Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
May 15, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1990 at Riverfront 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 1 0 0
  Reynolds rf 2 0 0 0
Bell ss 5 1 2 1
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Bonilla rf,3b 4 0 2 0
Bonds lf 5 0 0 1
Bream 1b 2 0 0 0
  Redus ph,1b 2 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 2 1 1 1
Lind 2b 5 1 3 0
Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 10 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 5 3 2 1
Hatcher cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 2
Quinones 2b 4 1 1 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Layana p 0 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 1
Roomes lf 3 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Oester 2b 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
Rijo p 1 0 0 0
  Winningham cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 001 010 011 004101
Cincinnati 101 100 001 01580
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley   6.0 5 3 3 0 3
  Ruskin   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Landrum   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Patterson  L (2-1) 1.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.1
8
5
5
2
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   7.0 3 2 2 4 9
  Charlton   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Birtsas   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Layana  W (3-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
5
11

  E–Reynolds (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Oliver (5).  2B–Pittsburgh Lind (7,off Rijo), Cincinnati Quinones (2,off Smiley).  3B–Pittsburgh Lind (1,off Charlton), Cincinnati Hatcher (3,off Landrum).  HR–Pittsburgh Slaught (3,9th inning off Charlton 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Sabo (7,1st inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Smiley (2,off Rijo); Rijo (2,off Smiley).  SF–Benzinger (4,off Landrum).  IBB–Hatcher (1,by Patterson); Larkin (3,by Patterson).  SB–Backman (1,2nd base off Rijo/Oliver).  CS–Bonds (2,2nd base by Charlton/Oliver); Bonilla (1,2nd base by Birtsas/Oliver).  WP–Rijo (1), Charlton (2).  BK–Patterson (1).  IBB–Patterson 2 (4,Hatcher,Larkin).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:07.  A–13,353.
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