San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 6 2 2 0
Gwynn rf 3 0 1 0
  Henderson rf,lf 2 2 1 1
Caminiti 3b 5 3 3 1
  Livingstone 3b 0 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 1 1 1
  Bergman p 0 0 0 0
Cianfrocco 1b 6 1 3 3
Johnson c 5 2 3 1
Gomez ss 4 0 2 0
Reed 2b 5 0 1 1
Sanders p 2 0 1 1
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Dascenzo ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 43 12 19 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Liriano ss 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 0 1 0
King 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 1 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Hayes 3b 4 0 0 0
Kingery cf 3 0 1 1
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner ph 1 0 1 1
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
San Diego 021 122 01312190
Pittsburgh 010 100 100361
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  W (5-4) 7.0 6 3 3 2 7
  Veras   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Bergman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (0-2) 4.0 10 5 5 0 3
  Morel   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Wainhouse   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Ruebel   2.0 4 4 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
19
12
9
5
8

  E–Liriano (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Kendall 2 (6).  2B–San Diego Johnson (11,off Peters); Caminiti (27,off Ruebel); Henderson (14,off Ruebel), Pittsburgh Kingery (8,off Sanders); Johnson (13,off Sanders); Wehner (6,off Sanders).  3B–San Diego Cianfrocco (2,off Peters).  HR–San Diego Caminiti (22,3rd inning off Peters 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Clark (6,2nd inning off Sanders 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Sanders 2 (3,off Peters,off Wainhouse).  IBB–Caminiti (8,by Wainhouse).  SB–Finley 2 (17,2nd base off Wainhouse/Kendall,3rd base off Wainhouse/Kendall); Caminiti (4,2nd base off Wainhouse/Kendall).  WP–Peters (4), Ruebel (1).  IBB–Wainhouse (1,Caminiti).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:50.  A–8,388.
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