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Reds 4 @ Pirates 3
Three Rivers Stadium
August 15, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 15, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1978 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 4 H: 5 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 5
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherDoug Bair  
Losing PitcherEd Whitson  
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Game Winning RBIDan Driessen 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1978 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike LaCoss  
Home Starting PitcherBert Blyleven  
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance16,400 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nick Colosi
1B: Satch Davidson
2B: Joe West
3B: John Kibler

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Rose  Third Baseman 
Ken Griffey  Right Fielder 
Joe Morgan  Second Baseman 
George Foster  Left Fielder 
Dan Driessen  First Baseman 
Dave Concepcion  Shortstop 
Mike Lum  Center Fielder 
Vic Correll  Catcher 
Mike LaCoss  Pitcher 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank Taveras  Shortstop 
Omar Moreno  Center Fielder 
Dave Parker  Right Fielder 
John Milner  First Baseman 
Bill Robinson  Left Fielder 
Manny Sanguillen  Catcher 
Phil Garner  Second Baseman 
Dale Berra  Third Baseman 
Bert Blyleven  Pitcher 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

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Reds 4 @ Pirates 3
Three Rivers Stadium
August 15, 1978

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         Game of 8/15/1978 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Rose P, 3b            5  1  3  1   Taveras F, ss         5  0  1  0   
Griffey K, rf         3  0  0  1   Moreno O, cf          3  1  2  0   
Morgan J, 2b          5  0  0  0   Parker D, rf          4  1  1  0   
Foster G, lf          4  0  0  0   Milner J, 1b          2  1  0  0   
Driessen D, 1b        5  1  1  1   Brye S, lf            2  0  0  0   
Concepcion D, ss      4  0  1  0   Robinson B, lf-1b     4  0  1  0   
Lum M, cf             3  0  0  0   Sanguillen M, c       4  0  1  1   
Henderson K, ph       0  0  0  0   Garner P, 2b          4  0  1  1   
Auerbach R, pr        0  1  0  0   Berra D, 3b           3  0  1  0   
Bair D, p             0  0  0  0   Blyleven B, p         3  0  0  0   
Correll V, c          3  0  0  0   Jackson G, p          0  0  0  0   
Geronimo C, ph-cf     0  0  0  0   Tekulve K, p          0  0  0  0   
LaCoss M, p           2  0  0  0   Ott E, ph             1  0  1  0   
Collins D, ph         1  1  0  0   Whitson E, p          0  0  0  0   
Hume T, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Bench J, ph-c         1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4  5  3                        35  3  9  2

Cincinnati       001 000 101 1 --  4
Pittsburgh       300 000 000 0 --  3

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
LaCoss M              6.0  7  3  0  6  1
Hume T                2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Bair D (W)            2.0  2  0  0  1  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blyleven B            6.2  3  2  0  4  6
Jackson G*            1.1  0  1  1  1  0
Tekulve K             1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Whitson E (L)         1.0  1  1  1  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Concepcion D, Garner P, Parker D, Taveras F
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Rose P, Parker D
HR -- Driessen D
SB -- Griffey K, Moreno O, Garner P, Collins D
CS -- Taveras F
SH -- Geronimo C
SF -- Sanguillen M
Balk -- Blyleven B
T -- 3:05
A -- 16400

    

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