Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
July 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, San Francisco Giants 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 1 3 3
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 1 2 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 1 0 0
LaValliere c 2 1 1 1
  Ortiz ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 4 1 2 3
Fisher p 2 1 0 0
  Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 3 0 0 0
  Leonard ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 2 1
Aldrete lf,rf 3 1 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 2
Davis rf,cf 3 1 0 0
Sasser c 3 0 0 0
  Brenly ph 1 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 2
Uribe ss 3 1 1 1
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Pittsburgh 010 300 300790
San Francisco 000 210 012671
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (5-6) 7.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Smiley   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Robinson  SV (12) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (7-6) 4.1 6 4 3 1 2
  Price   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gott   2.0 3 3 3 1 3
  Lefferts   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
2
7

  E–Aldrete (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Thompson (12,off D Robinson).  HR–Pittsburgh Pedrique (1,4th inning off LaCoss 2 on, 2 out); Van Slyke (14,7th inning off Gott 2 on, 1 out), San Francisco Clark (16,4th inning off Fisher 1 on, 0 out); Uribe (2,5th inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out); Mitchell (11,8th inning off Smiley 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–LaValliere (5,by LaCoss).  SH–Uribe (2,off D Robinson).  SB–Mitchell (1,2nd base off Fisher/LaValliere).  IBB–LaCoss (9,LaValliere).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–(none), 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:39.  A–6,919.
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