Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 12, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1991 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 5 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla rf 3 0 1 0
Bonds lf 2 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Prince c 3 0 1 0
  Bullett pr 0 0 0 0
  LaValliere c 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Espy ph 0 0 0 0
  Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lankford cf 4 1 2 0
Smith O. ss 2 0 1 0
Perry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer 1b 0 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 2 0 1 0
Jose rf 2 0 0 1
Thompson lf 3 0 0 0
Pena 2b 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Hill p 2 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea ph 1 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Smith L. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 5 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 000070
St. Louis 000 001 00x150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (13-13) 6.0 4 1 1 4 3
  Mason   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Belinda   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (9-9) 6.2 4 0 0 6 7
  McClure   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Terry   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (39) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
6
8

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Zeile (29,off Drabek).  HBP–Buechele (1,by Hill).  IBB–Bonds 2 (24,by Hill 2).  SH–O Smith (5,off Rodriguez).  SB–Van Slyke (10,2nd base off Hill/Gedman); Lankford (34,2nd base off Drabek/Prince).  CS–Bullett (1,2nd base by Hill/Gedman); Perry (7,2nd base by Drabek/Prince).  HBP–Hill (6,Buechele).  IBB–Hill 2 (4,Bonds 2).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:57.  A–21,412.
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