3 games,0 games

CIN Reds defeat PIT Pirates  3 games to 0:

Game #1 (9/20) @CIN  Reds 6, Pirates 3
Game #2 (9/21) @CIN  Reds 8, Pirates 3
Game #3 (9/23) @PIT  Reds 11, Pirates 7
 

    Seaver         Carroll             Kiner              Rose           Stargell

The Hunt for Red October

A quick 3 game sweep gets the Big Red Machine that much closer to October.

Game 1 - Crosley Field - Reds 6, Pirates 3
This contest was knotted at 2 until the Reds unloaded for 4 runs off of Pirate starter Steve Blass, in the bottom of the 6th. Frank Robinson led off the inning and took one in the ribs for the team. George Foster singled and Ken Griffey Sr. tripled both home. Vada Pinson doubled home Griff and "Charlie Hustle" (Pete Rose) doubled home Pinson. Tom Seaver got the start for Cincy and gave up only 2 runs in 7 1/3 innings of work. Pedro Borbon finished the game out and yielded a meaningless run in the 8th.

Game 2 - Crosley Field- Reds 8, Pirates 3
Both starters in this game were gone before the 5th inning ended. Don Gullett left the game in the 2nd due to arm trouble. Doug Drabek left due to ineffectiveness. In less than 5 innings of work Drabek would yield 7 runs to the Big Red Machine. Cincy was bailed out by it's pen in this one. Norm Charlton threw 3+ innings and gave up only 2, but the real story was Clay Carroll going 4+ and giving up no runs to the explosive Lumber Company. Ralph Kiner, who has grown used to losing in Pittsburgh, did hit a solo shot and went 2 for 3. Pete Rose banged out 4 hits and had 2 RBI. George Foster was 3 for 3 with 3 RBI's to pace Cincy's offense.

Game 3 - Forbes Field- Reds 11, Pirates 7
For the second game in a row both starters were gone before the 5th ended. This time neither made it to the 5th. Both Jose Rijo and John Candelaria were lit up like the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. Rijo yielded 7 runs in 4 innings and The "Candy Man" allowed 9. Again this would come down to bullpen work and the Reds had the better of the 2 pens. Cincy's combination of Borbon, Johnny Franco and Rob Dibble pitched a combined 5 scoreless innings. Kent Tekulve was spotless in 2 innings of work for the Bucs, but Dave Giusti allowed 2 runs in the 8th to allow Cincy to increase their lead to 4 and that spelt doom.  Pete Rose again was the hitting star, going 3 for 5 with 6 RBI's and his second homer of the series. Willie Stargell did hit a grand slam in the 5th to chase Rijo from the hill.
 

Sep  20, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1948 Pittsburgh 0-1           0 2 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      3  9  1
1954 Cincinnati 1-0           2 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 -      6 11  1

Pittsburgh     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Van Slyke CF    5  0  0  0  0  3  .000    Rose,P 3B       5  0  2  1  0  0  .400
Sanguillen C    4  0  1  0  0  0  .250    Morgan, J 2B    4  1  1  0  0  1  .250
Clemente RF     4  0  1  0  0  1  .250    Kluszewski 1B   4  1  1  2  0  1  .250
Stargell 1B     3  1  1  0  1  1  .333    Robinson,F LF   3  1  0  0  0  0  .000
Parker, D DH    4  2  3  0  0  0  .750    Foster, G DH    4  1  3  0  0  1  .750
Kiner LF        3  0  0  1  0  1  .000    Bench C         2  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Hebner 3B       3  0  1  1  0  0  .333     Temple PH      0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Ray 2B          4  0  1  1  0  0  .250     Edwards,J C    1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Groat SS        4  0  1  0  0  1  .250    Griffey RF      4  1  3  2  0  0  .750
               34  3  9  3  1  7  .265    Pinson CF       4  1  1  1  0  1  .250
                                          Concepcion SS   4  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                                                         35  6 11  6  0  4  .314

Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Blass L(0-1)                  5.1  8  5  5  0  2  101   8.44  25
 Tekulve                      1.0  3  1  1  0  2   26   9.00   7
 McBean                       1.2  0  0  0  0  0   23   0.00   5
                              8.0 11  6  6  0  4  150   6.75  37

