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Pirates
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
June 16, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 16, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | June 16, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 16, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jason Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Scott Aldred |
| Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 16,007 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Scott 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Rocky Roe 3B: Ted Hendry |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
| Adrian Brown | Center Fielder |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| Kevin Young | First Baseman |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Mark Smith | DH |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
| Kevin Polcovich | Shortstop |
| Gene Lamont | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Knoblauch | Second Baseman |
| Matt Lawton | Right Fielder |
| Paul Molitor | DH |
| Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
| Ron Coomer | Third Baseman |
| Scott Stahoviak | First Baseman |
| Marty Cordova | Left Fielder |
| Rich Becker | Center Fielder |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Tom Kelly | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
June 16, 1997
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Aldred
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Womack for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Aldred
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Aldred
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Aldred
Aldred fires to first and picks off Kendall. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Schmidt
Knoblauch strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Schmidt
Lawton strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Schmidt
Molitor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Schmidt
Steinbach strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Aldred
Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Young reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Aldred
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stahoviak scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randa for the out. Young moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Aldred
Smith hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Aldred
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Aldred
Brown hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Aldred
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Schmidt
Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Schmidt
Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Schmidt
Cordova strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Schmidt
Becker strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Aldred
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Aldred
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Aldred
Kendall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Kendall reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Young vs. Aldred
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Kendall scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Aldred
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Schmidt
Meares hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Schmidt
Knoblauch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lawton vs. Schmidt
Lawton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Schmidt
Molitor strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Aldred
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Aldred
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Aldred
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Aldred
There goes Brown. The throw from Steinbach and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Polcovich vs. Aldred
Polcovich hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Aldred
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Schmidt
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Schmidt
Coomer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Schmidt
Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Rodriguez
Frankie Rodriguez now pitching.
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Rodriguez
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Rodriguez
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Schmidt
Cordova strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Schmidt
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Becker for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Schmidt
Meares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Rodriguez
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Rodriguez
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coomer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Rodriguez
Guillen strikes out. Steinbach drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Guillen out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Knoblauch vs. Schmidt
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lawton vs. Schmidt
Lawton hits a popup towards short. Polcovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Molitor vs. Schmidt
Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Rodriguez
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Rodriguez
Polcovich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lawton. Polcovich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Womack vs. Rodriguez
Womack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polcovich scores. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Rodriguez
Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Womack moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Kendall vs. Rodriguez
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Schmidt
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Schmidt
Coomer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stahoviak vs. Schmidt
Stahoviak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stahoviak for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ritchie
Todd Ritchie now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Ritchie
There's a wild pitch. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Ritchie
Randa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Ritchie
Smith hits a popup towards first. Stahoviak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Guillen vs. Ritchie
Guillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Ritchie
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Polcovich vs. Ritchie
Polcovich hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Schmidt
Cordova hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Schmidt
Becker hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Becker reaches second base with a double. Cordova moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Meares vs. Schmidt
Meares hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brown who is chasing the ball. Meares reaches third base with a triple. Cordova scores. Becker scores. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Knoblauch vs. Schmidt
Knoblauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meares scores. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Rincon
Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Roberto Kelly pinch hits for Matt Lawton.
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Molitor vs. Rincon
Molitor hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbach vs. Rincon
Steinbach hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Coomer vs. Rincon
Coomer hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Aguilera
Roberto Kelly now playing right field. Rick Aguilera now pitching.
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Aguilera
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Knoblauch. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Aguilera
Kendall hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Young vs. Aguilera
Young strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Randa vs. Aguilera
Randa strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hocking vs. Rincon
Denny Hocking pinch hits for Scott Stahoviak.
Hocking hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Loiselle
Rich Loiselle now pitching.
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hocking moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Becker vs. Loiselle
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hocking moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Myers vs. Loiselle
Greg Myers pinch hits for Pat Meares.
Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hocking scores. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Knoblauch vs. Loiselle
Greg Colbrunn pinch runs for Greg Myers.
Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/16/1997 -- Pittsburgh at Minnesota (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Womack T, 2b 5 0 1 1 Knoblauch C, 2b 4 1 1 1
Brown A, cf 5 1 3 0 Lawton M, rf 3 0 0 0
Kendall J, c 5 1 2 0 Kelly R, ph-rf 1 0 0 0
Young K, 1b 5 2 3 2 Molitor P, dh 4 0 1 0
Randa J, 3b 5 0 1 0 Steinbach T, c 4 1 1 2
Smith M, dh 4 1 1 2 Coomer R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Guillen J, rf 4 0 2 1 Stahoviak S, 1b 3 0 1 0
Brown E, lf 3 1 0 0 Hocking D, ph 1 1 1 0
Polcovich K, ss 4 2 2 2 Cordova M, lf 4 1 1 0
Becker R, cf 4 1 1 0
Meares P, ss 3 1 1 2
Myers G, ph 1 0 1 1
Colbrunn G, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 15 8 36 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 022 200 110 -- 8
Minnesota 000 000 051 -- 6
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt J (W)* 7.0 6 4 4 1 8
Rincon R+ 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Loiselle R (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred S (L) 4.0 8 6 6 1 0
Rodriguez F 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Ritchie T 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Aguilera R 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 8th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Knoblauch C
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 4
2B -- Young K, Kendall J 2, Polcovich K, Becker R
3B -- Meares P
HR -- Smith M, Polcovich K, Steinbach T
SB -- Brown E
CS -- Kendall J
WP -- Ritchie T
T -- 2:41
A -- 16007
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