Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf,3b 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 2 0
Foster cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Werner c 3 0 0 0
Hume p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 2 0 0 1
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 0
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 3 1 0 0
Ott c 3 1 2 1
Garner 3b,2b 4 0 1 1
Mendoza 2b 1 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  Macha pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Rooker p 2 0 1 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Cincinnati 010 000 000170
Pittsburgh 000 000 12x370
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume   7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Sarmiento  L (5-3) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   7.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Tekulve   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Jackson  W (2-2) 0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Whitson  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (8,off Hume); Garner (8,off Sarmiento).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (4,off Sarmiento).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (13,2nd inning off Rooker 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ott (1,off Sarmiento).  HBP–Mendoza (3,by Hume); Taveras 2 (2,by Hume 2).  IBB–Milner (2,by Hume); Stargell (4,by Sarmiento).  SB–Morgan (12,2nd base off Rooker/Ott); Moreno (25,2nd base off Hume/Werner).  CS–Garner (6,2nd base by Hume/Werner); Taveras (10,2nd base by Hume/Werner).  HBP–Hume 3 (4,Mendoza,Taveras 2).  IBB–Hume (5,Milner); Sarmiento (6,Stargell).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:22.  A–24,972.
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