Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 29, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1996 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 0 0
Martin cf 5 1 1 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
King 3b 4 1 3 1
Merced rf 5 1 2 0
Clark lf 3 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Osik c 4 0 0 0
Dessens p 2 0 1 1
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 5 11 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 2 0
Lankford cf 5 1 3 0
Gant lf 3 2 1 0
Jordan rf,1b 5 2 3 2
Mabry 1b 4 0 1 2
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 2
Pagnozzi c 4 0 1 0
Alicea 2b 4 0 1 0
Benes p 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  McGee rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 15 6
Pittsburgh 100 120 0105110
St. Louis 301 010 0016151
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dessens   4.2 8 5 5 1 5
  Christiansen   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Miceli  L (1-4) 1.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
15
6
6
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   6.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Fossas   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Petkovsek   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Honeycutt  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
6

  E–Alicea (17).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Johnson (10,off Andy Benes), St. Louis Gaetti (10,off Dessens); Gant (7,off Dessens); Jordan (14,off Dessens); Lankford (15,off Wilkins).  3B–Pittsburgh Bell (3,off Petkovsek).  SF–Johnson (1,off Andy Benes).  IBB–Gant (4,by Miceli).  SB–Martin (17,2nd base off Andy Benes/Pagnozzi).  WP–Christiansen (4).  IBB–Miceli (4,Gant).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:16.  A–34,426.
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