St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 9, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lankford cf 5 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 2 2 1
Perry 1b 3 1 0 0
Zeile 3b 3 1 1 2
Jose rf 4 1 2 1
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 1
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
Smith B. p 3 0 1 0
  Terry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 3 1 0 0
Wehner 3b 3 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 1
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Espy ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
St. Louis 000 301 100570
Pittsburgh 000 010 000131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (10-7) 7.1 3 1 0 2 5
  Terry   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (13-8) 5.0 6 4 4 3 3
  Mason   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   2.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
7

  E–Bell (17).  PB–Pagnozzi (3).  2B–St. Louis Jose 2 (34,off Smiley 2); Oquendo (9,off Smiley), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (12,off B Smith).  HR–St. Louis Zeile (9,4th inning off Smiley 1 on, 1 out); O Smith (1,7th inning off Patterson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–LaValliere (3,off B Smith).  CS–Gilkey (8,2nd base by Patterson/LaValliere).  WP–Smiley (2).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:48.  A–38,136.
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