Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1987 at Riverfront Stadium. 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
Bonds lf 3 2 1 1
Van Slyke cf 5 1 3 1
Ray 2b 5 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 1 1
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 0 0
Coles 3b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 0 2 0
  Belliard pr 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 2 0 1 0
Dunne p 1 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 2 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 2 3 1
Davis cf 3 1 1 0
Parker rf 3 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 2 3
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Stillwell 2b 3 1 1 0
Power p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  McGriff c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 101 010 000390
Cincinnati 210 010 10x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne  L (7-5) 7.0 9 5 5 5 3
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 9 5 5 5 5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Power  W (10-7) 5.2 5 3 3 6 2
  Murphy   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Williams   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (24) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 6 5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (30,off Power), Cincinnati Davis (21,off Dunne); Bell (16,off Dunne).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (21,1st inning off Power 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Parker (22,5th inning off Dunne 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Coles (2,off Power); Dunne (7,off Power); Power 2 (6,off Dunne 2).  IBB–Pedrique (2,by Power); Parker (12,by Dunne); Daniels (9,by Dunne).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  SB–Bonds (24,2nd base off Power/Diaz).  IBB–Dunne 2 (8,Parker,Daniels); Power (3,Pedrique).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:45.  A–22,542.

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