St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Mabry rf 4 0 2 0
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
DiFelice c 4 1 1 1
Gallego ss,2b 2 0 2 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 1
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin ph 1 0 1 0
  Clayton ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 0 0
Brown A. cf 3 2 1 1
Cummings lf 5 1 2 0
  Brown E. lf 0 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 2 1 1
Randa 3b 3 2 2 3
Osik c 4 1 2 3
Guillen rf 4 0 1 1
Polcovich ss 4 0 1 0
Loaiza p 3 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 1 1 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
St. Louis 000 020 001392
Pittsburgh 302 030 01x9110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (4-4) 4.0 5 5 5 2 4
  Petkovsek   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Beltran   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Eckersley   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  W (5-2) 8.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Rincon   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
6

  E–DeShields (8), Petkovsek (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (12,off Loaiza); Difelice (4,off Loaiza), Pittsburgh Cummings (6,off Stottlemyre); Polcovich (2,off Stottlemyre); Sveum (7,off Eckersley).  3B–Pittsburgh Randa (4,off Petkovsek); Osik (1,off Petkovsek).  HR–St. Louis Lankford (12,9th inning off Rincon 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Randa (4,1st inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gallego (1,off Loaiza).  SF–Sweeney (1,off Loaiza); Young (3,off Stottlemyre).  HBP–A Brown (2,by Stottlemyre).  CS–DeShields (6,2nd base by Loaiza/Osik).  SB–A Brown (6,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Difelice).  HBP–Stottlemyre (5,A Brown).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:24.  A–11,382.
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