San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 1 1 0
Finley cf 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 2 1
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco 1b 2 1 1 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 1 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Shipley ph 1 0 0 1
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Ashby p 2 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Cunnane p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 0
Allensworth cf 4 2 3 0
Martin lf 5 1 2 1
Williams 1b 3 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 1 0 0
  Sveum 1b 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 2
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 1
Polcovich ss 4 0 1 1
Schmidt p 4 0 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 6
San Diego 100 000 002372
Pittsburgh 001 002 31x7140
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby  L (6-9) 6.0 11 5 5 1 5
  Bochtler   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Cunnane   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
7
6
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (8-6) 8.1 6 3 3 4 5
  Loiselle   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
6

  E–Flaherty (9), Bochtler (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–San Diego Gwynn (36,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh Womack (18,off Ashby); Kendall (28,off Ashby); Allensworth (14,off Cunnane).  3B–Pittsburgh Martin (6,off Cunnane).  SH–Williams (1,off Bochtler).  SB–Womack (45,3rd base off Ashby/Flaherty).  WP–Cunnane (3).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:45.  A–10,222.
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