Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1997 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders lf 5 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 4 2 2 0
Nunnally rf 4 1 1 3
Greene 3b 4 2 2 1
Morris 1b 4 1 3 1
Oliver c 4 0 1 1
Boone 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 1 1 0
Burba p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 4 1 2 1
Martin lf 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 2 0 1 0
Sveum 3b 4 0 1 1
Kendall c 4 1 2 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 4 0 0 0
Loaiza p 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 1 1 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Cincinnati 310 030 0007112
Pittsburgh 100 010 010382
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  W (6-9) 9.0 8 3 3 2 10
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  L (6-7) 4.2 9 7 6 0 4
  Ruebel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Silva   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sodowsky   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
1
11

  E–Reese 2 (3), Kendall (4), Polcovich (11).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Ward (3,off Burba).  3B–Cincinnati Morris (1,off Loaiza).  HR–Cincinnati Nunnally (1,5th inning off Loaiza 1 on, 2 out); Greene (14,5th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Kendall (3,8th inning off Burba 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Nunnally (1,off Loaiza).  HBP–M Johnson (2,by Burba).  SB–Goodwin (22,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall); Reese (13,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall); D Sanders (45,2nd base off Silva/Kendall); Morris (3,2nd base off Sodowsky/Kendall).  CS–Goodwin (13,2nd base by Loaiza/Kendall).  WP–Sodowsky (4).  HBP–Burba (8,M Johnson).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:31.  A–30,698.
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