September 18, 2005 Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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LAA 5
DET 3 TBD 6
@BAL 5 OAK 12
@BOS 3 CLE 11
KCR 0 CHW 2
@MIN 1 TEX 8
SEA 6 TOR 6
NYY 5 COL 7
@ARI 1 CHC 7
STL 4 FLA 14
PHI 6 HOU 6
MIL 1 NYM 4
ATL 1 PIT 9
CIN 7 SDP 2
WSN 1 SFG 5
LAD 3

Standings at end of play this day

PNC Park, Attendance: 21,320

Sunday, September 18, 2005, 1:36PM
Time of Game: 3:17

Reds

69-80

Lost 3

5th, 25 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            3  2  0   2  0  0   0  0  0    7 10  0
Pirates         6  0  0   0  0  0   0  3  X    9 12  3

W: M Gonzalez (1-3), L: M Belisle (4-8)

Pirates

61-88

Won 3

6th, 33 GB

BATTING

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Freel 2B-LF                 5   2   1   1    1   2  .272  .760   28    3   1   SB
R Aurilia SS-2B               4   1   3   0    1   1  .277  .778   19    1   1   2B
A Dunn 1B                     4   1   1   0    1   2  .247  .927   22    8   0   2B
A Kearns RF                   4   1   0   1    1   1  .240  .771   24    1   0   
J LaRue C                     2   1   1   3    2   0  .262  .818   21    8   1   HR,HBP
W Pena CF                     3   0   1   1    0   1  .259  .811   14    1   0   2B,SF
  F Lopez SS                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .285  .814    3    0   0   
C Denorfia LF-CF              5   0   1   0    0   1  .333 1.034   20    2   0   
A Holbert 3B                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .263  .707   19    0   4   
E Milton P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .488         0   0   
  L Hudson P                  1   0   0   0    1   0  .292  .679   10    0   2   SH
  J Valentin PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .296  .937    2    0   0   
  M Belisle P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .286         0   0   
  T Coffey P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  E Encarnacion PH            1   0   1   0    0   0  .225  .692    4    0   0   
Totals                       35   7  10   6    8   9              186   24   9

BATTING

2B: R Aurilia (21, off M Gonzalez); A Dunn (32, off B Bullington); W Pena (16, off O Perez).

HR: J LaRue (13, off O Perez; 1st inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).

SF: W Pena (1, off B Bullington).

SH: L Hudson (2, off O Perez).

HBP: J LaRue (13, by B Bullington).

TB: J LaRue 4; R Aurilia 4; W Pena 2; A Dunn 2; E Encarnacion; A Holbert; R Freel; C Denorfia.

RBI: J LaRue 3 (57); R Freel (19); A Kearns (61); W Pena (49).

2-out RBI: J LaRue 3; R Freel.

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Freel (33, 2nd base off O Perez/H Cota).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Sanchez 2B                  4   2   3   2    0   0  .278  .684   20    3   3   3B,SH
J Wilson SS                   4   2   2   1    1   0  .259  .664   18    1   1   SB
J Bay LF                      4   1   1   1    1   1  .305  .961   22    0   0   IW
C Wilson RF                   5   0   0   0    0   2  .245  .711   24    1   0   
B Eldred 1B                   4   1   3   1    0   1  .260  .804   12   11   0   2B,HBP
H Cota C                      5   1   1   1    0   2  .236  .657   17    9   0   
J Bautista 3B                 3   1   0   1    1   1  .200  .533   15    0   2   
  M Gonzalez P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
N McLouth CF                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .218  .592   12    2   0   HBP
O Perez P                     1   0   1   2    0   0  .207  .433    4    0   1   SB
  B Bullington P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Redman PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .249  .626    3    0   0   
  B Meadows P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  J Furmaniak PH              1   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .775    8    0   0   
  R Vogelsong P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .472         0   0   
  J Grabow P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Wigginton 3B              0   1   0   0    1   0  .260  .789    4    0   1   
Totals                       35   9  12   9    4   8              159   27   9

BATTING

2B: B Eldred (9, off M Belisle).

3B: F Sanchez (4, off M Belisle).

SH: F Sanchez (3, off L Hudson).

IBB: J Bay (8, by L Hudson).

HBP: B Eldred (3, by L Hudson); N McLouth (4, by L Hudson).

TB: F Sanchez 5; B Eldred 4; J Wilson 2; O Perez; J Bay; J Furmaniak; H Cota.

RBI: O Perez 2 (3); F Sanchez 2 (29); J Bautista (1); J Wilson (50); J Bay (90); B Eldred (21); H Cota (38).

2-out RBI: O Perez 2; B Eldred; F Sanchez.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 7 for 16.

FIELDING

DP: 1. F Sanchez-B Eldred.

E: J Bautista (1); B Eldred (5); F Sanchez (6).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Wilson (6, 2nd base off L Hudson/J LaRue); O Perez (1, 2nd base off E Milton/J LaRue).

