Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
  Knight 2b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
  Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0
Correll c 4 0 1 2
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 0
Collins cf 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 1 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 2 1 1
Moreno cf 4 3 2 0
Parker rf 3 3 2 5
Robinson lf 5 1 3 3
Ott c 4 1 2 1
Sanguillen 1b 5 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 2 1
  Berra 3b 1 1 1 0
Garner 3b,2b 3 2 2 0
Candelaria p 2 0 0 0
  Jackson p 2 0 1 2
Totals 38 13 16 13
Cincinnati 000 200 000281
Pittsburgh 200 041 42x13160
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (9-3) 6.0 11 7 7 4 2
  Sarmiento   2.0 5 6 6 2 3
Totals
8.0
16
13
13
6
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (9-11) 6.0 7 2 2 2 1
  Jackson  SV (4) 3.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
1

  E–Bonham (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (22,off Candelaria); Bonham (3,off Candelaria), Pittsburgh Stennett (9,off Bonham).  3B–Pittsburgh Jackson (1,off Sarmiento).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker 2 (23,1st inning off Bonham 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Sarmiento 2 on, 2 out); B Robinson (9,5th inning off Bonham 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Bonham (7,off Candelaria); Candelaria (7,off Bonham).  SF–Ott (2,off Bonham).  IBB–Parker 2 (14,by Bonham 2); Garner (6,by Bonham).  SB–Moreno (48,2nd base off Bonham/Correll); Garner (16,2nd base off Sarmiento/Correll).  IBB–Bonham 3 (8,Parker 2,Garner).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:24.  A–15,490.
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