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Series Summary

1990 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 4
PIT 4 Final
CIN 3
Game 2, October 5
PIT 1 Final
CIN 2
Game 3, October 8
CIN 6 Final
PIT 3
Game 4, October 9
CIN 5 Final
PIT 3
Game 5, October 10
CIN 2 Final
PIT 3
Game 6, October 12
PIT 1 Final
CIN 2

Series Summary

Game Summary

Thursday, October 4, 1990
Start Time: 8:30 p.m. Local
Attendance: 52,911
Venue: Riverfront Stadium
Game Duration: 2:51
Night Game, on turf

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 1
Cincinnati Reds 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
WP: Bob Walk (1-0) • LP: Norm Charlton (0-1) • SV: Ted Power (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Wally Backman 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.000
   Jeff King PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jay Bell SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.000
Andy Van Slyke CF 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 0.000 0.300
Bobby Bonilla RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.033 0.050
Barry Bonds LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.200 0.550
Sid Bream 1B 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 0.667 0.750 1.667 2.417 0.200 1.550
Mike LaValliere C 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.200 0.550
Jose Lind 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.250 0.250 0.750 1.000 0.200 0.500
Bob Walk P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Gary Redus PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.167 0.500
   Stan Belinda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   R.J. Reynolds PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Bob Patterson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Ted Power P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 4 7 4 5 12 37 0.219 0.324 0.406 0.731 1.000 4.000

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Barry Larkin SS 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.683
Billy Hatcher CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033
Hal Morris 1B 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.000 0.700
   Todd Benzinger PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.000 0.000
Eric Davis LF 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 0.333 0.500 0.667 1.167 0.000 0.983
Paul O’Neill RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.000 0.400
   Ron Oester PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Billy Bates PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Chris Sabo 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.000 0.200
Jeff Reed C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Mariano Duncan 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Jose Rijo P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Norm Charlton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Herm Winningham PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Rob Dibble P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 3 5 3 3 9 33 0.172 0.250 0.241 0.491 0.000 3.000

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Bob Walk, W (1-0) 6 4 3 3 2 5 0 4.50 23 83 49 19 10 20 10 6 5 0 55 0.024 0.83 0.31% 21.85 -0.0
Stan Belinda, H (1) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 6 21 15 7 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.248 1.64 4.20% 42.80 1.0
Bob Patterson, H (1) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 3 11 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -0.135 4.99 -2.29% 130.58 -0.4
Ted Power, S (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.332 6.51 5.64% 170.37 0.9
Team Totals 9 5 3 3 3 9 0 3.00 33 118 73 32 16 25 11 10 6 0 55 2 0 0.469 1.65 7.86% 43.24 1.4

Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Jose Rijo 5.1 4 3 3 3 8 1 5.06 23 105 63 33 10 20 6 6 0 0 53 -0.106 0.93 -1.70% 24.34 -0.9
Norm Charlton, L (0-1) 2.2 3 1 1 2 1 0 3.38 11 36 16 9 2 5 1 7 1 0 2 0 0.038 1.90 0.44% 49.60 0.9
Rob Dibble 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 3 15 10 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.037 0.49 0.63% 12.90 0.5
Team Totals 9 7 4 4 5 12 1 4.00 37 156 89 47 15 27 7 13 1 0 53 2 0 -0.031 1.20 -0.63% 31.41 0.4

