Pittsburgh Pirates vs Florida Marlins
May 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1999 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Florida Marlins 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 5 1 1 0
Morris 2b 6 0 1 0
Giles cf 5 1 2 2
Young 1b 7 0 1 0
Kendall c 6 1 4 0
Guillen rf 6 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 3 1
Nunez ss 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Benson p 3 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Benjamin ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 49 3 12 3
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 7 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 6 0 1 0
Floyd lf 5 1 1 0
Orie 3b 6 0 1 0
Kotsay 1b,rf 4 2 0 0
Aven rf 4 1 3 0
  Lee 1b 3 0 2 1
Wilson cf 6 0 2 1
Fabregas c 1 0 0 1
  Dempster pr 0 0 0 0
  Redmond c 1 0 0 0
Meadows p 2 0 0 0
  Berg ph 1 0 0 0
  Billingsley p 0 0 0 0
  Edmondson p 0 0 0 0
  Dunwoody ph 1 0 1 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Counsell ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 4 12 3
Pittsburgh 011 010 000 000 003121
Florida 000 201 000 000 014121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson   6.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Silva   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wilkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Williams  L (1-1) 2.1 2 1 1 3 3
Totals
13.1
12
4
4
9
8
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows   6.0 9 3 3 0 4
  Billingsley   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Edmondson   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Looper   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Alfonseca  W (1-4) 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
12
3
3
4
6

  E–Kendall (4), Castillo (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Florida 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Sprague (9,off Meadows), Florida Gonzalez (9,off Benson); Dunwoody (6,off Wilkins).  3B–Pittsburgh Giles (1,off Meadows); Martin (4,off Meadows).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (12,5th inning off Meadows 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Nunez (1,off Meadows); Guillen (1,off Looper); Morris (4,off Looper).  SF–Giles (2,off Meadows); Fabregas (5,off Benson).  HBP–B Brown (1,by Edmondson); Sprague (2,by Alfonseca); Kendall (4,by Alfonseca); Gonzalez (2,by Clontz).  IBB–Sprague (2,by Looper); Giles (3,by Looper); Fabregas (2,by Benson); Kotsay 2 (2,by Clontz,by Williams).  SB–Kendall (11,2nd base off Meadows/Fabregas); Martin (4,2nd base off Billingsley/Fabregas); Aven (2,2nd base off Benson/Kendall).  WP–Meadows (1), Looper (1).  BK–Benson (1).  HBP–Clontz (2,Gonzalez); Edmondson (3,B Brown); Alfonseca 2 (4,Sprague,Kendall).  IBB–Benson (1,Fabregas); Clontz (2,Kotsay); Williams (3,Kotsay); Looper 2 (3,Sprague,Giles).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–4:11.  A–11,473.
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