Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 2, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 2003 at Great American Ballpark. 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 3 2
Giles lf 4 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 0 0
Simon 1b 3 1 1 3
  Sanders ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Stairs rf 4 1 2 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Reese 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson ss 4 0 0 0
Wells p 2 0 1 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 0
  Young 1b 1 1 1 2
Totals 38 7 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 1 2 0
Boone 2b 5 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 1
Kearns rf 3 2 2 2
Dunn lf 4 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 0 0 0
Larson 3b 3 0 1 1
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 4 0 2 0
Dempster p 2 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 300 000 0407101
Cincinnati 201 001 000492
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   6.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Torres  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sauerbeck   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Boehringer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster   6.2 7 3 3 4 2
  White   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Manzanillo  L (0-1) 0.2 3 4 2 0 0
  Mercker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Riedling   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
4
3

  E–Reese (2), Dempster (1), Manzanillo (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Cincinnati Larkin (1,off Wells); LaRue (1,off Wells); Boone (1,off Torres).  HR–Pittsburgh Simon (1,1st inning off Dempster 2 on, 2 out); Young (1,8th inning off Manzanillo 1 on, 2 out); Kendall (2,8th inning off Manzanillo 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Kearns (1,1st inning off Wells 1 on, 2 out); Griffey (1,3rd inning off Wells 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Giles (1,by Dempster); Griffey (1,by Torres).  IBB–Torres (1,Griffey); Dempster (1,Giles).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:35.  A–22,878.
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