Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 8, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2006 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 9, Cincinnati Reds 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 5 1 1 0
Wilson J. ss 4 1 2 2
Casey 1b 5 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 3 3 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Sanchez 3b 5 1 3 3
Castillo 2b 4 2 3 3
Cota c 2 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson C. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Perez p 1 0 0 0
  Doumit c 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 2b 4 3 3 1
Lopez ss 4 2 2 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 1
Aurilia 1b 4 1 2 3
Dunn lf 3 0 0 1
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 1 1 0
Kearns rf 5 2 3 1
Valentin c 4 1 1 2
Harang p 2 1 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Abad ph 1 0 0 0
  Belisle p 0 0 0 0
  Denorfia lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 12 9
Pittsburgh 020 100 2139131
Cincinnati 301 400 30x11120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (0-1) 3.1 6 8 5 4 2
  Vogelsong   2.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Torres   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Grabow   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
11
8
6
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang  W (1-1) 6.2 8 5 5 0 10
  Burns   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Belisle   1.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Hammond   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  White  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
3
14

  E–O. Perez (1).  PB–Doumit (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Bay (1,off Harang); Sanchez 2 (2,off Harang,off Belisle); Duffy (1,off Harang); J. Wilson (2,off Burns)., Cincinnati Kearns (4,off Torres); Valentin (1,off Torres).  HR–Pittsburgh Castillo (1,2nd inning off Harang 1 on 2 out), Cincinnati Aurilia (2,1st inning off O. Perez 2 on 1 out); Kearns (1,4th inning off O. Perez 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Harang (1,off Vogelsong).  SF–Dunn (2,off O. Perez).  IBB–Dunn (1,by Vogelsong).  Team–8.  SB–Freel 2 (5,3rd base off O. Perez/Cota,2nd base off O. Perez/Cota); Lopez (1,2nd base off O. Perez/Cota).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:15.  A–20,244.
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