St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 6, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McEwing cf,2b 4 1 1 0
Polanco 2b 2 0 1 0
  Drew ph,cf 1 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 1
Tatis 3b 4 0 1 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
Paquette lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Castillo c 2 0 0 0
Howard rf,ss 3 0 1 0
Jimenez p 2 0 0 0
  Lankford lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 3 1 2 0
Nunez ss 4 0 0 0
Giles cf 5 0 0 1
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 1 2 1
Morris 2b 3 0 1 0
Brown B. rf 3 1 1 0
  Silva p 1 0 0 0
Tremie c 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 2 1 1 0
  Brown A. ph,rf 2 0 2 2
Totals 34 5 10 4
St. Louis 100 000 000161
Pittsburgh 000 022 10x5100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jimenez  L (5-12) 5.2 6 4 2 3 3
  Painter   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Slocumb   1.2 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
3
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (1-0) 6.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Silva  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3

  E–Renteria (20).  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–St. Louis McEwing (22,off Anderson), Pittsburgh Martin (29,off Jimenez); Anderson (1,off Jimenez); Young (34,off Slocumb).  3B–St. Louis Tatis (2,off Anderson), Pittsburgh A Brown (2,off Slocumb).  SH–Polanco (2,off Anderson); Nunez (6,off Jimenez).  HBP–Martin (1,by Painter).  WP–Jimenez (10).  HBP–Painter (1,Martin).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–2:29.
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