Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 2 0
Roberts lf 4 1 1 0
King 1b 4 1 1 2
Damon rf 4 0 2 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 1
Cooper 3b 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 4 0 1 0
  Halter pr 0 0 0 0
Pittsley p 2 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Vitiello ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 1
Brown cf 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 2 2 1 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 2 2 3
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 1
Guillen rf 3 0 2 0
Polcovich ss 3 0 0 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 5
Kansas City 200 100 000391
Pittsburgh 002 011 10x580
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsley   5.0 5 3 3 4 1
  Williams  L (0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Veres   2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
4
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (5-4) 6.2 7 3 3 1 4
  Ruebel   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Wilkins   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
7

  E–Pittsley (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Macfarlane (2).  2B–Kansas City Roberts (11,off Cordova); Pittsley (1,off Cordova), Pittsburgh Guillen (10,off Pittsley); A Brown (3,off Pittsley).  3B–Pittsburgh Randa (6,off Pittsley).  HR–Kansas City King (9,1st inning off Cordova 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Randa (5,5th inning off Pittsley 0 on, 1 out); Womack (3,6th inning off Mike Williams 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bell (5,off Cordova); M Johnson (3,off Pittsley); Randa (2,off Veres).  SH–Cordova (3,off Pittsley); Young (1,off Veres); Polcovich (2,off Veres).  SB–Goodwin (27,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall); Womack (24,2nd base off Pittsley/Macfarlane).  CS–Offerman (8,3rd base by Cordova/Kendall).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Scott Potter, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:32.  A–33,253.
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