Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1981 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 0 0
  Mejias rf 1 0 1 1
Griffey cf 5 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 2 0
Bench 1b 3 0 0 0
Nolan c 3 1 1 0
  Driessen pr 0 1 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 0 1 0
  Biittner ph 0 0 0 0
  O'Berry pr,c 0 1 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 1 1
Pastore p 3 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,3b 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 4 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Easler rf 4 0 2 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 1 1 0
Pena c 3 0 1 0
Berra 3b 3 0 0 0
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 1 1
  Lacy pr 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cincinnati 000 000 103472
Pittsburgh 000 000 010151
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore   7.2 5 1 1 1 6
  Price  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hume  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   8.0 5 1 1 2 6
  Romo  L (0-2) 0.1 1 3 0 2 0
  Jackson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
1
4
6

  E–Concepcion 2 (8), Thompson (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 2.  SH–Bench (1,off Romo); Pena (1,off Pastore).  SF–Kennedy (1,off Jackson).  HBP–Knight (2,by Perez).  IBB–Nolan (2,by Romo); Moreno (2,by Pastore).  SB–Moreno (9,2nd base off Pastore/Nolan); Lacy (7,2nd base off Pastore/Nolan).  CS–Pena (2,2nd base by Pastore/Nolan).  WP–Perez (1), Romo (1).  HBP–Perez (1,Knight).  IBB–Pastore (1,Moreno); Romo (4,Nolan).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:46.  A–10,592.
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