Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 6, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1977 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 1 2 1
Bowa ss 5 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 5 1 2 3
Luzinski lf 5 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hebner ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 0
  Martin pr 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Reed p 2 1 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Foote c 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 1 1 0
  Tolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 0 0 0 1
  Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 1 1 1
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 2 2 1
Ott c 2 0 1 0
  Dyer ph,c 2 0 1 0
Berra 3b 4 0 1 1
Moreno cf 4 1 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Philadelphia 101 020 000 00482
Pittsburgh 100 110 100 01591
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   6.1 5 4 3 2 2
  McGraw   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Garber  L (7-6) 2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
9
5
4
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   7.0 7 4 2 0 2
  Tekulve   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gossage  W (10-9) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
8
4
2
0
7

  E–Schmidt (15), Boone (8), Reuss (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia McBride (19,off Reuss), Pittsburgh Ott (11,off Reed); Taveras (17,off Reed).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (33,1st inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Oliver (16,4th inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Reed (1,off Reuss); Sizemore (5,off Tekulve); Dilone (3,off Reed); Robinson (4,off McGraw).  SF–Fregosi (2,off McGraw).  IBB–Oliver (8,by McGraw).  SB–McBride (30,2nd base off Reuss/Ott); Garner (27,2nd base off Reed/Boone); Taveras (55,3rd base off Reed/Boone); Moreno (44,2nd base off Reed/Boone).  IBB–McGraw (4,Oliver).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:44.  A–15,136.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook