Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1986 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."

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Cincinnati Reds 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf,lf 6 2 2 1
Concepcion ss 6 3 4 2
Parker rf 5 2 2 3
Esasky lf,1b 6 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
  Milner cf 2 0 1 3
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Butera c 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 2 1 0
  Stillwell pr 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 5 1 0 0
Browning p 2 0 0 0
  Price p 2 0 1 1
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Runnells 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 49 12 14 12
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Almon lf,ss,3b 4 2 1 1
Reynolds cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Ray 2b 4 0 1 3
Brown rf 5 0 1 2
Bream 1b 6 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 5 1 2 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
Pena c 5 1 2 0
Khalifa ss 2 2 1 1
  Orsulak ph,cf 2 0 1 0
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 0 1 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 1 1 0
  Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 11 8
Cincinnati 101 430 000 00312145
Pittsburgh 011 302 020 0009110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   3.1 3 5 2 5 3
  Price   2.1 5 2 2 1 1
  Terry   1.1 2 2 1 1 0
  Franco   3.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Power  W (2-3) 2.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
12.0
11
9
5
11
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   4.0 7 6 6 3 3
  Guante   0.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Winn   1.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Clements   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Walk   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  DeLeon  L (1-1) 1.0 1 3 3 3 1
Totals
12.0
14
12
12
11
12

  E–Concepcion (2), Diaz 2 (3), Browning (1), Terry (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–T Pena (1).  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion 2 (6,off McWilliams 2); Parker (8,off McWilliams), Pittsburgh T Pena (7,off Browning).  3B–Cincinnati Milner (2,off DeLeon).  HR–Cincinnati Parker (9,4th inning off McWilliams 1 on, 2 out); Bell (1,5th inning off Guante 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Parker (4,by DeLeon); Ray (2,by Franco); Orsulak (1,by Power).  SH–Reynolds 2 (2,off Terry,off Franco).  SF–Almon (1,off Price); Brown (1,off Franco).  SB–Concepcion (6,2nd base off Clements/T Pena); Davis (12,2nd base off DeLeon/T Pena); Mazzilli (3,2nd base off Power/Butera).  CS–T Pena (3,Home by Browning/Diaz); Khalifa (1,Home by Price/Diaz); Orsulak (3,2nd base by Franco/Diaz).  WP–Power (1).  IBB–Franco (4,Ray); Power (3,Orsulak); DeLeon (3,Parker).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–4:24.  A–12,833.
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