Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 0 0 0
Owens lf 4 1 1 0
Nunnally rf 4 3 2 0
Greene 3b 5 2 3 0
Morris 1b 4 2 3 5
  Perez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 1 3 1
  Taubensee c 1 0 0 0
Boone 2b 5 0 4 2
Reese ss 5 0 1 0
Smiley p 3 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 17 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 1
Allensworth cf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 5 1 1 2
Young 1b 3 1 1 2
Sveum 3b 3 0 2 0
  Osik 3b 2 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown rf 1 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 4 1 2 0
Cordova p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Cincinnati 403 200 0009170
Pittsburgh 000 120 0025112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (8-10) 7.0 8 3 3 1 8
  Sullivan   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Shaw   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  L (6-6) 2.0 8 7 7 0 2
  Ruebel   4.0 5 2 1 1 3
  Wilkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Rincon   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
8
1
7

  E–Allensworth (2), Kendall (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Morris 2 (18,off Cordova 2); B Boone (15,off Cordova); Nunnally (1,off Cordova); Oliver (7,off Ruebel).  HR–Pittsburgh Young (11,4th inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out); Smith (4,5th inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Smiley (2,off Ruebel).  SF–Young (4,off Shaw).  HBP–Kendall (23,by Smiley).  SB–Reese (14,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall).  HBP–Smiley (5,Kendall).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:52.  A–19,710.
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