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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1979-07-08 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 43099 · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 2–1. Grant Jackson earned the win and Kent Tekulve picked up the save. Willie Stargell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Grant Jackson L: Dave Tomlin SV: Kent Tekulve

Umpires — HP: Charlie Williams · 1B: Steve Fields · 2B: Jerry Crawford · 3B: John Kibler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Omar Moreno	4	1	1	0	1
Tim Foli	3	0	1	0	0
Dave Parker	4	0	0	1	1
Willie Stargell	4	1	2	1	0
John Milner	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Madlock	4	0	0	0	1
Ed Ott	3	0	1	0	1
Rennie Stennett	3	0	1	0	0
Bert Blyleven	1	0	0	0	1
Manny Sanguillen	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Griffey	4	1	1	0	0	1
Junior Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Morgan	2	0	1	1	1	0
Dan Driessen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Knight	1	0	1	0	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hector Cruz	2	0	0	0	1	0
Vic Correll	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Hume	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Spilman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Collins	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Foster	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	7.0	5	1	5
Grant Jackson	1.2	0	1	1
Kent Tekulve	0.1	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Hume	8.0	6	0	4
Dave Tomlin	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Omar Moreno: D8/78
Tim Foli: 1/SH.2-3
Dave Parker: 63.3-H
Willie Stargell: 43

Bot 1

Ken Griffey: K
Junior Kennedy: K
Joe Morgan: S4
Dan Driessen: K

Top 2

John Milner: S9
Bill Madlock: K
Ed Ott: 7
Rennie Stennett: 3/FL

Bot 2

Ray Knight: S7
Cesar Geronimo: S8.1-3
Hector Cruz: W.1-2
Vic Correll: 9/NDP.3XH(52)
Tom Hume: 43

Top 3

Bert Blyleven: K
Omar Moreno: 8
Tim Foli: S9
Dave Parker: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Ken Griffey: 7
Junior Kennedy: 43
Joe Morgan: 31

Top 4

Willie Stargell: S9
John Milner: 46(1)3/GDP
Bill Madlock: 53

Bot 4

Dan Driessen: 7
Harry Spilman: 43
Cesar Geronimo: 63

Top 5

Ed Ott: S8
Rennie Stennett: 6/L
Bert Blyleven: 14/SH.1-2
Omar Moreno: K

Bot 5

Hector Cruz: 53
Vic Correll: 8
Tom Hume: 3/FL

Top 6

Tim Foli: 9
Dave Parker: 7
Willie Stargell: 43

Bot 6

Ken Griffey: D7
Junior Kennedy: 9.2-3
Joe Morgan: 8/SF.3-H
Dan Driessen: K

Top 7

John Milner: 8
Bill Madlock: 7
Ed Ott: K

Bot 7

Harry Spilman: 43
Cesar Geronimo: S7
Hector Cruz: 8
Vic Correll: K

Top 8

Rennie Stennett: S9
Manny Sanguillen: 34/SH.1-2
Omar Moreno: 9
Tim Foli: 63

Bot 8

Dave Collins: K
Ken Griffey: 43
Junior Kennedy: 4/P

Top 9

Dave Parker: K
Willie Stargell: HR/9
John Milner: 6/P
Bill Madlock: 53

Bot 9

Joe Morgan: W
Dan Driessen: 46(1)3/GDP
George Foster: W
Cesar Geronimo: 43

Notes & reviews

Knight ejected by HP umpire Williams for arguing call at home; Knight tried to score when Parker overthrew the plate, but 3bman retrieved ball and threw to catcher who tagged Knight; not a DP due to intervening misplay

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