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Seaver W(1-0)                 7.1  8  2  2  1  6  121   2.45  31
 Borbon                       1.2  1  1  1  0  1   24   5.40   6
                              9.0  9  3  3  1  7  145   3.00  37


Cin: Temple hit for Bench in the 6th
     Edwards,J moved to C in the 7th

  E-Hebner(1) Pinson(1)
 2B-Stargell(1) Sanguillen(1) Ray(1) Hebner(1) Rose,P 2(2) Pinson(1)
 3B-Parker, D(1) Morgan, J(1) Griffey(1)
 HR-Kluszewski(1)
HBP-Robinson(Cin) by Blass(Pit)
 SF-Kiner Hebner
 SH-Temple
 WP-Seaver
LOB-Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 7

GWRBI-Griffey


Game MVP:Ken Griffey

Crosley Field, Time 3:17,  72ø, Light Rain,  15mph Left to Right

Sep  20, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1948 Pittsburgh        0 2 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      3  9  1
1954 Cincinnati        2 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 -      6 11  1

1948 Pittsburgh        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Van Slyke CF       1>P3           3>P3           5>K              K              K
2 Sanguillen C         F8             D              G63            P6
3 Clemente RF          K              S,23           Fs9            P6
4 Stargell 1B        2>D              K            6>W            8>Fvd9
5 Parker, D DH         S,23           L7             S,12           T
6 Kiner LF             K            4>F7             P3             F8,3H/SF
7 Hebner 3B            F9,3H/SF,12    D              P4             F9
8 Ray 2B               D,2H           F9             G46/fo       9>P3
9 Groat SS             WP,23 K        G63          7>S+e8,B2        G43

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Rose,P 3B          1>G31          3>G13            D              D,2H           G53
2 Morgan, J 2B         T              F9             G43,23         K
3 Kluszewski 1B        HR             P4             L3           7>K
4 Robinson,F LF        P5           4>F9           6>HBP            E5,B1
5 Foster, G DH         K              S              S,12           S,12
6 Bench C            2>G63            F9
   Temple PH                                         B14,23,12
   Edwards,J C                                                      F8
7 Griffey RF           S              S,12           T,3H,2H        G3u
8 Pinson CF            G43,12         K              D,3H         8>G3u
9 Concepcion SS        G43          5>G43            F8             G53

Pittsburgh       IN    OUT
Blass            AB1-1 AB3-7
Tekulve          AB3-8 AB4-5
McBean           AB4-6 End

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Seaver           AB1-1 AB4-4
Borbon           AB4-5 End



Sep  21, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1948 Pittsburgh 0-2           0 1 0   1 1 0   0 0 0      3 12  1
1954 Cincinnati 2-0           0 2 0   0 5 1   0 0 -      8 15  0

Pittsburgh     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Madlock 3B      5  1  3  0  0  0  .600    Rose,P 3B       5  1  4  2  0  0  .600
Sanguillen C    4  0  2  0  0  0  .375    Morgan, J 2B    2  1  1  1  2  0  .333
 Van Slyke PH   1  0  0  0  0  1  .000    Kluszewski 1B   5  0  0  0  0  1  .111
Clemente RF     4  1  3  1  0  1  .500    Robinson,F LF   3  1  1  0  1  1  .167
Stargell 1B     4  0  0  0  0  1  .143    Foster, G DH    3  2  3  3  0  0  .857
Kiner LF        3  1  2  2  1  0  .333     Bell, G DH     2  0  0  0  0  1  .000
Stuart DH       2  0  1  0  1  1  .500    Bench C         3  1  2  1  1  0  .400
 Burgess DH     1  0  0  0  0  0  .000    Griffey RF      4  0  1  1  0  0  .500
Bell, J SS      2  0  1  0  0  1  .500    Pinson CF       4  1  2  0  0  0  .375
 Parker, D PH   1  0  0  0  0  0  .600    Larkin SS       3  1  1  0  0  0  .333
 Groat SS       1  0  0  0  0  0  .200                   34  8 15  8  4  3  .377
Alou, M CF      4  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Mazeroski 2B    4  0  0  0  0  1  .000
               36  3 12  3  2  6  .300

Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Drabek L(0-1)                 4.2 10  7  7  1  2   83  13.50  23
 Face                         1.0  3  1  1  1  0   41   9.00   7
 McBean                       2.1  2  0  0  2  1   44   0.00  11
                              8.0 15  8  8  4  3  168   7.88  41

