Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
May 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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, San Diego Padres 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 3 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 0
Robinson lf 2 2 1 1
  Milner 1b 1 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 3 2
Sanguillen 1b 2 0 1 0
  Brye lf 1 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 0 1 1
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 12 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards 1b,lf 4 2 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 3
Almon 3b 4 1 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 2 2
Reynolds lf 4 0 2 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Thomas 2b 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 4 1 2 0
Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 5
Pittsburgh 013 010 0005121
San Diego 002 000 40x6123
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.0 9 5 5 1 3
  Kison  L (1-2) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   2.1 5 4 3 2 2
  Spillner  W (1-0) 4.2 6 1 1 0 2
  Fingers  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
4

  E–Garner (6), Richards (8), Almon (5), Davis (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 4.  2B–Pittsburgh B Robinson (4,off Shirley); Taveras (6,off Spillner).  3B–San Diego Smith (3,off Kison).  SH–Sanguillen (1,off Shirley); Spillner (1,off Reuss).  SF–Garner (3,off Shirley).  IBB–Dyer (1,by Shirley).  HBP–Tenace (3,by Reuss).  SB–Parker (5,2nd base off Spillner/Davis); Moreno (20,2nd base off Spillner/Davis); Richards (11,2nd base off Reuss/Dyer).  CS–Taveras (6,2nd base by Shirley/Davis); Davis (1,2nd base by Kison/Dyer).  HBP–Reuss (3,Tenace).  IBB–Shirley (2,Dyer).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:28.  A–32,648.
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