St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 5, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1996 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 0 1 0
Lankford cf 5 2 2 0
Gant lf 3 1 0 0
Jordan rf 4 2 2 2
Gaetti 3b,1b 4 1 2 3
Mabry 1b 4 1 1 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 2 2
Bell 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 0 0
  Alicea 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Liriano 2b 4 0 1 0
Martin cf 5 0 0 0
King 3b 3 1 1 0
Merced rf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 1b 4 2 3 2
Clark lf 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Lieber p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
St. Louis 103 300 0007111
Pittsburgh 000 003 010491
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (8-6) 6.2 6 3 3 2 5
  Honeycutt   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Eckersley   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Fossas  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (4-6) 3.2 8 7 7 3 3
  Morel   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lieber   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Christiansen   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
7

  E–Clayton (10), Johnson (1).  2B–St. Louis Pagnozzi (13,off Smith); Jordan (18,off Smith); Bell (6,off Christiansen), Pittsburgh Johnson (11,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Pittsburgh Merced (12,6th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out); Johnson 2 (7,6th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Gaetti (4,off Smith).  IBB–Jordan (3,by Smith).  SB–Gant (6,2nd base off Smith/Kendall); Lankford (16,3rd base off Smith/Kendall); Pagnozzi (3,2nd base off Smith/Kendall); Jordan (12,2nd base off Smith/Kendall); Clayton (18,2nd base off Christiansen/Kendall).  CS–Bell (1,3rd base by Christiansen/Kendall).  IBB–Smith (4,Jordan).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:42.  A–18,759.
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