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Pirates
@ Giants
3Com Park
September 15, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 15, 1996 at 3Com Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 15, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 15, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lieber |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kirk Rueter |
| Ballpark | 3Com Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Rapuano 1B: Gerry Davis 2B: Terry Tata 3B: Bill Hohn |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
| Trey Beamon | Left Fielder |
| Jeff King | First Baseman |
| Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| John Wehner | Third Baseman |
| Jon Lieber | Pitcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marvin Benard | Center Fielder |
| Bill Mueller | Second Baseman |
| Glenallen Hill | Right Fielder |
| Rick Wilkins | Catcher |
| Kim Batiste | Third Baseman |
| Jacob Cruz | Left Fielder |
| Desi Wilson | First Baseman |
| Rich Aurilia | Shortstop |
| Kirk Rueter | Pitcher |
| Dusty Baker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
3Com Park
September 15, 1996
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Rueter
Allensworth hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Hill. Allensworth reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Beamon vs. Rueter
Beamon bunts towards the mound. Rueter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Allensworth moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Rueter
King hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rueter fields it and throws to second for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Merced vs. Rueter
Merced hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allensworth scores. King moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garcia vs. Rueter
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Benard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Rueter
Bell takes first base on ball four. King moves to third. Merced moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Kendall vs. Rueter
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste juggles the ball. That's an error on Batiste. King scores. Merced moves to third. Bell moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wehner vs. Rueter
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benard vs. Lieber
Benard strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lieber
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Lieber
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wehner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lieber vs. Rueter
Lieber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Allensworth vs. Rueter
Allensworth bunts towards the right side of the infield. Mueller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lieber moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Beamon vs. Rueter
Wilkins fires to second and picks off Lieber for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Beamon vs. Rueter
Beamon strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
King vs. Rueter
King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilkins vs. Lieber
Wilkins strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Batiste vs. Lieber
Batiste hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lieber
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Rueter
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wilson fields the ball and throws to Rueter covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Rueter
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Rueter
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Rueter
Kendall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Wehner vs. Rueter
Wehner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Benard. Wehner reaches second base with a double. Garcia scores. Kendall goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Lieber vs. Rueter
Lieber strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Lieber
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Aurilia vs. Lieber
Aurilia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Rueter vs. Lieber
Rueter strikes out. There goes Wilson. The throw from Kendall to second, and they've got Wilson trapped. There's the throw to third, and Wilson is out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Benard vs. Lieber
Benard hits a line drive towards third. Wehner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Rueter
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Beamon vs. Rueter
Beamon hits a line drive into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Rueter
King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lieber
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Lieber
Hill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Hill reaches second base with a double. Merced throws the ball in to Garcia who relays the ball to Bell who tags Hill trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mueller goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wilkins vs. Lieber
Wilkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilkins for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Batiste vs. Lieber
Batiste hits a line drive into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Rueter
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Rueter
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Rueter
Bell strikes out. There goes Garcia. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Rueter
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lieber
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Lieber
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Lieber
Aurilia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rueter vs. Lieber
Rueter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Rueter
Wehner strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lieber vs. Rueter
Lieber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Rueter
Allensworth strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benard vs. Lieber
Benard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wehner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lieber
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Lieber
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Wilkins vs. Lieber
Wilkins hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beamon vs. Rueter
Beamon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wilson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Beamon for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Rueter
King hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rueter fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Rueter
Merced strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Batiste vs. Lieber
Batiste hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lieber
Cruz hits a line drive into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Lieber
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aurilia vs. Lieber
Aurilia bunts towards third. Wehner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Lieber
Barry Bonds pinch hits for Kirk Rueter.
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Dewey
Mark Dewey now pitching. Barry Bonds now playing left field.
Garcia hits a line drive beyond second. Mueller can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Dewey
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Kendall vs. Dewey
Kendall bunts, foul, towards first. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Dewey
Mark Johnson pinch hits for John Wehner.
Johnson strikes out. There goes Garcia. The throw from Wilkins and Garcia is out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Ruebel
Mark Johnson now playing first base. Jeff King now playing second base. Carlos Garcia now playing third base. Matt Ruebel now pitching. Dax Jones
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Ruebel
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Ruebel
Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ruebel vs. Dewey
Dax Jones now playing center field.
Ruebel hits a line drive beyond short. Aurilia can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Allensworth vs. Dewey
Allensworth strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Beamon vs. Dewey
The ball gets by Wilkins for a passed ball. Ruebel moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Beamon vs. Dewey
Beamon hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
King vs. Dewey
King hits a popup towards short. Aurilia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Scarsone vs. Ruebel
Steve Scarsone pinch hits for Rick Wilkins.
Scarsone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Batiste vs. Ruebel
Batiste hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McCarty vs. Ruebel
Dave McCarty pinch hits for Mark Dewey.
Ruebel fires to first and has Batiste trapped. There's the throw to Bell who tags Batiste for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Ruebel
McCarty strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/15/1996, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at San Francisco (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Allensworth J, cf 5 1 2 0 Benard M, cf 3 0 0 0
Beamon T, lf 5 0 1 0 Jones D, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
King J, 1b-2b 5 1 0 0 Mueller B, 2b 4 1 3 0
Merced O, rf 4 0 2 1 Hill G, rf 4 0 1 1
Garcia C, 2b-3b 4 1 2 0 Wilkins R, c 3 0 0 0
Bell J, ss 3 0 1 0 Scarsone S, ph 1 0 1 0
Kendall J, c 3 1 0 0 Batiste K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Wehner J, 3b 3 0 1 2 Cruz J, lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson M, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Dewey M, p 0 0 0 0
Lieber J, p 3 0 1 0 McCarty D, ph 1 0 0 0
Ruebel M, p 1 0 1 0 Wilson D, 1b 3 0 2 0
Aurilia R, ss 3 0 3 0
Rueter K, p 2 0 0 0
Bonds B, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
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37 4 11 3 33 1 10 1
Pittsburgh 202 000 000 -- 4
San Francisco 000 100 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber J (W) 7.0 9 1 1 0 6
Ruebel M (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter K (L) 7.0 8 4 3 2 6
Dewey M 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
E -- Batiste K
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, San Francisco 5
2B -- Allensworth J, Wehner J, Hill G
SB -- Garcia C
CS -- Wilson D, Garcia C, Batiste K
PB -- Wilkins R
T -- 2:24
A -- 0
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