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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-09-08 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · 80°F, cloudy · Wind 3 mph to LF · 3:08

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 7–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 8th. Todd Ritchie earned the win. Sean Casey 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	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	7
PIT	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3		7	11

W: Todd Ritchie L: Scott Williamson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Matt Hollowell · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pokey Reese	3	1	2	0	1	0
Chris Stynes	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Griffey	4	1	2	1	0	0
Sean Casey	4	1	2	2	0	0
Dmitri Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Tucker	2	0	0	0	1	0
Benito Santiago	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Sexton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Mercado	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Ochoa	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	2	2	1	1	1
Jason Kendall	5	0	3	2	0	1
Brian Giles	3	1	0	0	2	1
John Vander Wal	4	1	1	2	1	1
Enrique Wilson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Warren Morris	3	0	2	0	1	0
Alex Hernandez	4	1	1	1	0	2
Abraham Nunez	3	2	1	0	1	0
Todd Ritchie	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Wehner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Meares	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Williamson	3.2	6	4	1
Hector Mercado	1.2	2	1	3
Scott Sullivan	1.2	1	0	2
John Riedling	1.0	2	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	6.0	5	1	5
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	1	1
Scott Sauerbeck	1.0	1	0	0
Mike Williams	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pokey Reese: 63/G6
Chris Stynes: K+PB.B-1
Ken Griffey: 46(1)/FO/G4
Sean Casey: 63/G6

Bot 1

Adrian Brown: K
Jason Kendall: S/G4MD+
Brian Giles: 4(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 2

Dmitri Young: 43/G4D
Michael Tucker: 43/G4
Benito Santiago: K

Bot 2

John Vander Wal: W
Enrique Wilson: 7/F78S
Warren Morris: S7/L7LM.1-3(E7);B-2
Alex Hernandez: 6/L6
Abraham Nunez: WP.3-H(UR);2-3
Abraham Nunez: IW
Todd Ritchie: 53/G56

Top 3

Chris Sexton: 9/F89M
Scott Williamson: K/C
Pokey Reese: S7/G56
Chris Stynes: WP.1-2
Chris Stynes: 3/P34S

Bot 3

Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: D7/L7LM+.1-H
Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: 6/P5D
Enrique Wilson: 7/F7M
Warren Morris: 8/F8RD

Top 4

Ken Griffey: S9/L9S
Sean Casey: HR/L8RXD+.1-H
Dmitri Young: 8/F8RXD+
Michael Tucker: W
Benito Santiago: 7/F7D
Chris Sexton: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 4

Alex Hernandez: HR/L8RXD+
Abraham Nunez: S/G15+
Todd Ritchie: 3/SH/BG23-.1-2
Adrian Brown: 43/G34.2-3
Jason Kendall: D7/F7LD+.3-H
Brian Giles: K

Top 5

Hector Mercado: K
Pokey Reese: D/L8LD
Chris Stynes: K
Ken Griffey: D9/L9LM.2-H
Sean Casey: 9/F89XD+

Bot 5

John Vander Wal: K
Enrique Wilson: S7/G56
Warren Morris: WP.1-2
Warren Morris: W
Alex Hernandez: K
Abraham Nunez: 43/G4

Top 6

Dmitri Young: 43/G4
Michael Tucker: 63/G6
Benito Santiago: 63/G6S

Bot 6

John Wehner: 3/G3S
Adrian Brown: S9/L9S
Jason Kendall: K
Brian Giles: 6/P6M

Top 7

Chris Sexton: 9/F9D+
Alex Ochoa: K
Pokey Reese: W
Chris Stynes: 3/G3S-

Bot 7

John Vander Wal: 7/F7M
Enrique Wilson: 7/F78M
Warren Morris: S9/L9M
Alex Hernandez: K

Top 8

Ken Griffey: 4/P34D
Sean Casey: T/L78XD+
Dmitri Young: 53/G
Mike Bell: 3/P13-

Bot 8

Abraham Nunez: E3/G34S
Pat Meares: 23/SH/BG25-.1-2
Adrian Brown: D7/G5.2-H(UR)
Jason Kendall: 8/L8RD+
Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: D/L78D+.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Enrique Wilson: 63/G6

Top 9

Benito Santiago: S8/G6M
Chris Sexton: 16(1)/FO/G15
Alex Ochoa: 64(1)3/GDP/G6