Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Higginson rf 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 1
Alvarez 3b 4 1 2 0
Bako c 3 0 3 0
  Bartee ph 1 0 1 1
Cruz ss 3 0 1 0
Powell p 1 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
  Berroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Ward cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 1 2 2
Martin lf 2 2 1 0
  Martinez cf 1 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1
Collier ss 2 0 1 1
Loaiza p 3 0 1 1
  Rincon p 1 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Detroit 000 000 101281
Pittsburgh 010 201 10x590
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Powell  L (0-1) 4.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Crow   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Runyan   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Brocail   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  W (6-4) 7.2 6 1 1 0 7
  Rincon   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Loiselle  SV (14) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
7

  E–Cruz (6).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Bako (5).  2B–Detroit Bartee (5,off Rincon), Pittsburgh Ramirez (3,off Powell); Guillen (23,off Powell).  HR–Detroit Gonzalez (9,7th inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Collier 2 (5,by Powell 2).  SB–Martin (12,2nd base off Crow/Bako).  WP–Brocail (4).  IBB–Powell 2 (2,Collier 2).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Brian Gibbons.  T–2:27.  A–34,594.
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