Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
July 2, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 2008 at Great American Ball 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 4 1 1 0
Rivas 2b 5 1 2 1
Bay lf 5 1 2 1
Doumit c 4 3 2 0
Nady rf 5 2 3 3
LaRoche 1b 5 0 2 2
Bautista J. 3b 5 1 1 2
Van Benschoten p 1 0 0 0
  Bautista D. p 2 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Pearce ph 1 0 0 0
  Yates p 0 0 0 0
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Bruce cf 3 2 2 4
Keppinger ss,1b 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. rf 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Dunn lf 3 1 1 1
Encarnacion 3b 3 0 0 0
Votto 1b 3 0 1 0
  Majewski p 0 0 0 0
  Bray p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 1 0
Bako c 4 1 0 0
Thompson p 2 1 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 401 020 1019130
Cincinnati 140 000 000570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Van Benschoten   2.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Bautista  W(1-0) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Burnett   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Grabow   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Yates   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L(0-2) 4.1 8 7 7 1 2
  Affeldt   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Majewski   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Bray   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Wilson-Rivas-Adam LaRoche.  2B–Pittsburgh McLouth (28,off Thompson); Rivas (4,off Thompson), Cincinnati B. Phillips (17,off Van Benschoten); Valentin (5,off Yates).  3B–Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (2,off Affeldt).  HR–Pittsburgh Nady 2 (12,3rd inning off Thompson 0 on 1 out,5th inning off Thompson 1 on 1 out); J. Bautista (10,9th inning off Bray 0 on 2 out), Cincinnati Bruce 2 (6,1st inning off Van Benschoten 0 on 0 out,2nd inning off Van Benschoten 2 on 2 out); Dunn (21,2nd inning off Van Benschoten 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Wilson (3,by Thompson); Doumit (3,by Affeldt); Encarnacion (5,by Van Benschoten).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Chad Fairchild, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–3:02.  A–16,890.
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