Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 2 0
Ward cf 3 0 1 0
Martin lf 5 0 0 0
Young 1b 5 1 1 0
Sveum 3b 2 3 1 0
Kendall c 2 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 1 2 4
Polcovich ss 2 0 0 1
Cooke p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 2 2 0
DeShields 2b 5 1 3 0
McGee lf 5 0 1 1
Lankford cf 4 0 1 2
Young 1b 3 0 1 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 0 0 0
Mabry rf 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 1 0
  Sheaffer ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 030 100 020681
St. Louis 100 000 1013110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  W (7-9) 7.0 7 2 2 4 4
  Sodowsky   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Loiselle   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (7-6) 7.0 4 4 3 4 8
  Frascatore   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Beltran   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
4
8

  E–Polcovich (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Difelice (5).  2B–St. Louis Lankford (22,off Loiselle).  HR–Pittsburgh Guillen (7,2nd inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Ward 2 (2,off Stottlemyre,off Beltran).  SF–Polcovich (1,off Frascatore); Lankford (5,off Cooke).  HBP–Kendall (21,by Stottlemyre).  WP–Loiselle (4).  HBP–Stottlemyre (7,Kendall).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:44.  A–29,290.
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