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O PIT Wally Backman Jose Rijo -2% 48% Flyball: LF 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 5,(2-2) CBSBX O PIT Jay Bell Jose Rijo -2% 46% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O PIT Andy Van Slyke Jose Rijo -1% 45% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 5,(3-1) BBCBB CIN Barry Larkin Bob Walk -4% 42% Walk 0.6833
b1 0-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) X O CIN Billy Hatcher Bob Walk 2% 43% Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Larkin to 2B 0.0333
b1 0-0 1 -2- 5,(3-1) FB2BBX R CIN Hal Morris Bob Walk -8% 35% Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Larkin Scores 0.7
b1 1-0 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX R CIN Eric Davis Bob Walk -12% 23% Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Morris Scores; Davis to 3B/Adv on E9 0.9834
b1 2-0 1 –3 5,(2-2) BCBCX R CIN Paul O’Neill Bob Walk -5% 18% Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Davis Scores 0.4
b1 3-0 1 -2- 3,(0-2) LCX O CIN Chris Sabo Bob Walk 2% 20% Groundout: SS-1B; O’Neill to 3B 0.2
b1 3-0 2 –3 5,(2-2) CCBBS O CIN Jeff Reed Bob Walk 2% 22% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 3.
Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 4-5-6
t2 0-3 0 — 7,(3-2) BBCBFFX O PIT Bobby Bonilla Jose Rijo -2% 20% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t2 0-3 1 — 3,(1-1) BFX O PIT Barry Bonds Jose Rijo -1% 18% Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B) 0.0
t2 0-3 2 — 10,(3-2) CCBFFFBFBC O PIT Sid Bream Jose Rijo -1% 17% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Ahead 3-0, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 8-9-1
b2 3-0 0 — 3,(0-2) CSX O CIN Mariano Duncan Bob Walk 1% 19% Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B) 0.0
b2 3-0 1 — 3,(0-2) SSM O CIN Jose Rijo Bob Walk 1% 19% Strikeout (missed bunt) 0.0
b2 3-0 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O CIN Barry Larkin Bob Walk 1% 20% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 3.
Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 7-8-9
t3 0-3 0 — 4,(3-0) BBBB PIT Mike LaValliere Jose Rijo 4% 24% Walk 0.5
t3 0-3 0 1– 3,(0-2) CCX R PIT Jose Lind Jose Rijo 14% 38% Triple to RF (Ground Ball); LaValliere Scores 0.5
t3 1-3 0 –3 3,(0-2) FSS O PIT Bob Walk Jose Rijo -5% 33% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 1-3 1 –3 4,(1-2) FBFC O PIT Wally Backman Jose Rijo -6% 27% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t3 1-3 2 –3 5,(3-1) BBCBX O PIT Jay Bell Jose Rijo -4% 23% Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF) -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 3-1, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 2-3-4
b3 3-1 0 — 5,(2-2) CSBBS O CIN Billy Hatcher Bob Walk 2% 25% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 3-1 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O CIN Hal Morris Bob Walk 1% 26% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b3 3-1 2 — 6,(3-2) CBBCBC O CIN Eric Davis Bob Walk 1% 27% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 3.
Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 3-4-5
t4 1-3 0 — 5,(2-2) FBBCS O PIT Andy Van Slyke Jose Rijo -3% 24% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 1-3 1 — 6,(2-2) BCCBFX O PIT Bobby Bonilla Jose Rijo -2% 22% Flyball: LF (LF-CF) 0.0
t4 1-3 2 — 5,(3-1) BBBCB PIT Barry Bonds Jose Rijo 1% 24% Walk 0.5
t4 1-3 2 1– 3,(1-1) 1111111BF11X RR PIT Sid Bream Jose Rijo 22% 45% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Bonds Scores 1.5
t4 3-3 2 — 4,(1-2) CCBS O PIT Mike LaValliere Jose Rijo -1% 44% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Tied 3-3, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 5-6-7
b4 3-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X O CIN Paul O’Neill Bob Walk 3% 47% Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B) 0.0
b4 3-3 1 — 4,(1-2) SCBX O CIN Chris Sabo Bob Walk 2% 49% Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Sabo out at 2B/CF-2B 0.0
b4 3-3 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O CIN Jeff Reed Bob Walk 1% 50% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Tied 3-3, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 8-9-1
t5 3-3 0 — 8,(2-2) BFSFFFBX O PIT Jose Lind Jose Rijo -3% 47% Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B) 0.0
t5 3-3 1 — 6,(2-2) SBSBFS O PIT Bob Walk Jose Rijo -2% 45% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 3-3 2 — 5,(3-1) CBBBB PIT Wally Backman Jose Rijo 2% 47% Walk 0.0
t5 3-3 2 1– 7,(3-2) BB1BC111F1>F>C O PIT Jay Bell Jose Rijo -3% 43% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Tied 3-3, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 8-9-1
b5 3-3 0 — 6,(3-2) BSBFBS O CIN Mariano Duncan Bob Walk 3% 46% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 3-3 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O CIN Jose Rijo Bob Walk 2% 49% Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-3B Hole) 0.0
b5 3-3 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB CIN Barry Larkin Bob Walk -2% 47% Walk 0.0
b5 3-3 2 1– 1,(0-0) 11C CIN Billy Hatcher Bob Walk -1% 45% Larkin Steals 2B 0.0