PITCHING

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
E Milton                       0.2   6   6   6    2   0   0   6.84   10   35-19   14· 0· 5    1· 4· 3· 0     14    -     1.90  -0.55
L Hudson                       5.1   2   0   0    1   5   0   6.72   21   77-52   30· 9·13    6· 4· 3· 0          2-0    1.50   0.34
M Belisle, BS (3), L (4-8)     1     3   3   3    1   1   0   4.29    7   30-19   13· 1· 5    2· 2· 1· 0          0-0    2.51  -0.47
T Coffey                       1     1   0   0    0   2   0   4.14    4   12-10    6· 1· 3    2· 0· 0· 0          1-1    0.69  -0.04
Totals                         8    12   9   9    4   8   0          42  154-100  63·11·26   11·10· 7· 0          3-1

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Perez                        2.2   5   5   4    5   3   1   6.26   18   71-35   19· 7· 9    4· 4· 2· 0     28    -     1.18  -0.39
B Bullington                   1.1   1   2   2    1   1   0  13.50    7   30-17    9· 2· 6    2· 2· 0· 0          3-0    1.79  -0.11
B Meadows                      2     1   0   0    0   2   0   4.54    6   21-17   10· 0· 7    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.01   0.11
R Vogelsong                    0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   4.58    4   15-10    6· 3· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.50  -0.00
J Grabow                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.91    1    2-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.09   0.06
M Gonzalez, W (1-3)            2     2   0   0    2   2   0   3.02   10   44-25   10· 6· 9    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    2.11   0.13
Totals                         9    10   7   6    8   9   1          46  183-105  55·18·32   13·10· 5· 0          5-0

M Belisle faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: L Hudson (2; J Bay).

HBP: L Hudson 2 (11; B Eldred, N McLouth); B Bullington (1; J LaRue).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jerry Meals, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Adam Dowdy.

Time of Game: 3:17.

Attendance: 21,320.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 74° F, Wind 4mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Cincinnati Reds               Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. R Freel              2B    1. F Sanchez            2B 
2. R Aurilia            SS    2. J Wilson             SS 
3. A Dunn               1B    3. J Bay                LF 
4. A Kearns             RF    4. C Wilson             RF 
5. J LaRue              C     5. B Eldred             1B 
6. W Pena               CF    6. H Cota               C  
7. C Denorfia           LF    7. J Bautista           3B 
8. A Holbert            3B    8. N McLouth            CF 
9. E Milton             P     9. O Perez              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   0  7-6  1--  4   43%  83% F Sanchez       M Belisle       Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wigginton Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  12-  5  -25%  26% J LaRue         O Perez         Home Run (Fly Ball); Freel Scores; Kearns Scores
   b 1   2  3-3  123  4   16%  74% O Perez         E Milton        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Eldred Scores; Cota Scores; Bautista to 3B
   t 9   2  9-7  123  7   15% 100% R Freel         M Gonzalez      Strikeout Swinging
   b 6   1  7-6  -23  2  -14%  41% J Wilson        L Hudson        Groundout: 3B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Oliver Perez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   47%  R Freel         Walk
   O      1--  4   50%  R Aurilia       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   53%  A Dunn          Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          1--      52%  A Kearns        Freel Steals 2B
          -2-  6   51%  " "             Walk
   RRR    12-  5   26%  J LaRue         Home Run (Fly Ball); Freel Scores; Kearns Scores
   O      ---  3   26%  W Pena          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Eric Milton facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   30%  F Sanchez       Single to RF (Fly Ball)
          1--  5   35%  J Wilson        Walk; Sanchez to 2B
   R      12-  2   45%  J Bay           Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Sanchez Scores; Wilson to 2B
   O      12-  6   39%  C Wilson        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          12-  1   45%  B Eldred        Single to RF (Fly Ball); Wilson to 3B; Bay to 2B
   R      123  2   55%  H Cota          Single to LF (Line Drive); Wilson Scores; Bay to 3B; Eldred to 2B
   R      123  4   64%  J Bautista      Walk; Bay Scores; Eldred to 3B; Cota to 2B
   O      123  1   57%  N McLouth       Popfly: SS (Short LF)
   RR     123  4   74%  O Perez         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Eldred Scores; Cota Scores; Bautista to 3B
          1-3      74%  F Sanchez       Perez Steals 2B
   R      -23  5   81%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Bautista Scores; Perez to 3B
                  Luke Hudson replaces Eric Milton pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  2   78%  J Wilson        Groundout: P-1B
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Pirates 6.

Top of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 3-6, Oliver Perez facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   80%  C Denorfia      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   78%  A Holbert       Single to CF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  1   80%  L Hudson        Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Holbert to 2B
   R      -2-  2   73%  R Freel         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Holbert Scores
   R      1--  2   62%  R Aurilia       Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Freel Scores/No RBI/unER/Adv on E4 (throw)/Adv on E3 (throw); Aurilia to 2B
          -2-  4   61%  A Dunn          Walk
   O      12-  5   66%  A Kearns        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-5, Luke Hudson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   64%  J Bay           Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  8   62%  C Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   61%  B Eldred        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Pirates 6.

