St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1991 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Pena 2b 5 0 1 1
Smith ss 4 2 2 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 4 1 1 0
Jose rf 5 2 3 1
Zeile 3b 5 1 3 1
Hudler cf 3 0 1 1
  Lankford ph,cf 2 1 1 1
Pagnozzi c 5 1 2 1
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 0
  Terry p 2 0 0 1
Totals 42 8 15 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 1
Van Slyke cf 3 1 2 0
  Redus cf 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 2 1
  Richardson 3b 0 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Varsho rf 1 0 0 0
  McClendon ph,rf 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Tomlin p 2 0 1 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis 101 001 0418151
Pittsburgh 000 001 010282
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (2-3) 5.1 5 1 1 3 1
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Terry  SV (1) 3.0 3 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin  L (3-1) 6.0 8 3 1 1 5
  Heaton   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Belinda   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Kipper   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Patterson   1.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
8
6
3
8

  E–Lankford (2), Bell (7), Bonilla (2).  DP–St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis O Smith (5,off Tomlin); Pagnozzi (5,off Kipper); Zeile (8,off Patterson).  3B–St. Louis Hudler (1,off Tomlin).  HR–Pittsburgh Bell (5,6th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 0 out).  SB–O Smith 2 (13,2nd base off Tomlin/LaValliere 2); Jose (7,2nd base off Tomlin/LaValliere).  CS–Zeile (1,2nd base by Tomlin/LaValliere).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:56.  A–8,557.
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