BOXSCORE: 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates At 2008 Cincinnati Reds 10/8/2008 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG J.Posada C 4 1 2 2 .308 I.Suzuki CF 5 0 2 0 .250 M.Ordonez LF 5 1 2 2 .536 W.Taveras LF 4 0 0 0 .308 W.Betemit 1B 5 1 1 0 .259 B.Abreu RF 5 0 1 0 .091 M.Lowell 3B 5 1 2 1 .379 D.Ward DH 5 1 2 0 .333 D.Young DH 5 1 2 1 .296 R.Cano 2B 4 0 1 0 .333 B.Giles CF 4 2 2 1 .208 G.Atkins 3B 4 2 3 0 .296 M.Ellis 2B 5 1 2 1 .250 M.Stairs 1B 4 0 0 0 .208 O.Cabrera SS 3 0 0 1 .250 J.Varitek C 4 1 3 3 .263 T.Nixon RF 3 1 0 0 .000 M.Scutaro SS 3 0 0 0 .200 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 9 13 9 Totals 38 4 12 3 Pirates......... 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 - 9 13 1 Reds............ 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 12 1 Pirates (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.McGowan WIN(1-0) 9 12 4 4 1 7 1 129 4.96 A1 Totals 9 12 4 4 1 7 1 Reds (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Schilling LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 10 7 2 4 2 0 107 3.86 A1 D2 M.Capps 2 1/3 2 2 2 0 3 1 39 4.50 D3 E2 B.Seay 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0.00 E3 Totals 9 13 9 4 4 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 39,552 DATE- Wednesday, October 8th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Mickey Mouse T- 3:16 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9 Reds: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Reds: 0 ERRORS- D.McGowan, M.Scutaro DOUBLES- J.Posada(2nd), M.Lowell(1st), D.Young(4th), B.Abreu(1st), D.Ward(2nd), R.Cano(2nd), G.Atkins(1st), J.Varitek-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- B.Giles(1st), J.Varitek(1st) STOLEN BASES- I.Suzuki-2(3rd) SACRIFICE HITS- W.Taveras SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Posada, O.Cabrera WALKS- B.Giles, O.Cabrera, T.Nixon-2, M.Scutaro STRIKE OUTS- W.Betemit, M.Lowell, D.Young, T.Nixon-2, I.Suzuki, W.Taveras, D.Ward-2, G.Atkins, M.Stairs-2 BALKS- B.Seay WILD PITCHES- D.McGowan WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Jorge Posada blocked the plate, saving a run! Center fielder Brian Giles homered and Dustin McGowan tossed a complete game as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 9 to 4 at Great American Bpk. Pittsburgh scored 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning when they had 5 base hits. The critical plate appearance was by Magglio Ordonez who silenced the crowd when he banged out a single scoring two baserunners. Pittsburgh had 13 hits for the night. The win went to McGowan(1-0) who allowed 4 runs in the game. The loss was charged to Curt Schilling(0-1). He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates at 2008 Cincinnati Reds J.Posada-A1 A1:Do B1:G/13 C1:SF/8>3 D1:Si>3# E1:G/43 # 23 12 M.Ordone-A1 A2:F/7 *3*:G/43 C2:Force/ D2:Si>3# *8*:Si 46>1o b1 2# 12 W.Betemi-A1 A3:K B3:Si *5*:E/6 D3:F/8 E3:L/4 M.Lowell-A1 A4:Do>2# B4:F/8 C4:Si>12 *6*:K E4:F/7 D.Young-A1 A5:F/8 B5:F/8 C5:Si>23 D5:K E5:Bk>12 12 Do>2# B.Giles-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:Si C6:FO/2 D6:HR>b# E6:P/4 M.Ellis-A1 A7:F/9 B7:Si>12 C7:Si>3# D7:F/8 *9*:G/13 23 12 O.Cabrer-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:F/8 C8:SF/7>3 *7*:FO/5 E8:G/53 1 # T.Nixon-A1 A9:K B9:W>23 1 C9:W>23 1 D9:K E9:P/3 2 b1 2 b1 I.Suzuki-A1 A1:Si B1:Si *5*:K D1:G/63 E1:G/13 W.Tavera-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:K C2:F/8 *7*:G/34 *9*:G/53 Sac/54>23 B.Abreu-A1 A3:F/9 B3:SB>12 C3:Do D3:G/31 E3:F/8 L/3 D.Ward-A1 A4:K *4*:Do C4:F/8 D4:Si E4:K R.Cano-A1 *2*:G/43 B5:G/63 *6*:G/43 D5:Do>1o G.Atkins-A1 A6:K B6:Si>23 C6:Do *8*:Si M.Stairs-A1 A7:F/7 B7:FO/3 C7:K D7:K J.Varite-A1 *3*:HR>b# B8:WP>3# C8:Do>2# D8:F/8 12 Do>2# M.Scutar-A1 A9:F/9 B9:G/31 C9:E/1>23 D9:W>12 b 1