Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 16, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 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 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 1 0 0
Griffey cf 1 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 3 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 2 1
Bench 1b 5 0 1 0
Knight 3b 5 1 2 0
Oester 2b 2 1 1 1
O'Berry c 4 0 1 1
LaCoss p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Easler rf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 1 0
Scurry p 1 0 1 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Cincinnati 000 022 000490
Pittsburgh 000 000 000051
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (2-4) 9.0 5 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Scurry  L (1-2) 5.0 6 4 4 3 5
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Tekulve   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Romo   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
9

  E–Pena (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1.  SF–Foster (2,off Scurry).  HBP–Griffey (1,by Scurry).  IBB–Collins (1,by Cruz); Oester 2 (3,by Tekulve,by Romo).  HBP–Scurry (1,Griffey).  IBB–Cruz (2,Collins); Tekulve (3,Oester); Romo (5,Oester).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:29.  A–11,890.
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