San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 0 3 1
Winfield rf 4 2 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 2 3 5
Roberts c 4 0 2 0
Almon 3b 4 0 0 0
Shirley p 3 1 1 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Ashford ph 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 14 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 3 3 0
Moreno cf 2 1 0 1
Parker rf 5 1 1 2
Robinson lf 4 1 1 2
Sanguillen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Stargell ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Garner 2b 3 1 1 0
Ott c 3 1 1 1
Macha 3b 3 1 2 2
  Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 1 1
  Rooker pr 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 1 1
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 10
San Diego 010 400 1006141
Pittsburgh 102 011 50x10110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   6.0 7 6 6 5 2
  Kinney  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Lee   1.0 3 3 2 1 0
  D'Acquisto   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
10
9
7
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   3.2 7 5 5 2 3
  Whitson   2.1 1 0 0 3 3
  Jackson  W (4-3) 2.1 6 1 1 1 1
  Tekulve  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
6
8

  E–Reynolds (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–San Diego Gonzalez (5,off Reuss); Reynolds (1,off Jackson); Winfield (15,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Garner (14,off Shirley); Ott (8,off Lee).  3B–Pittsburgh Taveras (4,off Shirley); Parker (6,off Kinney).  HR–San Diego Tenace 2 (10,2nd inning off Reuss 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Reuss 2 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh B Robinson (6,3rd inning off Shirley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Ott (1,off Shirley).  IBB–Stargell (6,by Lee).  SB–Richards (27,2nd base off Reuss/Ott); Winfield 2 (14,2nd base off Jackson/Ott,3rd base off Jackson/Ott).  CS–Tenace (4,2nd base by Jackson/Ott); Moreno (12,2nd base by Shirley/Roberts).  BK–Shirley (1).  IBB–Lee (6,Stargell).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:13.  A–16,303.
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