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Gullett                       1.1  2  1  1  0  2   24   6.75   6
 Charlton                     3.1  6  2  2  1  2   71   5.40  16
 Carroll W(1-0)               4.1  4  0  0  1  2   65   0.00  16
                              9.0 12  3  3  2  6  160   3.00  38


Pit: Parker, D hit for Bell, J in the 6th
     Groat moved to SS in the 6th
     Burgess moved to DH in the 8th
     Van Slyke hit for Sanguillen in the 9th
Cin: Bell, G moved to DH in the 6th

  E-Groat(1)
 2B-Stuart(1) Madlock(1) Kiner(1) Clemente 2(2) Robinson,F(1)
 HR-Kiner(1) Rose,P(1) Foster, G(1) Bench(1)
 CS-Morgan, J
HBP-Robinson(Cin) by Drabek(Pit)
 SF-Morgan, J
 SH-Larkin
 WP-Face
LOB-Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 7
 DP-Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 3
GWRBI-Rose,P


Game MVP:Pete Rose
Injury: Gullett(Oct 10)

Crosley Field, Time 3:39,  84ø,  5mph Out to RF

Sep  21, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1948 Pittsburgh        0 1 0   1 1 0   0 0 0      3 12  1
1954 Cincinnati        0 2 0   0 5 1   0 0 -      8 15  0

1948 Pittsburgh        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Madlock 3B         1>G63            Fs8            D            7>S              S
2 Sanguillen C         S              G63            S,23           G643/dp
   Van Slyke PH                                                                    K
3 Clemente RF          K            4>D              S,3H,12        D
4 Stargell 1B          G43            G63            K              G31
5 Kiner LF           2>HR             D,2H           F8           8>W
6 Stuart DH            K              IBB          6>D
   Burgess DH                                                       G54/fo,B1
7 Bell, J SS           S              K
   Parker, D PH                                      F7
   Groat SS                                                         G643/dp
8 Alou, M CF           G463/dp        G3u            G63          9>G53
9 Mazeroski 2B       3>G63          5>G53            K              G63

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Rose,P 3B          1>F8           3>S              HR             S,13           S
2 Morgan, J 2B         W              G54/fo,B1      S              F8,3H/SF       W,12
3 Kluszewski 1B        F9             Po1(14) Fd8    K              P4             P6
4 Robinson,F LF        K            4>HBP            D,13           WP,12 W        E6,23,12,B1
5 Foster, G DH       2>HR             S,13           S,3H,23,2H
   Bell, G DH                                                       K              G63
6 Bench C              HR             P5             W,12         7>S
7 Griffey RF           G43            G643/dp        S,23,1H        G463/dp
8 Pinson CF            S            5>S              L1             P4
9 Larkin SS            G543/dp        B54,12       6>S            8>G63

Pittsburgh       IN    OUT
Drabek           AB1-1 AB3-5
Face             AB3-6 AB4-3
McBean           AB4-4 End

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Gullett          AB1-1 AB1-6
Charlton         AB1-7 AB3-4
Carroll          AB3-5 End



Sep  23, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati 3-0           3 3 0   3 0 0   0 2 0     11  9  0
1948 Pittsburgh 0-3           2 0 0   0 5 0   0 0 0      7 10  0

Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Pittsburgh     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Morgan, J 2B    3  2  2  0  2  0  .444    Van Slyke CF    4  2  2  0  1  0  .200
Rose,P 3B       5  2  3  6  0  0  .600    Sanguillen C    5  2  2  0  0  2  .385
Robinson,F RF   4  1  1  3  0  0  .200    Clemente RF     5  1  2  2  0  0  .462
Foster, G LF    4  0  0  0  1  0  .545    Stargell 1B     4  1  1  4  0  1  .182
Bench C         5  1  1  1  0  1  .300    Parker, D DH    4  1  1  0  1  1  .444
Perez 1B        3  0  0  0  1  0  .000    Kiner LF        2  0  0  0  2  1  .250
 Kluszewski 1B  1  0  1  0  0  0  .200    Hebner 3B       1  0  1  0  2  0  .500
Davis, E CF     1  1  0  0  1  1  .000     Madlock PH-3B  0  0  0  0  1  0  .600
 Bell, G PH     1  0  0  0  0  0  .000    Ray 2B          3  0  1  0  0  0  .286
 Pinson CF      2  0  1  0  0  0  .400     Stuart PH      1  0  0  0  0  1  .333
Larkin DH       2  0  0  0  0  0  .200     Mazeroski 2B   0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 Griffey DH     2  1  0  0  0  0  .400    Groat SS        1  0  0  0  0  0  .167
Concepcion SS   1  3  0  0  3  0  .000     Burgess PH     1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
               34 11  9 10  8  2  .340     Bell, J SS     2  0  0  0  0  0  .250
                                                         33  7 10  6  7  6  .301

