Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 27, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1997 at Three Rivers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 6 2 4 1
Nixon cf 6 3 5 0
Piazza c 5 3 3 6
Karros 1b 6 0 1 0
Mondesi rf 3 0 0 1
Zeile 3b 3 0 2 0
Ingram lf 4 1 3 1
Castro ss 4 0 0 0
Reyes p 4 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Ashley ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 18 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Nunez ss 5 1 2 2
Allensworth cf 4 0 2 0
Smith lf,1b 4 0 1 1
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 3 1 1 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Martin lf 1 0 0 0
Polcovich 2b 4 1 1 1
Cooke p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Ward rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 37 5 10 5
Los Angeles 330 000 1029181
Pittsburgh 030 000 1015102
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reyes  W (2-2) 6.2 8 4 4 1 4
  Hall   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (9-13) 1.0 5 5 4 2 0
  Johnson   1.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Christiansen   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Wilkins   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wallace   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Ruebel   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
18
9
8
6
7

  E–Zeile (23), Randa (15), Christiansen (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Los Angeles Young (31,off Cooke), Pittsburgh Guillen (19,off Reyes).  3B–Pittsburgh Nunez (1,off Reyes).  HR–Los Angeles Piazza 2 (31,2nd inning off J Johnson 2 on, 0 out,9th inning off Ruebel 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Ward (3,9th inning off Worrell 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Mondesi (3,off Cooke).  IBB–Piazza (11,by Christiansen).  SB–Nixon (2,3rd base off Christiansen/Kendall); Kendall (12,2nd base off Reyes/Piazza).  CS–Karros (7,2nd base by J Johnson/Kendall); Zeile (5,2nd base by Christiansen/Kendall).  IBB–Christiansen (2,Piazza).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:36.  A–48,032.
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