Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1997 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 0
Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 0 1 1
Young 1b 4 1 3 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 4 0 2 1
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler lf 4 1 2 0
  Cedeno cf 0 0 0 0
Hollandsworth cf,lf 3 0 0 1
Piazza c 3 0 2 0
Karros 1b 2 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 3 1 2 0
Zeile 3b 2 1 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 2
Cromer 2b 4 0 1 1
Valdez p 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 000 110 0002101
Los Angeles 010 210 00x491
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (6-11) 6.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Ruebel   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Sodowsky   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  W (6-9) 6.0 8 2 2 0 5
  Osuna   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
7

  E–Young (5), Zeile (19).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Womack (11,off Valdes); Martin (14,off Valdes).  3B–Los Angeles Butler (2,off Lieber).  HR–Los Angeles Gagne (6,4th inning off Lieber 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Hollandsworth (2,off Lieber).  HBP–Karros (2,by Lieber); Piazza (2,by Ruebel).  SB–Young (11,2nd base off Valdes/Piazza).  CS–Gagne (4,2nd base by Wilkins/Kendall).  WP–Valdes (3).  HBP–Lieber (1,Karros); Ruebel (3,Piazza).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:55.  A–53,503.
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