Pittsburgh Pirates vs Florida Marlins
August 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Florida Marlins 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 6 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 4 2 1 0
Smith lf 3 1 2 1
Williams 1b 5 2 1 0
Randa 3b 3 2 3 1
Kendall c 3 1 2 1
Guillen rf 4 1 2 5
Polcovich ss 3 1 1 2
Cordova p 3 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 0 1
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 1 1 2
Daulton 1b 4 1 0 0
Alou lf 2 0 1 0
  Abbott lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 1 1 1
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Conine ph 1 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 4 1 2 0
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Cook ph 1 1 1 0
  Stanifer p 1 0 1 1
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph,c 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 301 011 40010120
Florida 010 011 011590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (9-6) 5.2 6 3 3 5 3
  Ruebel   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sodowsky   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Christiansen   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
8
7
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders  L (3-4) 3.0 4 4 4 5 2
  Alfonseca   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Stanifer   1.0 5 5 5 0 1
  Vosberg   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
7
6

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Florida 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Randa (18,off Saunders); Smith (10,off Alfonseca), Florida Alou (28,off Cordova); Stanifer (1,off Cordova).  HR–Pittsburgh Guillen (12,7th inning off Stanifer 2 on, 0 out); Polcovich (4,7th inning off Stanifer 0 on, 0 out), Florida Bonilla (14,9th inning off Christiansen 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Kendall (5,off Saunders); Johnson (2,off Cordova); Bonilla (7,off Cordova); White (2,off Sodowsky).  HBP–Randa (5,by Stanifer); Kendall (26,by Vosberg).  IBB–Polcovich (4,by Alfonseca).  SB–Allensworth (11,2nd base off Stanifer/Johnson).  HBP–Stanifer (3,Randa); Vosberg (1,Kendall).  IBB–Alfonseca (1,Polcovich).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–3:19.  A–40,031.
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