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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-04-29 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 28731 · 70°F, sunny · Wind 2 mph R to L · 2:57

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 7th. Scott Williamson earned the win and Danny Graves picked up the save. Pat Meares went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	8
PIT	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	8

W: Scott Williamson L: Jason Christiansen SV: Danny Graves

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pokey Reese	4	1	1	0	1	0
Sean Casey	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ken Griffey	4	1	2	1	0	1
Dante Bichette	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ed Taubensee	4	1	1	0	0	1
Aaron Boone	3	1	0	0	1	0
Michael Tucker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Dawkins	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Villone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Morris	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Ochoa	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dmitri Young	1	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Stynes	0	0	0	1	0	0
Juan Castro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Neagle	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chad Hermansen	3	0	1	1	0	1
Warren Morris	4	2	2	1	0	0
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brian Giles	2	0	0	1	1	0
Kevin Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wil Cordero	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pat Meares	4	1	2	2	0	1
Mike Benjamin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Francisco Cordova	3	0	0	0	0	2
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Vander Wal	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Villone	5.0	6	3	1
Elmer Dessens	1.0	0	0	1
Scott Williamson	2.0	2	0	3
Danny Graves	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	6.0	4	2	3
Scott Sauerbeck	0.1	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	0.2	1	0	0
Jason Christiansen	0.0	1	1	0
Jose Silva	2.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pokey Reese: D/F8LM
Sean Casey: 8/F8RD.2-3
Ken Griffey: 7/SF/F7LD.3-H
Dante Bichette: 63/G6

Bot 1

Chad Hermansen: D9/L9S
Warren Morris: 43/G4.2-3
Jason Kendall: 4/P4MD
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: 64(1)/FO/G6MD

Top 2

Ed Taubensee: 43/G4
Aaron Boone: 8/F8RXD+
Michael Tucker: 7/FL/F7LMF

Bot 2

Wil Cordero: 7/L78S
Pat Meares: S/G4MD
Mike Benjamin: W.1-2
Francisco Cordova: K/C
Chad Hermansen: 7/F7D

Top 3

Travis Dawkins: S9/G3
Ron Villone: 13/SH.1-2
Pokey Reese: 53/G56S
Sean Casey: 43/G4

Bot 3

Warren Morris: D9/F89XD+
Jason Kendall: 63/G6.2-3
Brian Giles: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Kevin Young: 8/F78D

Top 4

Ken Griffey: K
Dante Bichette: K
Ed Taubensee: 43/G34

Bot 4

Wil Cordero: S/G6
Pat Meares: HR/F7LD.1-H
Mike Benjamin: S7/L78S
Francisco Cordova: PO1(E1).1-2
Francisco Cordova: SB3
Francisco Cordova: 43/G4S
Chad Hermansen: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Warren Morris: 8/F8LM

Top 5

Aaron Boone: 63/G6
Michael Tucker: 43/G4
Travis Dawkins: 3/G34S-

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: W
Brian Giles: 43/G4.1-2
Kevin Young: 8/P8LS
Wil Cordero: 3/FL/P3F

Top 6

Hal Morris: K/C
Pokey Reese: W
Sean Casey: 8/F8LD
Ken Griffey: PO1(E1).1-3
Ken Griffey: 43/G4+

Bot 6

Pat Meares: 3/FL
Mike Benjamin: 7/L7M+
Francisco Cordova: K

Top 7

Dante Bichette: S/L78S
Ed Taubensee: D8/F8LXD+.1-3
Aaron Boone: W
Alex Ochoa: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Dmitri Young: D/F78D+.2-H;1-3
Chris Stynes: 8/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Pokey Reese: 2/FL/P2LF

Bot 7

Chad Hermansen: K/C
Warren Morris: HR/F8RXD+
Jason Kendall: K
Brian Giles: 3/G3

Top 8

Sean Casey: W
Ken Griffey: S9/G34.1-2
Dante Bichette: 13/SH/BG23-.2-3;1-2
Ed Taubensee: K
Aaron Boone: WP.3-H;2-3
Aaron Boone: E4/L34-.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Alex Ochoa: IW
Juan Castro: 8/L8RS

Bot 8

Kevin Young: S8/G6M
Wil Cordero: PO1(13)
Wil Cordero: 4/P6MD
Pat Meares: K

Top 9

Denny Neagle: K
Pokey Reese: 53/G5F
Sean Casey: S8/G4
Ken Griffey: S9/L34D.1-2
Dante Bichette: 1/L15-

Bot 9

Mike Benjamin: 63/G6
Adrian Brown: 43/G4M
John Vander Wal: 8/F8RD