With a helping hand from Dave Giusti, Bruce Kison gained his first major league victory when the Pirates defeated the Reds, 7-1. Kison, a 21-year-old righthander, held the Reds scoreless until the eighth inning when two-out singles by Pete Rose and George Foster and walks to Lee May and Tony Perez forced in the Reds' run.

Giusti retired Bernie Carbo on a grounder and set down the Reds in the ninth. Bob Robertson hit a two-run homer for the Pirates and Roberto Clemente drove in four runs with a single, double and two infield grounders. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Cincinnati Reds 1

Game Played on Thursday, July 8, 1971 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  0
Pirates      4  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  x  -   7 11  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .311      Cash 2b               2   3   1   0     3   0   .323
Foster cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .257      Clines cf             5   2   4   0     0   0   .339
May 1b                3   0   1   0     1   1   .303        Oliver cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Perez 3b              3   0   0   1     1   1   .247      Clemente rf           5   0   2   4     0   0   .340
Carbo lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .218      Stargell lf           5   0   0   1     0   0   .310
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Sanguillen c          4   1   2   0     0   0   .315
Corrales c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Robertson 1b          3   1   1   2     1   1   .263
Woodward 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Pagan 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .264
Gullett p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Alley ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .230
  Bradford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Kison p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Cloninger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Giusti p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Cline ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     3   4             Totals               33   7  11   7     7   3

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 22,534
Left on Base: Reds 7, Pirates 9
DP: Reds 2, Pirates 0
Doubles: Clines (6), Clemente (15)
Home Runs: Robertson (16)
Stolen Bases: Clines (6)
GIDP: Clemente (12), Alley (5)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett L(9-3)          5     9   5   5   4   3   1  27   2.86
Cloninger               2     1   1   1   2   0   0   8   4.00
Granger                 1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.23
Totals                  8    11   7   7   7   3   1  40

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison W(1-0)            7.2   5   1   1   3   4   0  31   3.29
Giusti SV(18)           1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.25
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   4   0  35

Wild Pitches: Kison 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Foster singled;
May lined to left; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash walked; Clines singled [Cash to third]; Clines
stole second; Clemente grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cash
scored, Clines to third]; Stargell grounded out (second to
first) [Clines scored]; Sanguillen singled; Robertson homered
[Sanguillen scored]; Pagan walked; Alley singled [Pagan to
second]; Kison struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 4.

REDS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Corrales flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 2ND: Cash singled; Clines singled [Cash to second];
Clemente grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cash to third, Clines out at second]; Stargell flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 4.

REDS 3RD: Woodward struck out; Gullett grounded out (shortstop
to first); Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 3RD: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Robertson made an out to second; Pagan walked; Alley flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 4.

REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); May struck
out; Perez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 4.

PIRATES 4TH: Kison flied out to right; Cash flied out to center;
Clines doubled; Clemente singled [Clines scored]; Stargell
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 5.

REDS 5TH: Carbo made an out to shortstop; Concepcion grounded
out (first unassisted); Corrales grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen singled; Robertson struck out; Pagan
forced Sanguillen (pitcher to shortstop); Alley walked [Pagan to
second]; Kison struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 5.

REDS 6TH: Woodward flied out to center; BRADFORD BATTED FOR
GULLETT; Bradford flied out to right; Rose singled; Foster
forced Rose (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 6TH: CLONINGER REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Cash
walked; Clines made an out to shortstop; Clemente doubled [Cash
scored]; Stargell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Clemente to
third]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Pirates 6.

REDS 7TH: May singled; Kison threw a wild pitch [May to second];
Kison threw a wild pitch [May to third]; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carbo walked; Concepcion struck out;
Corrales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Robertson walked; Pagan lined to left; Alley
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Robertson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Pirates 6.

REDS 8TH: Woodward grounded out (third to first); CLINE BATTED
FOR CLONINGER; Cline flied out to right; Rose singled; Foster
singled [Rose to second]; May walked [Rose to third, Foster to
second]; Perez walked [Rose scored, Foster to third, May to
second]; GIUSTI REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Carbo grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Giusti grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cash walked; Clines singled [Cash to
third]; Clemente forced Clines (pitcher to shortstop) [Cash
scored]; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 7.

REDS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING CF); Concepcion flied
out to right; Corrales flied out to right; Woodward grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 7.

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