St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 14

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 3 1 1 0
  Berblinger 2b 1 0 0 0
McGee lf 4 0 0 0
  Sheaffer lf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 1
Lankford cf 3 0 0 0
  Bell ss 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Young rf 2 1 2 1
Marrero c 2 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph,c 1 0 1 0
Ordaz ss 3 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Busby p 1 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 1 0 0 0
  Green cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 3 3 0
  Collier ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Ward cf,rf 3 3 1 2
  Brown E. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Smith lf 2 2 1 1
  Brown A. rf 1 0 0 0
Young 1b 5 2 2 3
Randa 3b 4 1 2 3
Kendall c 4 1 2 0
  Osik c 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 2 1 1 2
  Allensworth cf 2 1 0 0
Nunez ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Lieber p 3 0 1 1
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 14 14 13
St. Louis 100 010 000243
Pittsburgh 105 401 30x14140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  L (0-1) 3.1 7 7 7 3 1
  Petkovsek   2.2 3 4 4 1 3
  Lowe   2.0 4 3 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
14
13
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (11-14) 8.0 4 2 2 1 10
  Ruebel   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
12

  E–Young (13), Marrero (3), Lowe (2).  DP–St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Kendall (36,off Busby); Young (18,off Petkovsek); Nunez (2,off Lowe).  3B–St. Louis DeShields (13,off Lieber).  HR–St. Louis Young (4,5th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Guillen (13,3rd inning off Busby 1 on, 2 out); Ward (7,6th inning off Petkovsek 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McGwire (2,off Lieber); Randa (5,off Busby).  SB–Womack 2 (56,2nd base off Busby/Marrero,2nd base off Petkovsek/Marrero); Smith (2,2nd base off Busby/Marrero).  WP–Lieber (3).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:30.  A–26,247.
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