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

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

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 0
Smith ss 4 2 3 1
Wilson 3b 4 0 0 0
Zeile c 5 2 2 2
Hudler rf 5 1 3 2
Pagnozzi 1b 4 0 3 1
  Collins pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Thompson cf 5 0 3 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 0
Tewksbury p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 17 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Ryal lf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 2 0
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 1 0
Lind 2b 3 0 1 0
Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 0 1 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
St. Louis 003 000 1206170
Pittsburgh 000 000 000060
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  W (7-3) 9.0 6 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (5-6) 3.2 8 3 3 2 1
  Bair   2.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Belinda   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Patterson   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Ross   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
6
6
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Pagnozzi (3,off Smiley); Zeile (14,off Patterson); Hudler (9,off Patterson), Pittsburgh Bonilla (29,off Tewksbury).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (7,off Smiley); Hudler (2,off Smiley).  HR–St. Louis Zeile (12,7th inning off Belinda 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Coleman (2,by Smiley).  IBB–Oquendo (8,by Patterson).  SH–Bell (29,off Tewksbury).  SB–O Smith 3 (23,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere,3rd base off Smiley/LaValliere,2nd base off Bair/LaValliere).  CS–Coleman (13,2nd base by Smiley/LaValliere); Hudler (8,2nd base by Bair/LaValliere).  WP–Bair (2).  BK–Patterson (2).  HBP–Smiley (1,Coleman).  IBB–Patterson (6,Oquendo).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:36.  A–30,335.
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