Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Pittsburgh 8,
Cincinnati 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 26, 2005
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Larry Young, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 20513
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Larry Young, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 20513
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Lawton | RF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| Tike Redman | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .227 |
| Jason Bay | LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
| Daryle Ward | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Rob Mackowiak | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .347 |
| Jose Castillo | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .301 |
| Jack Wilson | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .192 |
| Humberto Cota | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Oliver Perez | SP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 |
| Brian Meadows | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Grabow | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Restovich | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Rick White | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bobby Hill | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Michael Gonzalez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Lawton (13), Tike Redman (4), Jason Bay (12), Rob Mackowiak (8), Jack Wilson (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Matt Lawton (5), Daryle Ward (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Lawton 7, Tike Redman 2, Jason Bay 2, Daryle Ward 4, Rob Mackowiak 4, Jack Wilson 2, Humberto Cota, Oliver Perez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Lawton 2 (21), Jason Bay (23), Daryle Ward 2 (23), Rob Mackowiak 3 (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Lawton 2 (11), Rob Mackowiak 2 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tike Redman 2 (8), Jose Castillo 2 (11), Jack Wilson 2 (20) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Castillo (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Oliver Perez (W 3-4) | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7.04 |
| Brian Meadows | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 |
| John Grabow | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Rick White | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Michael Gonzalez | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Oliver Perez 109-65, Brian Meadows 4-2, John Grabow 2-2, Rick White 22-14, Michael Gonzalez 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Oliver Perez 1-7, Brian Meadows 0-1, John Grabow 1-0, Rick White 4-1, Michael Gonzalez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Oliver Perez 24, Brian Meadows 1, John Grabow 1, Rick White 7, Michael Gonzalez 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Meadows 1-0, John Grabow 1-0 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ryan Freel | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .322 |
| William Bergolla | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .147 |
| Felipe Lopez | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .305 |
| Austin Kearns | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .255 |
| Adam Dunn | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Luis M. Lopez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .231 |
| Jason Romano | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Javier Valentin | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .174 |
| Elizardo Ramirez | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Randy Keisler | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Jacob Cruz | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Kent Mercker | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ricky Stone | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Randa | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Matt Belisle | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joe Randa (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Felipe Lopez (7) | |||||||||
| TB - William Bergolla, Felipe Lopez 4, Jason Romano 2, Jacob Cruz, Joe Randa 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Freel (4), Felipe Lopez 2 (23), Joe Randa (24) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Felipe Lopez (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Felipe Lopez (9), Luis M. Lopez (1), Javier Valentin (6) | |||||||||
| SF - Felipe Lopez (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Elizardo Ramirez (L 0-3) | 2.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7.13 |
| Randy Keisler | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.84 |
| Kent Mercker | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.49 |
| Ricky Stone | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
| WP - Elizardo Ramirez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Elizardo Ramirez 57-30, Randy Keisler 88-53, Kent Mercker 18-11, Ricky Stone 9-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Elizardo Ramirez 5-2, Randy Keisler 1-7, Kent Mercker 1-1, Ricky Stone 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Elizardo Ramirez 18, Randy Keisler 20, Kent Mercker 4, Ricky Stone 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Keisler 3-1 | ||||||||