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Reds
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
April 18, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, played on April 18, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 18, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 18, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Burba |
Home Starting Pitcher | Francisco Cordova |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 9,082 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Brian Gibbons 1B: Terry Tata 2B: Gerry Davis 3B: Angel Hernandez |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Deion Sanders | Center Fielder |
Brook Fordyce | Catcher |
Barry Larkin | Shortstop |
Willie Greene | Third Baseman |
Reggie Sanders | Right Fielder |
Ruben Sierra | Left Fielder |
Hal Morris | First Baseman |
Bret Boone | Second Baseman |
Dave Burba | Pitcher |
Ray Knight | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Keith Osik | Catcher |
Francisco Cordova | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
April 18, 1997
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Fordyce vs. Cordova
Fordyce hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Larkin vs. Cordova
The ball gets by Osik for a passed ball. Fordyce moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Cordova
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fordyce moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Greene vs. Cordova
Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greene for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Burba
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Burba
Allensworth is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Burba
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Burba
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Cordova
Cordova fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Cordova. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Sierra vs. Cordova
Sierra hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sanders moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Morris vs. Cordova
Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Sanders scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Cordova
Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Burba
Elster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Burba
Randa is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Burba
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Burba
Osik takes first base on ball four. Elster moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Burba vs. Cordova
Burba is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a fly ballSanders hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Brown is chasing the ball. Sanders rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Fordyce vs. Cordova
Fordyce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Cordova
Larkin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Burba
Womack hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Burba
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Burba
Brown strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Cordova
Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greene for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Cordova
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Cordova, and towards Elster, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Morris vs. Cordova
Morris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa juggles the ball. That's an error on Randa. Sanders scores. Morris moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Cordova
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Burba
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Burba
Elster hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Burba
Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Burba
Guillen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Burba
Osik hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Cordova vs. Burba
Burba spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Burba. Guillen moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Cordova vs. Burba
Cordova strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burba vs. Cordova
Burba hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cordova fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fordyce vs. Cordova
Fordyce hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Fordyce reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Cordova
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Burba
Womack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Allensworth vs. Burba
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Burba
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Burba
There goes Brown. The throw from Fordyce and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Burba
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Cordova
Greene hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Cordova
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sierra for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Burba
Elster strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Burba
Randa strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Burba
Guillen is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Burba
Osik hits a fly ball into center field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Cordova
Morris is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Cordova
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Burba vs. Cordova
Burba hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Cordova
Sanders hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Sanders reaches second base with a double. Burba moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Fordyce vs. Cordova
Fordyce hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sveum vs. Remlinger
Dale Sveum pinch hits for Francisco Cordova. Mike Remlinger now pitching.
Sveum strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Remlinger
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Remlinger
Allensworth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Wilkins
Greene strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Wilkins
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Wilkins
There goes Sanders. The throw from Osik and he is out, Elster applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Remlinger
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Remlinger
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Shaw
Lenny Harris now playing right field. Jeff Shaw now pitching.
Elster strikes out. There goes Brown. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Shaw
Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Wilkins
Sierra strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Wilkins
Morris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Morris reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Wilkins
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Granger
Jeff Branson pinch hits for Jeff Shaw. Jeff Granger now pitching. Eduardo Perez pinch hits for Jeff Branson.
There's a wild pitch. Morris moves to third. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Granger
There's a wild pitch. Morris scores. Boone moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Granger
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Sanders vs. Granger
Sanders takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Fordyce vs. Wainhouse
Dave Wainhouse now pitching.
The ball gets by Osik for a passed ball. Boone scores. Perez moves to third. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Fordyce vs. Wainhouse
Fordyce takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Larkin vs. Wainhouse
Larkin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Greene vs. Wainhouse
Greene takes first base on ball four. Perez scores. Sanders moves to third. Fordyce moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Wainhouse
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Brantley
Jeff Brantley now pitching.
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Brantley
Osik hits a fly ball into center field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cummings vs. Brantley
Midre Cummings pinch hits for Dave Wainhouse.
Cummings hits a fly ball into center field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/18/1997 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (N) Cincinnati AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Sanders D, cf 4 1 3 1 Womack T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Fordyce B, c 4 0 1 0 Allensworth J, cf 4 0 0 0 Larkin B, ss 5 0 0 0 Brown E, lf 3 0 2 0 Greene W, 3b 4 0 0 1 Johnson M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Sanders R, rf 2 2 1 0 Elster K, ss 3 1 1 1 Harris L, rf 1 0 0 0 Randa J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Sierra R, lf 4 0 1 0 Guillen J, rf 2 0 0 0 Morris H, 1b 4 1 1 0 Osik K, c 3 0 1 0 Boone B, 2b 3 1 0 0 Cordova F, p 2 0 0 0 Burba D, p 3 0 1 0 Sveum D, ph 1 0 0 0 Remlinger M, p 0 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Shaw J, p 0 0 0 0 Granger J, p 0 0 0 0 Branson J, ph 0 0 0 0 Wainhouse D, p 0 0 0 0 Perez E, ph 0 1 0 0 Cummings M, ph 1 0 0 0 Brantley J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 6 8 2 31 1 5 1 Cincinnati 011 100 003 -- 6 Pittsburgh 000 100 000 -- 1 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Burba D (W) 6.0 4 1 1 4 11 Remlinger M 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 Shaw J 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Brantley J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Cordova F (L) 7.0 7 3 1 1 2 Wilkins M 1.1 1 2 2 2 2 Granger J* 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 Wainhouse D 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Cordova F, Randa J, Burba D DP -- Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1 LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 8 2B -- Fordyce B, Sanders D, Morris H HR -- Sanders D, Elster K SB -- Brown E 2 CS -- Sanders R HBP -- by Burba D (Guillen J) WP -- Granger J 2 PB -- Osik K 2 T -- 2:57 A -- 9082
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