Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 0
Glanville lf 4 0 2 1
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Orie 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Servais c 3 0 1 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Alexander ss 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0
  Hansen ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Batista p 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 2 1 0 1
Martin lf 5 0 1 0
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Williams 1b 2 1 0 0
  Ward rf 0 0 0 0
Randa 3b 2 0 1 1
Dunston ss 3 0 1 1
  Nunez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
  Young 1b 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 1 1 1 0
Schmidt p 3 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3
Chicago 001 000 000160
Pittsburgh 110 010 00x350
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Batista  L (0-4) 4.0 3 3 3 9 4
  Myers   3.0 2 0 0 3 2
  Bottenfield   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
12
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (9-7) 8.0 6 1 1 0 5
  Loiselle  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Kendall (5).  2B–Chicago Orie (21,off Schmidt); Johnson (13,off Schmidt).  SF–Allensworth (6,off Batista).  IBB–Kendall (2,by Myers).  CS–Glanville (11,2nd base by Schmidt/Kendall); Dunston (8,2nd base by Batista/Servais).  SB–Kendall (16,2nd base off Batista/Servais).  IBB–Myers (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:41.  A–13,833.
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