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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1977-08-05 · Night game · Cinergy Field · night · 2:47

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 12–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 6 in the 2nd. Jerry Reuss earned the win. Dave Parker went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	15
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

W: Jerry Reuss L: Fred Norman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Quick · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Dick Stello · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Taveras	3	3	1	0	2	0
Fernando Gonzalez	6	2	3	2	0	0
Dave Parker	4	3	2	5	1	1
Bill Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Oliver	4	0	1	0	1	2
Rennie Stennett	5	1	2	0	0	0
Duffy Dyer	4	1	1	0	1	1
Omar Moreno	5	2	2	1	0	0
Jerry Reuss	5	0	2	2	0	1
Ken Macha	4	0	1	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Griffey	2	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Concepcion	2	0	0	1	1	0
George Foster	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Bench	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Armbrister	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Auerbach	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Moskau	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Knight	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Plummer	3	0	0	0	0	2
Dale Murray	1	1	1	0	0	0
Champ Summers	2	0	1	0	0	1
Cesar Geronimo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Lum	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Reuss	9.0	4	1	7

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Norman	1.1	6	1	2
Manny Sarmiento	1.2	5	0	1
Dale Murray	5.0	4	4	1
Joe Hoerner	0.2	0	0	1
Pedro Borbon	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Taveras: 8
Fernando Gonzalez: S6
Dave Parker: K
Bill Robinson: HP.1-2
Al Oliver: K

Bot 1

Pete Rose: K
Ken Griffey: K
Dave Concepcion: 63

Top 2

Rennie Stennett: S8
Duffy Dyer: S7.1-2
Omar Moreno: D8/89.2-H;1-3
Jerry Reuss: 43.3-H
Frank Taveras: SB3#
Frank Taveras: W
Fernando Gonzalez: S7.3-H;1-2
Dave Parker: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Ken Macha: 8
Al Oliver: T9
Rennie Stennett: 2/FL

Bot 2

George Foster: 7
Johnny Bench: 9
Bob Bailey: 53

Top 3

Duffy Dyer: K
Omar Moreno: S5
Jerry Reuss: SB2
Jerry Reuss: S8.2-H
Frank Taveras: 6(1)/FO
Fernando Gonzalez: SB2
Fernando Gonzalez: D9/89.2-H
Dave Parker: E7.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Ken Macha: D7.2-H(UR)
Al Oliver: 43

Bot 3

Ed Armbrister: 13
Rick Auerbach: 43
Paul Moskau: 53

Top 4

Rennie Stennett: 63
Duffy Dyer: 9
Omar Moreno: 7

Bot 4

Ray Knight: 4/P
Ken Griffey: S7
Dave Concepcion: WP.1-2
Dave Concepcion: W
George Foster: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Bill Plummer: K/C

Top 5

Jerry Reuss: 43
Frank Taveras: D9
Fernando Gonzalez: 8.2-3
Dave Parker: HR/9.3-H
Ken Macha: 63

Bot 5

Bob Bailey: K
Ed Armbrister: 53
Rick Auerbach: 8

Top 6

Al Oliver: K
Rennie Stennett: S7
Duffy Dyer: W.1-2
Omar Moreno: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dale Murray: S8
Ray Knight: S.1-2
Champ Summers: WP.2-3;1-2#
Champ Summers: K
Dave Concepcion: 63.3-H;2-3
George Foster: K

Top 7

Jerry Reuss: S7
Frank Taveras: W.1-2
Fernando Gonzalez: 3/FL
Dave Parker: W.2-3;1-2
Ken Macha: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bill Plummer: K
Bob Bailey: 9
Ed Armbrister: 13

Top 8

Al Oliver: W
Rennie Stennett: 8
Duffy Dyer: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Rick Auerbach: 7
Cesar Geronimo: 5/P
Ray Knight: 9

Top 9

Omar Moreno: 5/P
Jerry Reuss: K
Frank Taveras: HP
Fernando Gonzalez: 9

Bot 9

Champ Summers: S9
Mike Lum: 43.1-2
George Foster: 63.2-3
Bill Plummer: 8

Notes & reviews

Frank Taveras threw his bat at Joe Hoerner after HBP; Hoerner punched Taveras in the face; both benches cleared; Taveras and Hoerner ejected by HP umpire Jim Quick and Taveras suspended for 5 games

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