Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
September 11, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 4 0 1 0
Wilson J. ss 4 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 0 2 2
Wilson C. rf 4 0 1 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0
Cota c 4 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
Eldred 1b 3 1 2 0
Wigginton 3b 4 0 2 1
Maholm p 2 1 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Redman rf 0 0 0 0
  Restovich ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel lf 4 1 0 0
Lopez ss 4 0 1 1
Aurilia 2b 4 0 2 1
Dunn 1b 3 0 0 0
Pena cf 4 0 1 0
  Coffey p 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 1 2 1
Encarnacion 3b 3 1 0 0
Denorfia rf,cf 3 1 1 0
Claussen p 2 0 1 0
  Belisle p 0 0 0 0
  Kearns ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Totals 31 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 100 200390
Cincinnati 000 000 50x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm   6.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Grabow  L (2-3) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  White   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Gonzalez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Mesa   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Claussen   6.0 5 1 1 4 3
  Belisle  W (4-7) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Coffey   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Mercker   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Weathers  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2. J. Wilson-Sanchez-Eldred, J. Wilson-Sanchez-Eldred, Cincinnati 1. F. Lopez-Aurilia-Dunn.  2B–Pittsburgh Wigginton 2 (8,off Claussen,off Coffey); Bay (40,off Belisle), Cincinnati Denorfia (1,off Grabow).  HR–Cincinnati LaRue (12,7th inning off Maholm 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Dunn (11,by Maholm); Freel (7,by White).  Team–8.  SB–McLouth (1,2nd base off Claussen/LaRue); Eldred (1,2nd base off Claussen/LaRue); Bay (19,2nd base off Claussen/LaRue).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:56.  A–18,529.
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