Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 18, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1999 at Cinergy 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 3 0 1 1
Morris 2b 4 0 1 2
Ward rf 3 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 1 1
Garcia lf 3 0 0 0
  Giles lf 1 0 0 0
Osik c 4 0 0 0
Benjamin ss 3 2 2 0
Ritchie p 2 0 2 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Brown B. ph 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 0 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cameron cf 3 1 0 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 0 1 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
Tucker rf 2 0 0 0
  Young ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Boone 3b 2 1 1 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Lewis 3b 0 0 0 0
Taubensee c 4 0 2 0
Reese 2b 4 0 2 1
Avery p 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0
  Hammonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 001 100 002480
Cincinnati 000 010 010271
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie   6.1 6 1 1 2 5
  Sauerbeck   1.1 0 1 1 2 1
  Loiselle  W (1-1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Williams  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Avery   7.0 6 2 2 3 3
  Graves  L (1-2) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Reyes   0.2 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
5
4

  E–Reyes (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Benjamin (1,off Avery), Cincinnati Boone (1,off Ritchie).  3B–Pittsburgh Benjamin (1,off Graves).  HR–Pittsburgh Sprague (2,4th inning off Avery 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ritchie (1,off Avery); Ward (1,off Graves); Larkin (3,off Sauerbeck).  SF–Morris (1,off Avery).  HBP–Ward (1,by Avery).  IBB–Kendall (2,by Reyes); Vaughn (1,by Sauerbeck).  SB–Kendall (4,3rd base off Reyes/Taubensee); A Brown (1,2nd base off Reyes/Taubensee).  WP–Avery (1).  HBP–Avery (1,Ward).  IBB–Sauerbeck (1,Vaughn); Reyes (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:36.  A–16,667.
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