (3,by Norman); Taveras (6,by Hoerner).  SB–Moreno 2 (34,3rd base off Norman/Bench,2nd base off Sarmiento/Bench); Taveras (39,2nd base off Sarmiento/Bench).  WP–Reuss 2 (7).  HBP–Norman (2,Robinson); Hoerner (3,Taveras).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:47.
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