San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Sheets 2b 4 2 2 0
Finley cf 5 2 2 0
Vaughn lf 3 2 2 3
Williams 1b 2 0 0 1
  Joyner 1b 1 1 1 2
  Giovanola pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 0 1 1
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Cianfrocco 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Hitchcock p 3 1 1 0
  Boehringer p 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
  Strange 3b 1 0 1 0
Collier ss 4 0 1 1
Guillen rf 5 1 3 1
Young 1b 5 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 4 1 2 0
Martinez M. lf 3 0 1 1
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 1 0
  Martinez J. p 0 0 0 0
Polcovich 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 1 0
Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Ward lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
San Diego 101 020 400891
Pittsburgh 011 000 0013111
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  W (2-0) 6.2 6 2 2 1 5
  Boehringer   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Miceli   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (0-3) 5.0 5 4 4 3 5
  Wilkins   1.2 2 3 3 0 0
  Tabaka   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Martinez   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
5
8

  E–Cianfrocco (3), Ward (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Osik 2 (2).  2B–San Diego Sheets (2,off Peters); Rivera (2,off Tabaka), Pittsburgh Collier (7,off Hitchcock).  HR–San Diego Vaughn (13,5th inning off Peters 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Guillen (5,3rd inning off Hitchcock 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Williams (1,off Peters); Collier (3,off Miceli).  HBP–Rivera (1,by Wilkins); Vaughn (2,by Wilkins).  IBB–Vaughn (2,by Peters).  SH–Peters (1,off Hitchcock).  CS–Vaughn (2,3rd base by Peters/Osik).  SB–Allensworth (4,2nd base off Hitchcock/Hernandez).  HBP–Wilkins 2 (2,Rivera,Vaughn).  IBB–Peters (3,Vaughn).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:59.  A–17,248.
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