Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
May 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 2 3 2 1
Lind 2b 5 0 1 2
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 1
Coles rf 3 0 2 1
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bream ph,1b 1 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 4 0 0 0
Walk p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 4 1 0 0
Collins rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 0 1 0
Concepcion 1b 4 1 0 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 1 0
Garcia cf 1 0 0 0
  McClendon ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Browning p 1 0 1 1
  Quinones ph 1 0 0 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Pacillo p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neill ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Pittsburgh 011 010 002591
Cincinnati 010 010 000250
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  W (5-3) 6.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Kipper   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Robinson  SV (6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (2-2) 7.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Rijo   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Murphy   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Pacillo   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Birtsas   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
8

  E–Milligan (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Coles (5,off Browning); Bonilla (13,off Browning).  3B–Pittsburgh Lind (2,off Pacillo).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (11,5th inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Coles (3,by Rijo).  SB–Van Slyke (8,2nd base off Rijo/Diaz); Collins (2,2nd base off Walk/LaValliere).  CS–Bonds (6,2nd base by Browning/Diaz).  WP–Walk (2).  BK–Walk (3), Browning (3).  HBP–Rijo (2,Coles).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:49.  A–42,232.
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