San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 6 1 1 0
Santangelo cf 4 0 1 0
Hayes 3b 6 0 1 1
Kent 2b 3 1 0 1
Javier lf 5 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 6 0 1 1
Snow 1b 4 0 2 0
Servais c 3 0 1 0
  Mayne ph,c 1 0 0 0
Estes p 2 1 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Burks ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Rios ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez F. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 3 1 1 0
Meares ss 6 0 1 0
Ward rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Young 1b 6 1 1 1
Kendall c 5 1 2 1
Sprague 3b 4 1 2 2
Garcia lf 3 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 1 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 5 0 0 0
Schourek p 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Giles rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 8 4
San Francisco 000 120 000 000372
Pittsburgh 101 000 010 001483
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Estes   6.2 4 2 2 5 7
  Spradlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Johnstone   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Rodriguez R.   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Rodriguez F.  L (0-1) 2.1 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
11.1
8
4
4
8
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek   6.1 5 3 1 4 1
  Wilkins   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wallace   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Williams   1.2 0 0 0 2 4
  Loiselle  W (3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
7
3
1
8
9

  E–Aurilia (9), Snow (3), Meares (2), Sprague (8), Schourek (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–San Francisco Benard (10,off Schourek), Pittsburgh Meares (2,off Estes); Young (7,off Estes).  3B–San Francisco Snow (2,off Christiansen).  HR–Pittsburgh Sprague (3,8th inning off Johnstone 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Estes (3,off Schourek); A Brown (1,off F Rodriguez).  SF–Kent (2,off Schourek).  IBB–Snow (3,by Williams).  SB–Kent (4,2nd base off Schourek/Kendall); Kendall (10,2nd base off Estes/Servais).  CS–A Brown (1,2nd base by R Rodriguez/Servais).  WP–F Rodriguez (1), Loiselle (1).  IBB–Williams (2,Snow).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–4:08.  A–14,358.
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