Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
October 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1985 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak cf 3 1 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 1 2 0
Ray 2b 4 0 2 1
Bream 1b 4 1 1 1
Brown rf 4 0 1 1
Pena c 4 1 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 1
Khalifa ss 4 0 1 0
McWilliams p 3 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Schu 3b 4 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Samuel 2b 4 0 0 1
Schmidt 1b 4 1 2 0
Wilson rf 4 0 2 1
Virgil c 4 0 2 0
Russell lf 3 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
Jeltz ss 3 0 0 0
Toliver p 1 0 1 0
  Knicely ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Pittsburgh 200 100 1004101
Philadelphia 000 002 000280
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  W (7-9) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Reuschel  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Toliver  L (0-4) 5.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Andersen   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Tekulve   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–Brown (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Virgil (12).  2B–Pittsburgh Bream (7,off Toliver); Brown (18,off Toliver); Pena (27,off Toliver), Philadelphia Virgil (16,off McWilliams); Schu (21,off McWilliams); Schmidt (31,off McWilliams).  3B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (7,off Toliver).  SB–Khalifa (4,2nd base off Toliver/Virgil); Reynolds (18,2nd base off Andersen/Virgil).  CS–Orsulak (11,2nd base by Andersen/Virgil); Ray (9,2nd base by Andersen/Virgil).  T–2:15.
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