St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 6, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 2 1
Lankford cf 4 3 2 0
Gant lf 5 0 1 2
Jordan rf 2 0 0 0
  McGee ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 5 2 5 2
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 1
Pagnozzi c 5 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 5 1 2 0
Benes p 2 1 1 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 1 2
  Petkovsek p 1 0 1 0
  Clayton ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 17 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kingery cf 5 0 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 2 0
King 2b 5 1 1 0
Merced rf 2 1 0 0
Hayes 3b 4 2 2 2
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 2
  Cordova p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 1 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
St. Louis 000 222 2109173
Pittsburgh 000 300 020591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (8-5) 5.0 5 3 1 2 5
  Petkovsek   3.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
3
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (7-8) 6.0 10 6 6 0 5
  Wilkins   1.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Plesac   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Cordova   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
9
8
0
9

  E–Smith (3), Pagnozzi (4), Alicea (18), Martin (6).  DP–St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (19,off Darwin); Gant (8,off Darwin); Alicea (16,off Cordova), Pittsburgh Hayes (17,off Alan Benes); Darwin (4,off Alan Benes).  HR–Pittsburgh Bell (6,8th inning off Petkovsek 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Jordan (2,off Wilkins).  SF–Gaetti (5,off Darwin).  HBP–Jordan (2,by Darwin); Lankford (2,by Wilkins).  SB–Gaetti (2,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall); Martin (20,2nd base off Alan Benes/Pagnozzi).  HBP–Darwin (6,Jordan); Wilkins (4,Lankford).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–3:03.  A–19,144.
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