San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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 0 2 0
Finley cf 6 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 2 0
Joyner 1b 5 2 3 2
Vaughn lf 5 1 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 2
  Giovanola pr 0 1 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Sheets ss 4 1 3 1
  Myers ph,c 1 0 0 0
Ashby p 2 0 1 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Gomez ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 6 0 0 0
Martin lf 5 1 2 0
Kendall c 4 2 3 1
Young 1b 5 1 1 0
Ward cf,rf 5 1 3 2
Guillen rf 4 0 2 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Collier pr 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Strange 3b 4 0 2 1
Polcovich ss 5 0 1 0
Loaiza p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Allensworth cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 14 4
San Diego 000 111 020 27152
Pittsburgh 003 011 000 05143
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby   6.0 11 5 3 1 1
  Reyes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hitchcock   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Miceli  W (2-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
5
3
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   4.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Peters   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Christiansen   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wilkins   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Rincon   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Loiselle  L (1-1) 1.0 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
15
7
5
3
7

  E–Caminiti (3), Sheets (3), Rincon (1), Strange 2 (3).  DP–San Diego 1, Pittsburgh 3.  PB–Kendall (2).  2B–San Diego Joyner (5,off Loaiza); Veras (2,off Christiansen), Pittsburgh Kendall (3,off Ashby); Ward (2,off Ashby); Polcovich (2,off Ashby); Strange (3,off Reyes); Martin (1,off Hitchcock).  HR–San Diego Sheets (2,5th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out); Joyner (3,6th inning off Peters 0 on, 1 out); Hernandez (2,8th inning off Wilkins 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Strange (1,off Ashby).  IBB–Kendall (1,by Hitchcock).  SB–Sheets (1,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall); Martin (1,2nd base off Ashby/Hernandez).  IBB–Hitchcock (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:17.  A–14,728.
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