Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1978 at Riverfront 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 1 0
Moreno cf 3 1 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 1
Robinson 3b,lf 3 0 1 2
Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 1 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
  Berra 3b 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 2 0
Candelaria p 2 0 0 0
  Brye ph 1 1 1 0
  Whitson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 1
Bench 1b,c 2 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Correll c 2 0 0 0
  Driessen ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Norman p 2 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 2 1
Pittsburgh 000 200 100381
Cincinnati 000 010 000121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (10-11) 6.0 2 1 1 1 6
  Whitson  SV (4) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
2
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (10-8) 6.1 6 3 3 4 5
  Hume   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
8

  E–Whitson (1), Griffey (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Garner (21,off Norman).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (9,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (30,5th inning off Candelaria 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Moreno (11,off Norman).  SF–B Robinson (9,off Norman).  IBB–Parker (16,by Hume).  WP–Norman (2).  IBB–Hume (8,Parker).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:32.  A–23,612.
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