St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 25, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 6 1 1 0
Gallego ss 5 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 1 0 0
  Clayton pr 0 1 0 0
  Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 3 1 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 0 0 0 1
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 2 2 1
Bradshaw lf 6 2 4 3
DiFelice c 5 0 2 1
Mejia cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Benes p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Ludwick p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 5 1 2 0
Martin lf 2 2 0 0
King 2b 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 4 1 2 4
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 3 2 1 0
  Ericks p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 5 0 0 1
Kendall c 5 0 1 1
Lieber p 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Womack ph 1 1 1 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 7 6
St. Louis 113 010 100 018111
Pittsburgh 200 221 000 00774
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   5.0 5 6 6 4 3
  Ludwick   2.0 1 1 0 0 4
  Bailey  W (5-2) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Mathews  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
7
7
6
5
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   4.1 9 6 4 1 4
  Morel   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dessens   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Boever   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Ericks   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Miceli  L (2-10) 1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
11
8
5
5
8

  E–Ludwick (1), King (11), Bell 2 (10), Kendall (17).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Bradshaw (1,off Lieber); Difelice (1,off Lieber), Pittsburgh Womack (3,off Alan Benes).  SH–Gallego (2,off Boever).  SF–McGee (1,off Miceli).  HBP–Sweeney (1,by Boever); Martin (2,by Alan Benes); Garcia (3,by Ludwick).  SB–Alicea (11,2nd base off Lieber/Kendall); Mejia (5,2nd base off Lieber/Kendall); Sweeney (3,2nd base off Lieber/Kendall); Bell (1,2nd base off Plesac/Kendall); Clayton (33,2nd base off Miceli/Kendall); Martin (38,2nd base off Alan Benes/Difelice); Kendall (5,2nd base off Ludwick/Difelice).  CS–Merced (4,2nd base by Alan Benes/Difelice).  WP–Alan Benes 2 (5).  HBP–Alan Benes (7,Martin); Ludwick (1,Garcia); Boever (1,Sweeney).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:42.  A–20,022.
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