Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1978 at Three Rivers 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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Cincinnati Reds 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 1 0
Griffey rf 5 2 4 2
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 3 3 3
Driessen 1b 5 1 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 1
Lum cf 3 0 1 1
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Werner c 5 0 0 0
Moskau p 2 1 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 1 1
Milner lf 5 2 2 1
  Moreno cf 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 5 2 2 0
Robinson B. cf,lf 5 3 4 3
Stargell 1b 4 2 3 3
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Ott c 4 1 2 1
Garner 3b 4 0 2 1
Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Macha ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 18 10
Cincinnati 420 020 1009130
Pittsburgh 010 004 60x11180
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   5.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Tomlin   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Bair  L (1-2) 1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
18
11
11
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   1.2 4 6 6 3 1
  Reuss   3.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Whitson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson  W (1-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Tekulve   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Candelaria  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Ott (5).  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (13,off Reuss); Foster 2 (10,off Reuss,off Jackson); Driessen (12,off Reuss), Pittsburgh B Robinson 3 (10,off Moskau,off Tomlin,off Borbon); Stennett (5,off Borbon); Taveras (11,off Borbon); Stargell (4,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (12,1st inning off D Robinson 2 on, 0 out).  SB–Griffey (10,2nd base off D Robinson/Ott).  CS–Concepcion (6,2nd base by D Robinson/Ott).  WP–Moskau (1), D Robinson 2 (4).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:02.  A–21,710.
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