San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1997 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 2 1 0 0
Veras Q. 2b 4 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 5 2 3 1
Caminiti 3b 5 1 1 2
Vaughn lf 3 1 0 0
Cianfrocco 1b 4 0 2 1
  Joyner ph,1b 1 0 0 1
Flaherty c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 1 1 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Veras D. p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 1
Allensworth cf 5 1 3 1
Brown lf 5 0 1 0
Young 1b,3b 5 1 1 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 2
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 2 0
Randa 3b 3 1 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
Cooke p 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
San Diego 100 050 001770
Pittsburgh 000 000 1405112
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  W (1-1) 7.0 5 1 1 2 8
  Veras   0.1 4 4 4 0 1
  Bochtler   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hoffman  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (1-2) 4.2 3 6 3 5 1
  Wainhouse   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Granger   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Loiselle   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Ruebel   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
4
8
3

  E–Randa 2 (4).  DP–San Diego 1, Pittsburgh 1.  HR–San Diego Gwynn (3,1st inning off Cooke 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Randa (1,7th inning off Valenzuela 0 on, 2 out); Womack (1,8th inning off D Veras 0 on, 0 out); Allensworth (2,8th inning off D Veras 0 on, 0 out); Elster (2,8th inning off D Veras 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Valenzuela (2,off Cooke).  HBP–Henderson (2,by Cooke).  IBB–Vaughn (1,by Loiselle).  WP–Loiselle 2 (2).  HBP–Cooke (2,Henderson).  IBB–Loiselle (1,Vaughn).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:08.  A–6,777.
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