Pittsburgh Pirates vs Minnesota Twins
July 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1999 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 1 1 0
Brown A. cf 4 1 3 2
Brown B. dh 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 2 3 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Morris 2b 4 0 0 0
Wehner rf 4 0 1 1
Nunez ss 3 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 0 0
Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Hocking ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Gates 2b,3b 4 0 2 0
Cordova rf 4 0 2 1
Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0
  Guzman ss 0 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 0
Walker dh 3 1 1 2
Hunter lf 3 2 1 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 2 0 0 0
  Coomer ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 010 000 120481
Minnesota 011 000 30x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Silva  L (2-7) 6.0 8 5 4 0 5
  Sauerbeck   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hansell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
0
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  W (6-7) 7.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Guardado   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Trombley  SV (13) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
5

  E–Nunez (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh A Brown (2,off Radke); Young (23,off Radke), Minnesota Cordova (17,off Silva); Coomer (15,off Sauerbeck).  HR–Pittsburgh A Brown (2,8th inning off Guardado 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Hunter (6,2nd inning off Silva 0 on, 2 out); Walker (4,7th inning off Silva 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Young (14,2nd base off Radke/Steinbach); Jones (2,2nd base off Silva/Osik).  WP–Silva (3), Radke (3).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:38.  A–13,427.
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