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Rijo                          4.0  8  7  7  4  0   97  15.75  23
 Borbon W(1-0)                2.0  1  0  0  2  1   27   2.45   7
 Franco                       1.2  1  0  0  1  2   40   0.00   7
 Dibble                       1.1  0  0  0  0  3   19   0.00   4
                              9.0 10  7  7  7  6  183   4.33  41

Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Candelaria L(0-1)             4.0  6  9  9  4  2   87  20.25  22
 Tekulve                      2.0  1  0  0  1  0   30   3.00   7
 Giusti                       3.0  2  2  2  3  0   67   6.00  14
                              9.0  9 11 11  8  2  184   9.00  43


Cin: Bell, G hit for Davis, E in the 5th
     Pinson moved to CF in the 5th
     Griffey moved to DH in the 6th
Pit: Burgess hit for Groat in the 4th
     Bell, J moved to SS in the 5th
     Madlock hit for Hebner in the 7th
     Stuart hit for Ray in the 7th
     Mazeroski moved to 2B in the 8th

 HR-Rose,P(2) Robinson,F(1) Bench(2) Stargell(1)
 SF-Robinson,F Stargell
 WP-Borbon Giusti
 PB-Bench
LOB-Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 6
 DP-Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1
GWRBI-Robinson,F


Game MVP:Pete Rose

Forbes Field, Time 4:05,  80ø,  5mph Out to RF

Sep  23, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati        3 3 0   3 0 0   0 2 0     11  9  0
1948 Pittsburgh        2 0 0   0 5 0   0 0 0      7 10  0

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Morgan, J 2B       1>P4             S,12,13        W,23,12        S              W,23,12
2 Rose,P 3B            S              HR             S,3H,2H,13     G43            WP,3H,23,12
3 Robinson,F RF        HR             F8             F7,3H/SF     7>G63            F7
4 Foster, G LF         G63          3>F8             P5             W            9>L3
5 Bench C              HR             K            5>G63            F8             Fd9
6 Perez 1B             Fs9            P6             W              P6
   Kluszewski 1B                                                                   S
7 Davis, E CF        2>K            4>W
   Bell, G PH                                        G363/dp
   Pinson CF                                                      8>S              F8
8 Larkin DH            P4             F8
   Griffey DH                                      6>G43            G46/fo,B1
9 Concepcion SS        W              W,12           G53            W,12

1948 Pittsburgh        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Van Slyke CF       1>W              G43          5>S            6>S              F9
2 Sanguillen C         S,12         3>G43            S,13           K              K
3 Clemente RF          S,2H,13        F7             S,3H,13        G543/dp      9>G53
4 Stargell 1B          PB,12 F9,3H/   L8             HR           7>F8             K
5 Parker, D DH         G43,23       4>G63            W              S              K
6 Kiner LF             G53            W              W,12           K
7 Hebner 3B          2>S              W,12           WP,23,12 IBB
   Madlock PH-3B                                                    W,12
8 Ray 2B               S,12           G6u/fo,23,B1   G643/dp,3H,2
   Stuart PH                                                        K
   Mazeroski 2B
9 Groat SS             G463/dp,23
   Burgess PH                         G43
   Bell, J SS                                        F9           8>Fd7

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Rijo             AB1-1 AB3-5
Borbon           AB3-6 AB4-3
Franco           AB4-4 AB5-1
Dibble           AB5-2 End

Pittsburgh       IN    OUT
Candelaria       AB1-1 AB3-4
Tekulve          AB3-5 AB4-2
Giusti           AB4-3 End