Top of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Behind 5-6, Oliver Perez facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   57%  J LaRue         Walk
          1--  2   45%  W Pena          Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); LaRue to 3B
   O      -23  3   51%  C Denorfia      Lineout: 2B
   O      -23  2   60%  A Holbert       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          -23  4   58%  L Hudson        Walk
                  Bryan Bullington replaces Oliver Perez pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  6   67%  R Freel         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Reds 5, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-5, Luke Hudson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   65%  H Cota          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   63%  J Bautista      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   62%  N McLouth       Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Pirates 6.

Top of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 5-6, Bryan Bullington facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   58%  R Aurilia       Walk
          1--  1   44%  A Dunn          Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball); Aurilia to 3B
   RO     -23  7   44%  A Kearns        Groundout: 3B-1B; Aurilia Scores; Dunn to 3B
          --3  4   42%  J LaRue         Hit By Pitch
   RO     1-3  2   40%  W Pena          Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Dunn Scores
   O      1--  5   43%  C Denorfia      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Luke Hudson facing 9-1-2
                  Tike Redman pinch hits for Bryan Bullington batting 9th
   O      ---  3   40%  T Redman        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   37%  F Sanchez       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  3   39%  J Wilson        Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
          1--      40%  J Bay           Wilson Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   36%  " "             Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Top of the 5th, Reds Batting, Ahead 7-6, Brian Meadows facing 8-9-1
                  Brian Meadows replaces Tike Redman pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   38%  A Holbert       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   40%  L Hudson        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  3   41%  R Freel         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Luke Hudson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   38%  C Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   42%  B Eldred        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  6   37%  H Cota          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   34%  J Bautista      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Top of the 6th, Reds Batting, Ahead 7-6, Brian Meadows facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   30%  R Aurilia       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   34%  A Dunn          Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  1   39%  A Kearns        Line Drive Double Play: 2B; Aurilia out at 1B/2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Luke Hudson facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   46%  N McLouth       Hit By Pitch
                  J.J. Furmaniak pinch hits for Brian Meadows batting 9th
          1--  8   55%  J Furmaniak     Single to CF (Line Drive); McLouth to 2B
   O      12-  2   55%  F Sanchez       Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; McLouth to 3B; Furmaniak to 2B
   O      -23  2   41%  J Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B
          -23  4   43%  J Bay           Intentional Walk
   O      123  6   31%  C Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Top of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 7-6, Ryan Vogelsong facing 5-6-7
                  Ryan Vogelsong replaces J.J. Furmaniak pitching and batting 9th
          ---  2   27%  J LaRue         Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  7   30%  W Pena          Flyball: RF
          1--  2   23%  C Denorfia      Single to RF (Ground Ball); LaRue to 3B
   O      1-3  4   30%  A Holbert       Strikeout Swinging
                  John Grabow replaces Ryan Vogelsong pitching and batting 9th; Javier Valentin pinch hits for Luke Hudson batting 9th
   O      1-3  2   36%  J Valentin      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Matt Belisle facing 5-6-7
                  Matt Belisle replaces Javier Valentin pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   49%  B Eldred        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  3   40%  H Cota          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -2-  5   33%  J Bautista      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -2-  5   25%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Top of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 7-6, Mike Gonzalez facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Gonzalez replaces Jose Bautista pitching and batting 7th; Ty Wigginton replaces John Grabow playing 3B batting 9th
   O      ---  4   28%  R Freel         Lineout: SS
          ---  2   23%  R Aurilia       Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  6   27%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  2   30%  A Kearns        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Matt Belisle facing 9-1-2
                  Rich Aurilia moves to 2B; Felipe Lopez replaces Wily Mo Pena playing SS batting 6th; Ryan Freel moves to LF; Chris Denorfia moves to CF
          ---  4   40%  T Wigginton     Walk
   R      1--  4   83%  F Sanchez       Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wigginton Scores
   R      --3  6   89%  J Wilson        Single to LF (Line Drive); Sanchez Scores
                  Todd Coffey replaces Matt Belisle pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  4   87%  J Bay           Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   86%  C Wilson        Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home); Wilson to 2B
   R      -2-  1   93%  B Eldred        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Wilson Scores
   O      1--  4   93%  H Cota          Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 9.

Top of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 7-9, Mike Gonzalez facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   85%  J LaRue         Walk
   O      1--  3   91%  F Lopez         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   96%  C Denorfia      Flyball: CF
          1--  6   93%  A Holbert       Walk; Lopez to 2B
                  Edwin Encarnacion pinch hits for Todd Coffey batting 9th
          12-  4   85%  E Encarnacion   Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Lopez to 3B; Holbert to 2B
   O      123  7  100%  R Freel         Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Reds 7, Pirates 9.

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