Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 2 2 0
Nilsson 1b 2 1 1 2
  Loretta 1b 0 0 0 0
Cirillo 3b 3 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 5 0 1 1
Valentin ss 5 1 1 0
Jenkins lf 3 1 0 0
Hughes c 3 0 1 0
Roque p 1 0 0 1
  Hamelin ph 0 0 0 0
  Newfield ph 1 1 1 2
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Jaha ph 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 5 0 1 0
Nunez ss 2 1 0 0
  Strange ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez lf 3 0 0 0
Garcia 1b 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 3 1 2 2
Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 0
Osik c 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Polcovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Dessens p 1 0 0 1
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Womack ph 1 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall c 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Milwaukee 210 000 201680
Pittsburgh 012 000 000362
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Roque  W (4-1) 6.0 2 3 3 5 4
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Fox   1.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Wickman  SV (22) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dessens  L (2-3) 6.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Tabaka   0.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Van Poppel   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  McCurry   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Christiansen   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
7
7

  E–Garcia (6), Ramirez (7).  2B–Milwaukee Valentin (20,off Dessens); Burnitz (25,off Christiansen), Pittsburgh Kendall (31,off Wickman).  HR–Milwaukee Nilsson (11,1st inning off Dessens 1 on, 1 out); Newfield (3,7th inning off Tabaka 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Guillen (12,3rd inning off Roque 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Roque (2,off Dessens); Hughes (1,off Dessens); Loretta (3,off McCurry); Nunez (1,off Roque); Dessens (2,off Roque).  SB–Grissom 2 (11,2nd base off Dessens/Osik,3rd base off McCurry/Kendall); Nunez (2,2nd base off Roque/Hughes).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:13.  A–12,830.
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