Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1996 at Dodger Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack cf 3 1 0 0
  Allensworth cf 1 0 0 0
Martin lf 5 0 1 0
King 2b 3 0 0 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Liriano 3b 4 0 1 0
  Wehner pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Garcia ss 3 1 1 0
Beamon rf 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 2 1 0 0
Loaiza p 3 0 1 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 3
  Ericks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 2 0 0 0
  Dreifort p 0 0 0 0
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
Hollandsworth lf 3 0 0 0
  Curtis ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 1 3 1
  Cedeno pr 0 0 0 0
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 2 0
  Fonville pr 0 0 0 0
DeShields 2b 3 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 0 1 0
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Ashley ph 1 0 1 0
  Guerrero pr 0 0 0 0
  Kirby lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Pittsburgh 000 001 003470
Los Angeles 000 000 100181
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Plesac  W (4-5) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Ericks  SV (5) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio   7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Guthrie   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dreifort  L (1-3) 0.1 1 3 3 1 0
  Radinsky   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
6

  E–DeShields (16).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Martin (34,off Astacio); Merced (22,off Radinsky).  HR–Los Angeles Piazza (33,7th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Garcia (3,off Dreifort); Beamon (1,off Dreifort).  SF–King (8,off Astacio).  HBP–Kendall (11,by Astacio).  IBB–Kendall (10,by Dreifort).  CS–Piazza (3,2nd base by Loaiza/Kendall); Butler (3,2nd base by Loaiza/Kendall).  HBP–Astacio (7,Kendall).  IBB–Dreifort (4,Kendall).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:42.  A–33,922.
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