Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Garner ss,3b 4 1 2 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 2
Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 1
  Foli ss 0 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
Nicosia c 4 0 1 0
Kison p 3 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Milner 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 1 1 1
Gross lf 2 0 1 1
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Unser 1b 3 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt ph 1 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph 1 0 1 0
  Espinosa pr 0 0 0 0
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Carlton ph 1 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson ss 0 1 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 000 300 000380
Philadelphia 000 000 020270
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  W (7-6) 7.0 3 2 2 6 4
  Romo   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Tekulve  SV (21) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (6-11) 3.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Reed   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Bird   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Saucier   2.0 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Madlock (13,off Lerch); Parker (30,off Reed), Philadelphia Trillo (14,off Kison).  3B–Pittsburgh B Robinson (5,off Lerch), Philadelphia McBride (10,off Kison).  IBB–Bowa (4,by Kison).  SB–Moreno (51,2nd base off Lerch/Boone); Gross (3,2nd base off Kison/Nicosia).  IBB–Kison (5,Bowa).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:03.  A–63,346.
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