Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown E. cf 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 2 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 3 1 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 1
Polcovich ss 1 0 1 0
  Sveum ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Loaiza p 2 0 0 0
  Brown A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 2 0
Gant lf 4 1 1 1
McGee rf 4 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 2 2 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 1 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 1 2
Lampkin c 3 0 0 0
Clayton ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 100141
St. Louis 000 110 01x370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  L (4-1) 7.0 6 2 2 4 6
  Peters   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Wilkins   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (1-0) 6.1 3 1 1 4 5
  Petkovsek   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Fossas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
8

  E–Womack (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Kendall (10,off Jackson); Young (5,off Eckersley), St. Louis Gaetti (7,off Loaiza); Mabry (6,off Loaiza); Lankford (9,off Peters).  HR–St. Louis Gant (8,5th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lampkin (3,off Peters).  IBB–Clayton 3 (3,by Loaiza 3).  SB–Womack (15,2nd base off Petkovsek/Lampkin); Lankford (7,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall); Gaetti (2,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall).  CS–Gant (3,2nd base by Loaiza/Kendall).  WP–Eckersley (1).  IBB–Loaiza 3 (4,Clayton 3).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:27.  A–25,990.
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