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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1985-08-20 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 7827 · 2:17

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Rick Reuschel earned the win. Jason Thompson went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rick Reuschel L: Mario Soto SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dana DeMuth · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Scott Grinder · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Milner	5	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Rose	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Parker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	3	1	0	0	1	1
Nick Esasky	3	1	1	0	1	2
Dave Concepcion	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bo Diaz	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Oester	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mario Soto	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Krenchicki	1	0	0	0	0	1
Max Venable	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Perez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Orsulak	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Ray	4	0	3	1	0	0
Bill Madlock	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jason Thompson	3	1	2	1	1	0
Mike Brown	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Pena	3	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Khalifa	3	1	1	0	0	1
Rick Reuschel	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mario Soto	6.0	7	1	4
Tom Hume	2.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reuschel	9.0	7	3	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Milner: 43
Pete Rose: K
Dave Parker: 3/G

Bot 1

Joe Orsulak: D
Johnny Ray: 8.2-3
Bill Madlock: 8/SF.3-H
Jason Thompson: S
Mike Brown: 63

Top 2

Buddy Bell: E5.B-1
Nick Esasky: K
Dave Concepcion: S.1-2
Bo Diaz: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Ron Oester: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Tony Pena: 53
Denny Gonzalez: K
Sam Khalifa: K

Top 3

Mario Soto: K
Eddie Milner: S
Pete Rose: CS2(24)
Pete Rose: 63

Bot 3

Rick Reuschel: 13
Joe Orsulak: 8
Johnny Ray: S
Bill Madlock: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Dave Parker: E3.B-1
Buddy Bell: K
Nick Esasky: CS2(24)
Nick Esasky: W
Dave Concepcion: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Jason Thompson: HR
Mike Brown: K
Tony Pena: 9
Denny Gonzalez: 13

Top 5

Bo Diaz: 63
Ron Oester: 9
Mario Soto: K

Bot 5

Sam Khalifa: S
Rick Reuschel: 24/SH.1-2
Joe Orsulak: 63.2-3
Johnny Ray: S.3-H
Bill Madlock: CS2(24)

Top 6

Eddie Milner: D
Pete Rose: W
Dave Parker: 7
Buddy Bell: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Esasky: K
Dave Concepcion: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Bill Madlock: S
Jason Thompson: W.1-2
Mike Brown: K
Tony Pena: 4/P
Denny Gonzalez: 4/FL

Top 7

Bo Diaz: 53
Ron Oester: S
Wayne Krenchicki: K
Eddie Milner: 4/P

Bot 7

Sam Khalifa: 9
Rick Reuschel: 8
Joe Orsulak: 31

Top 8

Pete Rose: 3/G
Dave Parker: 43
Buddy Bell: 9

Bot 8

Johnny Ray: S
Bill Madlock: 54(1)3/GDP
Jason Thompson: 5/FL

Top 9

Nick Esasky: S
Dave Concepcion: S.1-2
Max Venable: 7
Ron Oester: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1
Tony Perez: K
Eddie Milner: 31