Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
June 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 1 2
Garner 3b 5 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Milner rf 1 0 0 0
Robinson B. cf,rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 3 1 1 0
Sanguillen 1b 3 0 0 0
Brye lf 4 1 2 1
Dyer c 3 1 2 0
Robinson D. p 2 0 0 0
  Macha ph 0 0 0 0
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno cf 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 2 2 1
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 2
Lum cf 3 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Werner c 3 1 1 0
Norman p 2 0 0 1
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Pittsburgh 010 000 020380
Cincinnati 010 012 00x480
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (4-2) 5.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Reuss   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Whitson   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Hamilton   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (6-2) 7.1 7 3 3 4 4
  Tomlin   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Brye (5,off Norman); Garner (7,off Norman); Dyer (6,off Norman); Taveras (10,off Tomlin), Cincinnati Concepcion (15,off Whitson).  3B–Cincinnati Werner (1,off D Robinson).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (11,2nd inning off D Robinson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stennett (1,by Norman); Sanguillen (1,by Norman).  IBB–Stennett (2,by Norman); Foster (4,by Hamilton).  SH–Norman (3,off D Robinson).  SB–Concepcion (6,2nd base off Tekulve/Dyer).  CS–Concepcion (5,Home by Tekulve/Dyer).  WP–Tekulve (3).  HBP–Norman 2 (3,Stennett,Sanguillen).  IBB–Hamilton (2,Foster); Norman (3,Stennett).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:46.  A–50,152.
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