Final
Pittsburgh won 2-1
| Game 1: Monday, June 30 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 3 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 1 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 6 | Final in 11 |
| Cincinnati | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 2 | ||
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| Pittsburgh | 9 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 5 | |
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7:10 PM ET, July 2, 2008
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
W: D. Bautista (1-1)
L: D. Thompson (0-2)
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N McLouth CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 | ||
| L Rivas 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 | ||
| J Bay LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .282 | ||
| R Doumit C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .341 | ||
| X Nady RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .323 | ||
| A LaRoche 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | ||
| J Bautista 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .257 | ||
| J Van Benschoten P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| D Bautista P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | ||
| S Burnett P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-D Mientkiewicz PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 | ||
| J Grabow P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-S Pearce PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| T Yates P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Wilson SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 | |||
| a-walked for S Burnett in the 7th b-struck out swinging for J Grabow in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: N McLouth (28, D Thompson); L Rivas (4, D Thompson) 3B: A LaRoche (2, J Affeldt) HR: X Nady 2 (12, 3rd inning off D Thompson 0 on, 1 Out; 5th inning off D Thompson 1 on, 1 Out); J Bautista (10, 9th inning off B Bray 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: L Rivas (16), J Bay (44), A LaRoche 2 (37), J Bautista 2 (38), X Nady 3 (52) 2-out RBI: J Bautista Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Wilson 1, J Van Benschoten 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (J Wilson-L Rivas-A LaRoche). | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Van Benschoten | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45-30 | 10.64 | |
| D Bautista (W, 1-0) | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44-26 | 0.00 | |
| S Burnett (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 5.18 | |
| J Grabow (H, 8) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28-17 | 3.37 | |
| T Yates | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-9 | 3.67 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 132-85 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: E Encarnacion (By J Van Benschoten) Batters faced: J Van Benschoten 13; D Bautista 11; S Burnett 1; J Grabow 7; T Yates 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Van Benschoten 3-4; D Bautista 4-4; S Burnett 0-1; J Grabow 1-2; T Yates 1-1 Game Scores: J Van Benschoten 27 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Bruce CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | ||
| J Keppinger SS-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | ||
| K Griffey Jr RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .240 | ||
| B Phillips 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 | ||
| A Dunn LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .223 | ||
| E Encarnacion 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 | ||
| J Votto 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | ||
| G Majewski P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Bray P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-J Valentin PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | ||
| P Bako C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .218 | ||
| D Thompson P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
| J Affeldt P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Hairston SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .327 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| a-doubled to deep right center for B Bray in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Phillips (17, J Van Benschoten); J Valentin (5, T Yates) HR: J Bruce 2 (6, 1st inning off J Van Benschoten 0 on, 0 Out; 2nd inning off J Van Benschoten 2 on, 2 Out); A Dunn (21, 2nd inning off J Van Benschoten 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Bruce 4 (19), A Dunn (49) 2-out RBI: J Bruce 3 GIDP: E Encarnacion Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Encarnacion 1, J Hairston 1 Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: B Phillips (17, 3rd base off D Bautista/R Doumit) | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| D Thompson (L, 0-2) | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 90-63 | 6.91 | |
| J Affeldt | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37-27 | 4.15 | |
| G Majewski | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25-16 | 5.02 | |
| B Bray | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14-11 | 2.77 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 166-117 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: J Wilson (By D Thompson); R Doumit (By J Affeldt) Balk: D Thompson Batters faced: D Thompson 23; J Affeldt 10; G Majewski 7; B Bray 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Thompson 4-7; J Affeldt 2-1; G Majewski 3-2; B Bray 0-1 Game Scores: D Thompson 20 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| PIT | CIN | |||
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| 1st | L Rivas doubled to right center, N McLouth scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | J Bay singled to left, L Rivas scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | A LaRoche grounded out to first, J Bay scored, R Doumit to third, X Nady to second. | 3 | 0 | |
| 1st | J Bautista grounded out to shortstop, R Doumit scored. | 4 | 0 | |
| 1st | J Bruce homered to right center. | 4 | 1 | |
| 2nd | A Dunn homered to right. | 4 | 2 | |
| 2nd | J Bruce homered to right, P Bako and D Thompson scored. | 4 | 5 | |
| 3rd | X Nady homered to right. | 5 | 5 | |
| 5th | X Nady homered to left, R Doumit scored. | 7 | 5 | |
| 7th | A LaRoche tripled to deep right, R Doumit scored. | 8 | 5 | |
| 9th | J Bautista homered to center. | 9 | 5 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 16,890 (39.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:02 |
| Weather | 84 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 26 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jeff Kellogg, First Base - Rob Drake, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - Mark Wegner |