Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
May 27, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2005 at Great American Ball Park. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 5 0 1 0
Redman cf 3 0 0 0
  Wigginton ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 1 3 0
Ward 1b 4 1 1 0
Mackowiak 3b,cf 3 1 1 3
Castillo 2b 4 1 2 0
Sanchez ss 4 1 3 0
Ross c 4 0 1 1
  Cota pr,c 0 0 0 0
Fogg p 2 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 1 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 13 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 2b 5 0 1 0
Lopez ss 5 1 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 0 1 1
Kearns rf 4 0 0 0
Dunn 1b 3 1 2 1
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Valentin c 4 1 2 2
Ortiz p 3 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Romano lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Pittsburgh 000 300 0025131
Cincinnati 000 113 0016111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fogg   5.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Grabow   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Torres   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Gonzalez  L (0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
11
6
6
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   6.1 10 3 3 1 4
  Mercker   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Wagner  W (2-1) 1.0 2 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
1
7

  E–Mackowiak (4), Freel (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Mackowiak-Castillo-Ward, Wigginton-Castillo-Ward, Cincinnati 3. Kearns-Valentin, Freel-F. Lopez-Dunn, Freel-F. Lopez-Dunn.  PB–Ross (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Castillo (5,off Ortiz); Bay (13,off Mercker); Sanchez (6,off Wagner), Cincinnati F. Lopez (12,off Fogg); Randa (13,off Fogg); Cruz (4,off Fogg); Romano (1,off Gonzalez).  HR–Pittsburgh Mackowiak (4,4th inning off Ortiz 2 on 0 out), Cincinnati Valentin (1,5th inning off Fogg 0 on 0 out); Dunn (14,6th inning off Fogg 0 on 0 out).  SH–J. Wilson (6,off Wagner).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Lawton (7,2nd base off Ortiz/Valentin).  CS–Lawton (6,2nd base by Ortiz/Valentin).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:48.  A–24,370.
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