Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1986 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak lf,rf 2 1 1 0
Bonds cf 5 1 1 0
Ray 2b 4 0 0 1
Bream 1b 5 0 2 2
Distefano rf 3 1 1 0
  Diaz ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 2 1
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 1
Bielecki p 1 1 1 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph 1 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Krawczyk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Thompson cf 2 1 0 0
Legg 2b 5 1 3 1
Hayes 1b 4 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 2 1 0
  Schu 3b 1 0 0 0
Wilson rf 5 2 4 2
Roenicke lf 5 1 0 0
Russell c 3 1 1 2
Jeltz ss 3 0 2 1
Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Samuel ph 1 0 1 2
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 8
Pittsburgh 003 002 0005102
Philadelphia 103 203 00x9131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  L (6-11) 2.2 6 4 4 4 2
  Smiley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Walk   2.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Winn   0.0 3 3 1 0 0
  McWilliams   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Clements   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Krawczyk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
7
6
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman   3.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Hume   2.2 5 2 2 1 2
  Schatzeder   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve  W (11-4) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Orsulak (4), Bream (16), Hayes (11).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1.  PB–Russell (15).  2B–Pittsburgh Distefano (1,off Hume); T Pena (24,off Hume); Bream (35,off Schatzeder), Philadelphia Wilson (26,off Bielecki); Samuel (30,off Bielecki); Legg (1,off Walk).  3B–Philadelphia Wilson (3,off Walk).  SF–Ray (7,off Freeman); Belliard (1,off Hume); Jeltz (2,off Bielecki).  SH–Freeman (1,off Bielecki); Hume (5,off Walk).  SB–Bonds (33,2nd base off Tekulve/Russell); Thompson (15,2nd base off Bielecki/T Pena).  CS–Orsulak (10,2nd base by Freeman/Russell); T Pena (10,3rd base by Hume/Russell); Russell (1,2nd base by McWilliams/T Pena).  WP–Bielecki (7).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:52.  A–14,315.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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