Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Francisco Giants 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 2 2 0
Reynolds lf,rf 5 1 1 1
Ray 2b 5 0 2 2
Bream 1b 5 0 0 0
Morrison 3b,ss 3 0 1 1
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph,c 1 0 1 0
Bonilla rf,3b 3 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Diaz ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Patterson p 2 1 1 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Easley p 1 0 0 0
  Almon ph 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Wasinger 3b 5 3 4 1
Davis cf 5 1 1 1
Leonard lf 5 1 2 2
Maldonado rf 4 2 1 0
Brenly c 2 1 0 0
Speier 2b 4 1 2 4
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Williams ss 4 0 2 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9
Pittsburgh 220 000 000490
San Francisco 100 151 01x9131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson   4.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Walk  L (1-1) 0.1 0 1 1 0 1
  Easley   2.2 4 3 3 2 1
  Smiley   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
2
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   4.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Hammaker  W (1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–C Davis (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (5,off Krukow), San Francisco Wasinger 3 (3,off Patterson 2,off Easley); Maldonado (12,off Patterson); Williams (3,off Easley).  HR–San Francisco Wasinger (1,1st inning off Patterson 0 on, 0 out); Speier (4,5th inning off Easley 3 on, 1 out); Leonard (8,8th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Morrison (3,off Krukow).  HBP–Maldonado (1,by Walk).  IBB–Brenly (1,by Easley).  WP–Easley (2).  BK–Walk (2).  HBP–Walk (1,Maldonado).  IBB–Easley (3,Brenly).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:58.  A–17,609.
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