Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1999 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cameron cf 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 1 3 1
Casey 1b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 0 1 0
Young rf 3 0 1 0
Taubensee c 3 0 1 0
  Lewis ph 1 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 0 1 0
Reese 2b 3 0 0 0
Villone p 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Benjamin ss 4 0 1 0
Giles cf 4 1 1 0
Young 1b 3 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 0 0
Hermansen lf 2 0 1 0
Oliver c 2 0 0 1
Nunez 2b 2 0 0 1
Ritchie p 3 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 2
Cincinnati 001 000 000171
Pittsburgh 000 300 00x340
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Villone  L (8-7) 6.0 3 3 3 3 5
  Belinda   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  W (13-9) 8.0 7 1 1 1 6
  Clontz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6

  E–Villone (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Taubensee (5); Oliver (1).  2B–Cincinnati Boone (23,off Ritchie), Pittsburgh Hermansen (2,off Villone).  3B–Pittsburgh Benjamin (7,off Villone); Giles (3,off Villone).  HR–Cincinnati Larkin (12,3rd inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Nunez (12,off Villone).  SF–Oliver (2,off Villone).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:17.  A–21,853.
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