Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 2 0 1 0
  Owens ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 1 2 0
Larkin ss 5 1 0 0
Davis lf,cf 2 1 1 1
Taubensee c 3 0 1 1
Boone 2b 4 0 0 0
Branson 3b 2 0 0 0
Mottola rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 1 1 1
Martin lf 5 1 3 1
King 2b 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 4 1 3 2
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 3 0 1 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 1 1
Kendall c 4 2 2 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Wehner 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Cincinnati 201 000 000351
Pittsburgh 002 110 01x5112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (6-9) 5.0 7 4 3 3 2
  Carrasco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Shaw   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Service   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Martinez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
4
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (5-5) 7.0 4 3 2 8 4
  Plesac  SV (11) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
9
5

  E–Branson (14), King (10), Kendall (15).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Cincinnati Davis (20,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh Kendall (23,off Service).  SH–Schmidt (2,off Morgan); Wehner (2,off Service).  SF–Allensworth (2,off Morgan).  SB–Goodwin 2 (8,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall 2); Morris (7,3rd base off Schmidt/Kendall); Kendall (4,2nd base off Morgan/Taubensee); Martin (34,2nd base off Spradlin/Taubensee).  WP–Spradlin (1), Schmidt (7).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–7,924.
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