San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 5 1 3 1
Finley cf 5 1 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 1 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 1
Joyner 1b 3 1 0 0
Vaughn lf 3 2 1 2
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Myers c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 1 1 0
Hamilton p 1 0 1 2
  Giovanola ph 0 1 0 0
  Boehringer p 1 0 0 0
  Mouton lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 1 0
Martin lf 5 2 2 2
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 5 1 1 1
Young 1b 5 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 5 0 2 0
Guillen rf 3 1 1 1
Garcia 3b 1 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 4 0 2 1
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Strange 3b 2 0 2 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
San Diego 120 022 000780
Pittsburgh 012 200 0005111
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton   4.0 7 5 5 4 1
  Boehringer  W (2-1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Miceli   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Hitchcock   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   5.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Tabaka  L (0-1) 2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Loiselle   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
3
5

  E–Strange (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Gwynn (2,off Schmidt); Gomez (6,off Schmidt); Veras (1,off Loiselle), Pittsburgh Guillen (3,off Hamilton).  3B–San Diego Veras (1,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh Martin (1,off Hamilton).  HR–San Diego Vaughn (5,6th inning off Tabaka 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Martin (1,4th inning off Hamilton 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Caminiti (2,off Schmidt); Gwynn (2,off Schmidt).  SB–Kendall (2,2nd base off Hamilton/G Myers); Allensworth (3,2nd base off Boehringer/G Myers).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:35.  A–12,555.
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