Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 2b,lf 5 2 1 1
Aurilia ss,2b 4 1 3 0
Dunn 1b 4 1 1 0
Kearns rf 4 1 0 1
LaRue c 2 1 1 3
Pena cf 3 0 1 1
  Lopez ss 1 0 0 0
Denorfia lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Holbert 3b 4 1 1 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 1 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 0 0
  Belisle p 0 0 0 0
  Coffey p 0 0 0 0
  Encarnacion ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez 2b 4 2 3 2
Wilson J. ss 4 2 2 1
Bay lf 4 1 1 1
Wilson C. rf 5 0 0 0
Eldred 1b 4 1 3 1
Cota c 5 1 1 1
Bautista 3b 3 1 0 1
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
McLouth cf 3 0 0 0
Perez p 1 0 1 2
  Bullington p 0 0 0 0
  Redman ph 1 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Furmaniak ph 1 0 1 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Wigginton 3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
Cincinnati 320 200 0007100
Pittsburgh 600 000 03x9123
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   0.2 6 6 6 2 0
  Hudson   5.1 2 0 0 1 5
  Belisle  L (4-8) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Coffey   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
4
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   2.2 5 5 4 5 3
  Bullington   1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Meadows   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Vogelsong   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Grabow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez  W (1-3) 2.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
8
9

  E–Sanchez (6), Eldred (5), Bautista (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Sanchez-Eldred.  2B–Cincinnati Pena (16,off Perez); Dunn (32,off Bullington); Aurilia (21,off Gonzalez), Pittsburgh Eldred (9,off Belisle).  3B–Pittsburgh Sanchez (4,off Belisle).  HR–Cincinnati LaRue (13,1st inning off Perez 2 on 2 out).  SH–Hudson (2,off Perez); Sanchez (3,off Hudson).  SF–Pena (1,off Bullington).  HBP–LaRue (13,by Bullington); Eldred (3,by Hudson); McLouth (4,by Hudson).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Bay (8,by Hudson).  Team–9.  SB–Perez (1,2nd base off Milton/LaRue); J. Wilson (6,2nd base off Hudson/LaRue).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Adam Dowdy.  T–3:17.  A–21,320.
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