The Pirates swept a twi-night doubleheader from the Reds, winning the first game, 3-1, and the nightcap, 7-1. Rick Rhoden and Enrique Romo combined on a seven-hitter in the opener and Tony Pena singled to drive in the tie-breaking run in the seventh. A three-run double by Dale Berra was the key blow in the second game. Winning pitcher Eddie Solomon scattered seven hits before needing help from Grant Jackson in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, May 7, 1981 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Pirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 1 Reds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moreno cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .225 Collins rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .360 Foli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Griffey cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Parker rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Concepcion ss 2 0 1 0 2 1 .329 Madlock 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .317 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Easler lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .344 Bench 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Thompson 1b 1 0 0 0 2 1 .164 Knight 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .224 Lacy pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Nolan c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .300 Romo p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Oester 2b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .279 Garner 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .462 Soto p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Pena c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .333 Biittner ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Rhoden p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Driessen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Milner ph,1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 8 3 2 7 Totals 31 1 7 1 4 7 Time of Game: 2:48 Left on Base: Pirates 5, Reds 7 DP: Pirates 2, Reds 1 Errors: Thompson, Knight Doubles: Easler (4), Garner (2), Oester (3) Triples: Easler (1), Oester (3) Stolen Bases: Madlock (3) Caught Stealing: Pena (1), Concepcion (4) Sacrifice Flies: Milner (1) GIDP: Madlock (1), Griffey (3) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden W(4-0) 6 2 1 1 4 5 0 23 2.36 Romo SV(3) 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 12 5.28 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 7 0 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Soto L(1-5) 7 7 3 3 2 6 0 28 3.35 Bair 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 6.94 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 7 0 35 Wild Pitches: Rhoden (1) Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry PIRATES 1ST: Moreno flied to center; Foli popped to third; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Collins walked; Griffey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Collins out at second]; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. PIRATES 2ND: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Easler doubled to right; Thompson struck out; Garner singled to shortstop [Easler to third]; Garner was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster struck out; Bench popped to second; Knight struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. PIRATES 3RD: Pena flied to right; Rhoden popped to first in foul territory; Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Nolan singled to right; Oester tripled to left [Nolan scored, Oester out at home (left to shortstop to third)]; Soto was called out on strikes; Collins grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 1. PIRATES 4TH: Foli flied to left; Parker popped to shortstop; Madlock singled to right; Madlock stole second; Easler tripled to center [Madlock scored]; Thompson walked; Garner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Concepcion walked; Rhoden threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to second]; Foster lined to left; Bench walked; Knight struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 5TH: Pena singled to center; Pena was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rhoden popped to shortstop in foul territory; Moreno struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: Nolan flied to left; Oester flied to left; Soto popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 6TH: Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker popped to first in foul territory; Madlock flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Collins flied to center; Griffey reached on an error by Thompson [Griffey to second]; Concepcion walked; Foster popped to first; Bench grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 7TH: Easler grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson walked; LACY RAN FOR THOMPSON; Garner doubled to right [Lacy to third]; Pena singled to center [Lacy scored, Garner to third, Pena to second (on throw to home)]; MILNER BATTED FOR RHODEN; Milner hit a sacrifice fly to second [Garner scored]; Moreno was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: MILNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROMO REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Knight grounded out (second to first); Nolan popped to first; On a bunt Oester singled to catcher; BIITTNER BATTED FOR SOTO; Biittner singled to center [Oester to second]; DRIESSEN RAN FOR BIITTNER; Collins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1. PIRATES 8TH: BAIR REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker singled to center; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Parker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Griffey flied to right; Concepcion singled to shortstop; Foster struck out while Concepcion was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1. PIRATES 9TH: Easler grounded out (shortstop to first); Romo struck out; Garner reached on an error by Knight; Pena grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: Bench flied to center; Knight struck out; Nolan singled to right; Oester doubled to shortstop [Nolan out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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