Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
September 15, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1996 at 3Com Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 5 1 2 0
Beamon lf 5 0 1 0
King 1b,2b 5 1 0 0
Merced rf 4 0 2 1
Garcia 2b,3b 4 1 2 0
Bell ss 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 1 0 0
Wehner 3b 3 0 1 2
  Johnson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lieber p 3 0 1 0
  Ruebel p 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 11 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Mueller 2b 4 1 3 0
Hill rf 4 0 1 1
Wilkins c 3 0 0 0
  Scarsone ph 1 0 1 0
Batiste 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
  Dewey p 0 0 0 0
  McCarty ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson 1b 3 0 2 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 3 0
Rueter p 2 0 0 0
  Bonds ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Pittsburgh 202 000 0004110
San Francisco 000 100 0001101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (8-5) 7.0 9 1 1 0 6
  Ruebel  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  L (5-8) 7.0 8 4 3 2 6
  Dewey   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
2
8

  E–Batiste (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1.  PB–Wilkins (10).  2B–Pittsburgh Allensworth (5,off Rueter); Wehner (7,off Rueter), San Francisco Hill (22,off Lieber).  SB–Garcia (15,2nd base off Rueter/Wilkins).  CS–Garcia (6,3rd base by Dewey/Wilkins); Wilson (1,3rd base by Lieber/Kendall); Batiste (3,2nd base by Ruebel/Kendall).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:24.
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