b5 3-3 2 -2- 3,(1-1) 11C.BX O CIN Billy Hatcher Bob Walk 5% 50% Groundout: 1B-P 0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Tied 3-3, Reds’ Jose Rijo facing 3-4-5
t6 3-3 0 — 5,(2-2) BCFBS O PIT Andy Van Slyke Jose Rijo -3% 47% Strikeout Swinging -0.2
t6 3-3 1 — 2,(1-0) BX PIT Bobby Bonilla Jose Rijo 4% 50% Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF) 0.05
t6 3-3 1 1– 1,(0-0) X PIT Barry Bonds Jose Rijo 5% 55% Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bonilla to 2B 0.05
  Norm Charlton replaces Jose Rijo pitching and batting 9th
t6 3-3 1 12- 5,(3-1) .BBCBB PIT Sid Bream Norm Charlton 9% 64% Walk; Bonilla to 3B; Bonds to 2B 0.05
t6 3-3 1 123 2,(1-0) BX OO PIT Mike LaValliere Norm Charlton -22% 43% Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-P 0.05
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Tied 3-3, Pirates’ Bob Walk facing 3-4-5
b6 3-3 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O CIN Hal Morris Bob Walk 3% 46% Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole) 0.0
b6 3-3 1 — 6,(3-2) BBBCCX O CIN Eric Davis Bob Walk 2% 48% Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B) 0.0
b6 3-3 2 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O CIN Paul O’Neill Bob Walk 2% 50% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 3.
Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Tied 3-3, Reds’ Norm Charlton facing 8-9-1
t7 3-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X O PIT Jose Lind Norm Charlton -4% 46% Flyball: CF 0.0
  Gary Redus pinch hits for Bob Walk (P) batting 9th
t7 3-3 1 — 2,(1-0) .BX PIT Gary Redus Norm Charlton 4% 50% Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF) 0.5
  Jeff King pinch hits for Wally Backman (3B) batting 1st
t7 3-3 1 1– 2,(1-0) .B1B PIT Jeff King Norm Charlton 3% 54% Redus Steals 2B -0.0
t7 3-3 1 -2- 5,(3-1) .B1B.BCX O PIT Jeff King Norm Charlton -6% 47% Flyball: RF 0
t7 3-3 2 -2- 4,(3-0) BBBB PIT Jay Bell Norm Charlton 1% 49% Walk -0.0
t7 3-3 2 12- 2,(0-1) FX R PIT Andy Van Slyke Norm Charlton 22% 71% Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Redus Scores; Bell to 3B 0.5
t7 4-3 2 -23 3,(0-2) CSS O PIT Bobby Bonilla Norm Charlton -6% 64% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Behind 3-4, Pirates’ Stan Belinda facing 6-7-8
  Stan Belinda replaces Gary Redus (PH) pitching and batting 9thJeff King moves from PH to 3B
b7 3-4 0 — 4,(1-2) ..BFCC O CIN Chris Sabo Stan Belinda 5% 69% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b7 3-4 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O CIN Jeff Reed Stan Belinda 3% 73% Flyball: LF (LF-CF) 0.0
b7 3-4 2 — 3,(0-2) FCS O CIN Mariano Duncan Stan Belinda 2% 75% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.
Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-3, Reds’ Norm Charlton facing 5-6-7
t8 4-3 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O PIT Barry Bonds Norm Charlton -2% 73% Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) 0.0
t8 4-3 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX O PIT Sid Bream Norm Charlton -2% 71% Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Bream out at 2B/RF-SS 0.0
t8 4-3 2 — 5,(3-1) BBBCX O PIT Mike LaValliere Norm Charlton -1% 70% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 3-4, Pirates’ Stan Belinda facing 9-1-2
  Herm Winningham pinch hits for Norm Charlton (P) batting 9th
b8 3-4 0 — 1,(0-0) .X O CIN Herm Winningham Stan Belinda 6% 76% Flyball: CF (Deep CF) 0.0
b8 3-4 1 — 5,(2-2) BFSBX O CIN Barry Larkin Stan Belinda 5% 81% Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line) 0.0
b8 3-4 2 — 4,(1-2) BFCS O CIN Billy Hatcher Stan Belinda 3% 84% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.
Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-3, Reds’ Rob Dibble facing 8-9-1
  Rob Dibble replaces Herm Winningham (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t9 4-3 0 — 6,(2-2) .FFFBBS O PIT Jose Lind Rob Dibble -2% 82% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  R.J. Reynolds pinch hits for Stan Belinda (P) batting 9th
t9 4-3 1 — 4,(1-2) .CBCS O PIT R.J. Reynolds Rob Dibble -1% 81% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t9 4-3 2 — 5,(2-2) FBFBS O PIT Jeff King Rob Dibble -1% 80% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.
Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 3-4, Pirates’ Bob Patterson facing 3-4-5
  Bob Patterson replaces R.J. Reynolds (PH) pitching and batting 9thTodd Benzinger pinch hits for Hal Morris (1B) batting 3rd
b9 3-4 0 — 4,(1-2) ..BFFX CIN Todd Benzinger Bob Patterson -13% 67% Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B) 0.0
b9 3-4 0 1– 6,(3-2) BFBBF>B CIN Eric Davis Bob Patterson -18% 48% Walk; Benzinger to 2B 0.0
  Ron Oester pinch hits for Paul O’Neill (RF) batting 5th
b9 3-4 0 12- 1,(0-0) .X O CIN Ron Oester Bob Patterson 18% 67% Fielder’s Choice P; Benzinger out at 3B/P-3B; Davis to 2B 0.0
  Ted Power replaces Bob Patterson pitching and batting 9thBilly Bates pinch runs for Ron Oester (PH) batting 5th
b9 3-4 1 12- 2,(0-1) ..SS O CIN Chris Sabo Ted Power 17% 84% Bates Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B); Davis to 3B 0.0
b9 3-4 2 –3 3,(0-2) ..SS.S O CIN Chris Sabo Ted Power 16% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Reds 3.