Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1979 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 9, Cincinnati Reds 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 2 2 2
Foli ss 5 0 1 1
Parker rf 5 2 3 2
Stargell 1b 5 1 2 1
Milner lf 5 1 3 2
Garner 3b 5 0 0 0
Ott c 5 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 3 1
Robinson p 3 1 2 0
Totals 42 9 17 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 1
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 1 0
Foster lf 2 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 1 0
Correll c 4 0 2 1
Pastore p 1 0 0 0
  Capilla p 1 0 1 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Pittsburgh 200 420 0019170
Cincinnati 100 000 0012100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (2-1) 9.0 10 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  L (0-2) 3.2 10 6 6 0 3
  Capilla   3.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Tomlin   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stennett 2 (3,off Pastore,off Tomlin); Stargell (4,off Capilla); Milner (4,off Tomlin), Cincinnati Correll (2,off D Robinson); Geronimo (2,off D Robinson).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (2,off Pastore); Moreno (3,off Pastore).  HR–Pittsburgh Milner (4,5th inning off Capilla 1 on, 0 out); Parker (2,9th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Morgan (2,1st inning off D Robinson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–D Robinson (2,off Tomlin).  SB–Moreno (7,2nd base off Pastore/Correll); Morgan (7,2nd base off D Robinson/Ott).  WP–Pastore (1).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Cliff Schaller, 2B–Jerry Fick, 3B–Ed Oliger.  T–2:30.  A–18,372.
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