Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1990 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 5 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 2 0 0
Van Slyke cf 5 1 1 1
Bonilla rf 5 2 3 2
Bonds lf 4 1 1 1
Bream 1b 4 0 4 0
LaValliere c 4 0 2 2
King 3b 4 0 1 0
Heaton p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 2 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 0
Zeile c 3 1 1 2
Thompson rf 3 1 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 1
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Hudler 2b 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 022 200 0006120
St. Louis 001 200 000381
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  W (9-1) 7.0 7 3 3 0 2
  Belinda   1.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Ruskin   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Landrum  SV (10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  L (5-5) 3.0 7 4 4 3 3
  DiPino   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Horton   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Terry   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
4

  E–Terry (1).  PB–Zeile 2 (5).  2B–Pittsburgh Bonilla 2 (16,off DeLeon,off DiPino); Van Slyke (9,off DiPino), St. Louis Thompson (4,off Heaton); O Smith (9,off Heaton).  HR–St. Louis Zeile (5,4th inning off Heaton 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Bonds (3,2nd base by DeLeon/Zeile); Bream (3,2nd base by DiPino/Zeile); McGee (3,3rd base by Heaton/LaValliere); Collins (1,2nd base by Heaton/LaValliere).  SB–Coleman 2 (38,2nd base off Heaton/LaValliere,3rd base off Heaton/LaValliere); McGee (15,2nd base off Belinda/LaValliere).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:00.  A–30,815.
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