Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 0 0
Kennedy 2b 5 4 4 1
Concepcion ss 5 1 4 4
Foster lf 4 1 1 1
Summers 1b 4 0 1 1
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Collins 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 8 14 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Foli ss 4 1 1 0
Parker rf 5 1 1 2
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson lf 4 0 2 0
  Alexander pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Ott c 3 2 2 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 0 1 2
Blyleven p 1 0 0 0
  Easler ph 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Cincinnati 102 001 0138141
Pittsburgh 002 101 000490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   6.0 7 4 4 3 6
  Tomlin  W (1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bair  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   6.0 7 4 4 0 5
  Whitson  L (1-2) 1.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Tekulve   1.1 4 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
2
9

  E–Bonham (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (3,off Blyleven); Geronimo (3,off Tekulve), Pittsburgh Ott 2 (3,off Bonham 2).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (3,off Tekulve).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (5,3rd inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out); Foster (5,6th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Parker (4,3rd inning off Bonham 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Griffey (2,by Tekulve); Foster (4,by Tekulve).  SH–Blyleven (1,off Bonham); Ott (2,off Tomlin).  SF–Garner (1,off Bonham).  WP–Bonham 2 (2), Blyleven 3 (4).  IBB–Tekulve 2 (4,Griffey,Foster).  U-HP–Dick Tremblay, 1B–Joe Schratz, 2B–Bob Nelson, 3B–Harry Small.  T–2:48.  A–14,115.
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