Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2005 at PNC Park. 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel lf 5 0 0 1
Lopez ss 3 1 1 0
Aurilia 3b 4 1 2 0
Dunn 1b 4 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 0 0 0
Valentin c 3 1 2 2
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Denorfia cf 3 1 0 0
Olmedo 2b 4 0 2 1
Ortiz p 2 0 0 0
  Shackelford p 0 0 0 0
  Standridge p 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  LaRue c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redman cf 5 1 1 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 1 3 1
Mackowiak rf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson C. ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Bay lf 4 1 2 1
Doumit c 4 0 1 0
Ward 1b 3 0 3 1
  Sanchez ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Bautista 3b 3 1 1 0
Furmaniak 2b 2 0 0 0
  Eldred ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Wells p 2 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
  Wigginton ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth ph,cf 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 13 5
Cincinnati 200 200 000471
Pittsburgh 001 100 0125130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   6.0 9 2 2 1 5
  Shackelford   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Standridge   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Mercker   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Weathers  L (7-3) 0.2 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
6
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   5.0 6 4 4 4 4
  Vogelsong   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Grabow   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Torres  W (5-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
8

  E–Denorfia (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. F. Lopez-Olmedo-Dunn.  2B–Cincinnati Aurilia (20,off Wells).  SH–Ortiz (6,off Wells).  Team LOB–6.  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Adam Dowdy, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Chad Fairchild.
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