Pittsburgh Pirates vs Florida Marlins
August 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins 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, Florida Marlins 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 1 0
Ward cf 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 2 2 0
Sveum 1b 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 1
Kendall c 3 0 2 1
  Osik c 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 4 0 2 0
Cooke p 2 0 0 0
  Smith rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 0 1
Renteria ss 5 1 2 1
Sheffield rf 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 2 1 0
  Arias 3b 0 0 0 0
Conine 1b 3 3 2 1
Alou lf,rf 4 2 2 5
Johnson c 4 1 2 1
Abbott 2b 2 0 1 0
  Counsell ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Brown p 3 0 1 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 10
Pittsburgh 000 101 000291
Florida 303 002 20x10120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (8-12) 5.0 7 6 6 3 5
  Wagner   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Ruebel   1.0 2 2 1 1 2
  Wilkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
5
7
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (11-8) 8.0 9 2 2 0 7
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
8

  E–Ruebel (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Kendall (26,off Brown), Florida Conine (12,off Cooke).  HR–Florida Alou (16,3rd inning off Cooke 2 on, 1 out); Johnson (16,6th inning off Wagner 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brown (3,off Cooke).  SF–White (3,off Ruebel).  HBP–Conine (2,by Wilkins).  CS–Polcovich (2,2nd base by Brown/Johnson).  SB–Renteria (18,2nd base off Cooke/Kendall).  WP–Wagner (3), Brown (7).  HBP–Wilkins (4,Conine).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:33.  A–38,221.
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