Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
May 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, San Diego Padres 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 3 3 1
Van Slyke rf 5 1 2 2
Ray 2b 5 0 1 1
Bream 1b 4 1 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 1 1 1
Reynolds lf 3 2 1 1
LaValliere c 4 1 2 1
Belliard ss 4 1 2 3
Taylor p 2 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 1 1 1
Flannery 3b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 1 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 1 1 1
Kruk lf,1b 3 1 1 0
Santiago c 5 1 1 3
Wynne cf 2 0 1 0
  Salazar ph,cf 2 1 2 1
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Show p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
  Steels ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Ready lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
Pittsburgh 050 010 21110131
San Diego 001 310 0128120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor   3.1 3 4 4 2 2
  Pena   1.1 1 1 1 4 0
  Walk  W (1-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Smiley   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Robinson  SV (5) 1.1 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
7
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  L (1-2) 1.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Jones   2.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Dravecky   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Gossage   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Booker   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
2
5

  E–Bonds (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bream (4,off Show); Morrison (7,off Show); Ray (5,off Jones), San Diego Templeton 2 (5,off Taylor,off Smiley); Garvey (2,off D Robinson).  HR–Pittsburgh Belliard (1,2nd inning off Show 2 on, 0 out); Van Slyke (1,7th inning off Gossage 1 on, 1 out); Reynolds (1,8th inning off Booker 0 on, 1 out); Bonds (3,9th inning off Booker 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Santiago (5,4th inning off Taylor 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Jones (1,off Taylor).  SF–Cora (1,off Taylor).  SB–Bonds (6,2nd base off Jones/Santiago).  CS–Van Slyke (1,2nd base by Jones/Santiago).  WP–D Robinson (3).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:16.  A–12,642.
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