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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 20, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 20, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rigo Beltran |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Esteban Loaiza |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 21,053 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Winters 1B: Larry Vanover 2B: Jerry Layne 3B: Angel Hernandez |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Ordaz | Shortstop |
| Dmitri Young | Right Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
| Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
| Danny Sheaffer | Left Fielder |
| Mike Difelice | Catcher |
| David Bell | Second Baseman |
| Rigo Beltran | Pitcher |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
| Turner Ward | Center Fielder |
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Kevin Young | First Baseman |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Shawon Dunston | Shortstop |
| Mark Smith | Right Fielder |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| Esteban Loaiza | Pitcher |
| Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 20, 1997
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Loaiza
Ordaz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Loaiza
There goes Ordaz. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Ordaz steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Loaiza
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
McGwire vs. Loaiza
McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. Ordaz moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Lankford vs. Loaiza
Lankford strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Beltran
Womack hits a line drive towards short. Ordaz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Beltran
Ward hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Young who is chasing the ball. Ward reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Martin vs. Beltran
Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Young. Martin reaches second base with a double. Ward scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Beltran
There goes Martin. The throw from Difelice and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Martin scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Beltran
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Beltran
Randa hits a fly ball into left field. Sheaffer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Loaiza
Gaetti strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sheaffer vs. Loaiza
Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Loaiza
Difelice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Loaiza
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Beltran
Scarborough Green now playing left field.
Dunston hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Beltran
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Beltran
Kendall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Loaiza vs. Beltran
Loaiza hits a line drive towards first. McGwire reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Beltran vs. Loaiza
Beltran hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Loaiza
Ordaz hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Ordaz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Loaiza
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ordaz moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
McGwire vs. Loaiza
McGwire is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Lankford vs. Loaiza
Lankford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Lankford reaches second base with a double. Ordaz scores. There goes McGwire trying to get to home. Smith throws the ball in to Womack who relays the ball to Kendall, who tags McGwire, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Beltran
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Beltran
Ward hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Beltran
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Beltran
Beltran fires to first and picks off Martin. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Loaiza
Gaetti strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Loaiza
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Loaiza
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Beltran
Young hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Beltran
Randa takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Dunston vs. Beltran
Dunston bunts towards the mound. Beltran fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Beltran. Young moves to third. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Beltran
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Kendall vs. Beltran
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it and throws to second for the out. Young scores. Randa moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Loaiza vs. Beltran
Loaiza hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Loaiza
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Beltran vs. Loaiza
Beltran hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Loaiza
Ordaz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Loaiza
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ordaz moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
McGwire vs. Loaiza
McGwire strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Beltran
Womack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Beltran
Ward hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Womack moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Martin vs. Beltran
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Womack tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Raggio
Brady Raggio now pitching. Eli Marrero now catching.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Raggio
Randa strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Loaiza
Lankford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Loaiza
There goes Lankford. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Lankford steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gaetti vs. Loaiza
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lankford moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Green vs. Loaiza
Green hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Marrero vs. Loaiza
Marrero strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Raggio
Dunston hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Raggio
Smith hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Raggio
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raggio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Loaiza
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Plantier vs. Loaiza
Phil Plantier pinch hits for Brady Raggio.
Plantier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Loaiza
Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Loaiza vs. Painter
Lance Painter now pitching.
Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first, with Painter covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Painter
Womack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Painter
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Loaiza
Young hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Loaiza
McGwire strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Loaiza
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lankford for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Painter
Jeff Berblinger now playing second base. Gary Gaetti now playing first base. David Bell now playing third base.
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gaetti scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bautista
Jose Bautista now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Bautista
Randa hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Green. Randa reaches second base with a double. Young goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dunston vs. Bautista
Dunston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randa moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Bautista
There's a wild pitch. Dunston moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Bautista
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Randa scores. Dunston scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Bautista
Adrian Brown pinch runs for Mark Smith.
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Loaiza vs. Bautista
Loaiza bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Womack vs. Bautista
Womack is hit by the pitch. Kendall moves to third. Loaiza moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Ward vs. Gaetti
Abraham Nunez pinch runs for Tony Womack. Gary Gaetti now pitching. Tom Pagnozzi now playing first base.
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kendall scores. Loaiza moves to third. Nunez moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Martin vs. Gaetti
Martin is hit by the pitch. Loaiza scores. Nunez moves to third. Ward moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Young vs. Gaetti
Emil Brown pinch runs for Al Martin.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Loaiza
Abraham Nunez now playing second base. Emil Brown now playing left field. Jermaine Allensworth now playing center field. Lou Collier now playing s
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Randa. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Loaiza
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Gaetti moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Loaiza
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Marrero vs. Loaiza
Marrero hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Loaiza
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Nunez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1997 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Ordaz L, ss 4 1 3 0 Womack T, 2b 4 1 1 0
Young D, rf 4 0 1 0 Nunez A, pr-2b 0 0 0 0
McGwire M, 1b 3 0 0 0 Ward T, cf-rf 5 1 3 1
Berblinger J, 2b 0 0 0 0 Martin A, lf 2 1 1 3
Lankford R, cf 3 0 1 1 Brown E, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Gaetti G, 3b-1b-p 4 0 0 0 Young K, 1b 5 2 2 0
Sheaffer D, lf 1 0 0 0 Randa J, 3b 3 1 1 1
Green S, lf 3 0 0 0 Dunston S, ss 3 1 1 0
Difelice M, c 2 0 1 0 Collier L, ss 0 0 0 0
Marrero E, c 2 0 0 0 Smith M, rf 4 0 1 2
Bell D, 2b-3b 4 0 0 0 Brown A, pr 0 0 0 0
Beltran R, p 2 0 0 0 Allensworth J, cf 0 0 0 0
Raggio B, p 0 0 0 0 Kendall J, c 4 2 1 2
Plantier P, ph 1 0 0 0 Loaiza E, p 4 1 1 0
Painter L, p 0 0 0 0
Bautista J, p 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi T, 1b 0 0 0 0
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33 1 6 1 34 10 12 9
St.Louis 001 000 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh 210 110 05x -- 10
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Beltran R (L) 4.1 6 5 3 2 2
Raggio B 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Painter L 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Bautista J 0.1 5 5 5 0 0
Gaetti G 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza E (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 7
E -- Difelice M, Beltran R, Randa J
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Pittsburgh 6
2B -- Martin A, Ordaz L, Lankford R, Randa J
3B -- Ward T
HR -- Kendall J
SB -- Ordaz L, Martin A, Lankford R
CS -- Martin A
SH -- Dunston S
SF -- Martin A
HBP -- by Loaiza E (McGwire M), by Bautista J (Womack T), by Gaetti G (Martin A)
WP -- Bautista J
T -- 2:40
A -- 21053
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