Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 21, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1996 at Three Rivers 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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Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Owens lf 5 0 1 0
Morris 1b 5 0 1 0
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Sanders rf 4 2 2 1
Boone 2b 3 0 0 1
Oliver c 4 1 1 0
Branson 3b 3 0 1 0
Smiley p 2 0 1 0
  Sabo ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 36 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 2 1 2 0
  Clark pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Martin lf,cf 4 1 1 2
King 1b,3b 4 0 2 1
Merced rf 4 0 0 0
Hayes 3b 4 1 1 1
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Wehner cf,2b 3 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Neagle p 3 1 1 0
  Cordova p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 4
Cincinnati 000 000 103491
Pittsburgh 102 100 20x680
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (8-9) 7.0 8 6 4 0 6
  Shaw   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
0
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  W (12-4) 7.2 5 1 1 1 1
  Cordova   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Plesac  SV (7) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
1

  E–Smiley (2).  2B–Cincinnati Branson (10,off Neagle); Davis (14,off Cordova), Pittsburgh Garcia (13,off Smiley).  3B–Pittsburgh King (1,off Smiley).  HR–Cincinnati Sanders (11,7th inning off Neagle 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Martin (13,3rd inning off Smiley 1 on, 1 out); Hayes (10,4th inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:17.  A–23,117.
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