Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 17, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1983 at Veteran's Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 1 2 1
Walker lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 2 0
Oester 2b 4 1 1 0
Esasky 3b 4 2 2 1
Knicely c 3 0 0 0
Foley ss 2 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 1 1 3
  Concepcion ss 1 0 0 0
Pastore p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Matthews lf 2 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rose ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeltz 2b 0 0 0 0
Hayes rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 1 1 1
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
Maddox cf 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Altamirano p 0 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Gross K. p 2 0 0 0
  Gross G. rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 2 2
Cincinnati 100 000 301580
Philadelphia 010 010 000220
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (4-8) 9.0 2 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (2-1) 7.0 6 4 4 1 7
  Hernandez   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Altamirano   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  HR–Cincinnati Milner (4,1st inning off K Gross 0 on, 0 out); Bench (8,7th inning off K Gross 2 on, 2 out); Esasky (5,9th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Diaz (9,2nd inning off Pastore 0 on, 1 out); Schmidt (18,5th inning off Pastore 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Milner (7,2nd base by K Gross/Diaz).  SB–Matthews 2 (10,2nd base off Pastore/Knicely 2).  T–2:14.  A–38,519.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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