Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 18, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2000 at Veteran's Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 5 1 2 2
Wehner 3b 3 0 0 1
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Vander Wal rf 4 0 1 1
Young 1b 5 1 2 1
Morris 2b 3 1 1 1
  Ramirez ph 1 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Brown E. lf 5 1 2 0
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Ritchie p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 1 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Giles ph 0 0 0 0
  Nunez pr 0 1 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Benjamin 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 0 2 1
Glanville cf 4 1 1 0
Abreu rf 4 1 2 0
Rolen 3b 5 1 1 3
Burrell lf 5 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 1 2 0
Anderson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hunter ph 0 0 0 0
  Taylor pr 0 0 0 0
  Jacquez p 0 0 0 0
  Nickle p 0 0 0 0
Prince c 3 1 1 0
Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Politte p 2 0 0 0
  Ducey ph 1 0 0 0
  Brock p 0 0 0 0
  Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
  Jordan ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 002 000 0406110
Philadelphia 300 001 0105101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie   6.0 9 4 4 2 2
  Loiselle  W (1-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sauerbeck   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Manzanillo   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Williams  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bottenfield   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Politte   5.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Brock   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Padilla  L (4-7) 0.1 3 4 4 1 2
  Gomes   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Jacquez   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Nickle   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
6
8

  E–Anderson (2).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Morris (24,off Padilla); E Brown (3,off Padilla); A Brown (16,off Padilla), Philadelphia Prince (7,off Ritchie); Lee (22,off Sauerbeck).  3B–Philadelphia Abreu (10,off Ritchie).  HR–Philadelphia Rolen (24,1st inning off Ritchie 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Wehner (1,off Gomes); Prince (3,off Manzanillo).  IBB–Giles (13,by Padilla).  SB–Kendall (20,2nd base off Bottenfield/Prince); Anderson (2,2nd base off Ritchie/Kendall); Glanville (29,2nd base off Williams/Kendall).  CS–Morris (9,2nd base by Politte/Prince).  WP–Ritchie (4), Padilla (1).  IBB–Padilla (6,Giles).  U-HP–Brian Runge, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Ian Lamplugh.  T–3:11.  A–11,470.
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