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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo cf 4 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 2 0 0
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 1 1 2
Burks rf 3 1 2 0
Hayes 1b 3 0 1 1
Servais c 4 0 0 0
Delgado ss 4 0 3 1
Rueter p 2 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 2 2 0
Benjamin ss 3 1 1 1
Giles cf 3 1 1 4
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 2 3 1
Oliver c 4 1 1 2
Nunez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Morris 2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 8 10 8
San Francisco 010 020 100480
Pittsburgh 102 201 20x8100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  L (13-8) 6.0 7 6 6 1 2
  Embree   1.0 2 2 2 0 3
  Tavarez   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  W (4-1) 6.1 8 4 4 2 4
  Wilkins   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Sauerbeck   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
8

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Delgado (2,off Peters); Burks (19,off Peters), Pittsburgh Martin (32,off Rueter); Benjamin (21,off Rueter).  HR–San Francisco Kent (19,5th inning off Peters 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Oliver (1,4th inning off Rueter 1 on, 0 out); A Brown (3,6th inning off Rueter 0 on, 1 out); Giles (35,7th inning off Embree 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Rueter (7,off Peters); Benjamin (7,off Rueter).  SF–Hayes (3,off Wilkins); Giles (8,off Rueter).  HBP–Santangelo (9,by Peters).  CS–A Brown (3,2nd base by Tavarez/Servais).  WP–Rueter (2), Peters (2), Wilkins (4).  HBP–Peters (3,Santangelo).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:31.  A–17,901.
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