Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
August 27, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1999 at 3Com Park. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 1 2 1
Benjamin ss 5 1 3 0
Giles cf 3 0 1 1
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 1 1 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Morris 2b 4 0 1 0
Brown B. rf 2 1 1 2
  Brown A. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Osik c 4 0 0 0
Schmidt p 3 0 0 0
  Sveum 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 4 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 2 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 1 1 1
Javier rf 3 0 2 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 1 0
Mirabelli c 2 0 0 0
  Mayne ph,c 0 0 0 0
Nathan p 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Burks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Pittsburgh 100 002 100490
San Francisco 000 010 000160
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (11-9) 6.2 6 1 1 2 3
  Sauerbeck   1.1 0 0 0 1 4
  Williams  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Nathan  L (4-3) 6.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Rodriguez   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Embree   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Benjamin 2 (19,off R Rodriguez,off Embree), San Francisco Aurilia (15,off Schmidt).  3B–Pittsburgh Benjamin (5,off Nathan).  HR–Pittsburgh B Brown (11,6th inning off Nathan 1 on, 1 out); Martin (21,7th inning off R Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Snow (18,5th inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Giles (4,2nd base off Nathan/Mirabelli).  CS–Martin (3,2nd base by Nathan/Mirabelli).  WP–Schmidt (5), Sauerbeck (3).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:08.  A–16,390.
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