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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1991-09-15 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 35560 · 76°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:51

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 8th. Tommy Greene earned the win and Mitch Williams picked up the save. Gary Varsho went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6
PHI	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4		8	14

W: Tommy Greene L: Randy Tomlin SV: Mitch Williams

Umpires — HP: Jim Quick · 1B: Doug Harvey · 2B: Ed Rapuano · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Bullett	2	1	0	0	0	2
Gary Varsho	4	1	2	2	0	1
Curt Wilkerson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Bonilla	3	0	1	0	1	0
Orlando Merced	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike LaValliere	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jose Lind	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	2
Randy Tomlin	3	0	0	0	0	2
Andy Van Slyke	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Slaught	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd McClendon	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kim Batiste	5	1	1	1	0	1
Randy Ready	4	1	1	0	1	0
Wes Chamberlain	5	1	2	3	0	0
John Kruk	5	1	2	0	0	1
Dale Murphy	4	2	2	1	0	0
Charlie Hayes	4	0	1	0	1	1
Steve Lake	4	1	2	1	0	1
Braulio Castillo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Greene	3	0	2	0	0	0
John Morris	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mitch Williams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Randy Tomlin	7.1	13	1	4
Bob Kipper	0.2	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Greene	7.2	5	2	9
Mitch Williams	1.1	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Scott Bullett: K
Gary Varsho: 8/F78D
Curt Wilkerson: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Kim Batiste: 7/F78D
Randy Ready: 63/G6M
Wes Chamberlain: 5/P5F

Top 2

Bobby Bonilla: W
Orlando Merced: K
Mike LaValliere: W.1-2
Jose Lind: 3/P3SF
Carlos Garcia: K

Bot 2

John Kruk: D/F8LM
Dale Murphy: D5/L5.2-H
Charlie Hayes: 13/BG13.2-2
Steve Lake: K
Braulio Castillo: S/L89S.2-H
Tommy Greene: 1/G34S

Top 3

Randy Tomlin: 13/G13
Scott Bullett: HP
Gary Varsho: HR/F9D.1-H;B-H
Curt Wilkerson: 63/G6
Bobby Bonilla: 43/G4

Bot 3

Kim Batiste: 9/F9LM
Randy Ready: S/L78S
Wes Chamberlain: 8/F8LXD
John Kruk: 7/F78M

Top 4

Orlando Merced: 6/P5D
Mike LaValliere: S/L89S
Jose Lind: K
Carlos Garcia: K

Bot 4

Dale Murphy: E3/P9LS.B-2
Charlie Hayes: K
Steve Lake: S7/G5D.2-H(UR)
Braulio Castillo: 54(1)/FO/G5L.B-1
Tommy Greene: S7/L7S.1-2
Kim Batiste: K

Top 5

Randy Tomlin: K
Scott Bullett: K
Gary Varsho: K

Bot 5

Randy Ready: 53/G56S
Wes Chamberlain: S9/G34D
John Kruk: BK.1-2
John Kruk: K
Dale Murphy: 53/G56

Top 6

Curt Wilkerson: S9/L9S
Bobby Bonilla: S/L34D.1-3
Orlando Merced: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.3-H(NR)
Mike LaValliere: 53/G56

Bot 6

Charlie Hayes: D/F8LXD
Steve Lake: S/F89S.2-3
Braulio Castillo: FC3/G34S.3XH(32);1-2;B-1
Tommy Greene: S9/L9S.2-3;1-2
Kim Batiste: 64(1)/FO/G56.3-H(RBI);2-3;B-1
Randy Ready: 43/G4MD

Top 7

Jose Lind: 53/G5S
Carlos Garcia: 4/P4MD
Randy Tomlin: K

Bot 7

Wes Chamberlain: 3/G3L
John Kruk: S/L78S
Dale Murphy: D7/G5D.1-3
Charlie Hayes: IW
Steve Lake: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 8

Andy Van Slyke: 7/F78D
Gary Varsho: S/G34
Curt Wilkerson: 46(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Bobby Bonilla: 8/F8LXD

Bot 8

Braulio Castillo: 31/G34
John Morris: E3/G34.B-1
Kim Batiste: S7/G6D.1-2
Randy Ready: W.2-3;1-2
Wes Chamberlain: D9/L9LD.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H
John Kruk: E4/G4.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Mitch Williams: K
Charlie Hayes: 53/G5L

Top 9

Orlando Merced: E5/G6.B-1
Don Slaught: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1
Jose Lind: S/L34D.1-2
Jay Bell: 9/F89S
Lloyd McClendon: W.2-3;1-2
Andy Van Slyke: 7/F78XD