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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1995-09-30 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 21004 · 83°F, sunny, dry · Wind 14 mph from RF · 2:19

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Alan Benes earned the win and Tom Henke picked up the save. Jose Oliva went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
SLN	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		5	11

W: Alan Benes L: Paul Wagner SV: Tom Henke

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Jim Quick · 2B: Bob Davidson · 3B: Bill Hohn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Merced	3	1	2	0	1	0
Rich Aude	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nelson Liriano	4	0	1	0	0	1
Midre Cummings	3	0	1	1	1	2
Kevin Young	4	0	0	0	0	2
Angelo Encarnacion	3	0	1	0	0	1
Paul Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Bell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bernard Gilkey	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tripp Cromer	4	1	3	0	1	0
Ray Lankford	5	0	1	1	0	1
Brian Jordan	4	1	1	1	0	1
John Mabry	2	0	0	0	2	0
David Bell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Oliva	4	2	2	1	0	1
Danny Sheaffer	4	0	2	2	0	0
Alan Benes	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Giannelli	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Wagner	5.0	10	3	5
Lee Hancock	2.0	0	0	1
Ross Powell	1.0	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alan Benes	8.2	7	2	10
Tom Henke	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Martin: S7
Carlos Garcia: CS2(24)
Carlos Garcia: K
Orlando Merced: S7/L7S
Rich Aude: K

Bot 1

Bernard Gilkey: D7/G5L
Tripp Cromer: W
Ray Lankford: WP.2-3;1-2
Ray Lankford: K
Brian Jordan: K
John Mabry: I
David Bell: 53/G56

Top 2

Nelson Liriano: K
Midre Cummings: K
Kevin Young: 4/P4D

Bot 2

Jose Oliva: HR/F7D
Danny Sheaffer: S9/L34
Alan Benes: 26(1)/FO/BG2L
Bernard Gilkey: K
Tripp Cromer: S8/L8RS.1-2
Ray Lankford: 23/G25

Top 3

Angelo Encarnacion: S9/F89S
Paul Wagner: 54/SH/BG25.1-2
Al Martin: 8/F8LD
Jay Bell: K

Bot 3

Brian Jordan: HR/F8RXD
John Mabry: W
David Bell: K
Jose Oliva: 5/P5D
Danny Sheaffer: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 4

Orlando Merced: W
Rich Aude: K
Nelson Liriano: 64(1)/FO/G6
Midre Cummings: K

Bot 4

Alan Benes: 8/F8LXD
Ray Giannelli: 3/G3
Tripp Cromer: DGR/L9D
Ray Lankford: S9/G34.2-H;B-2
Brian Jordan: 9/L9M

Top 5

Kevin Young: 9/F9S
Angelo Encarnacion: K
Paul Wagner: 63/G6M

Bot 5

John Mabry: 43/G4M
David Bell: S7/L7S
Jose Oliva: D7/L5D.1-3
Danny Sheaffer: T8/L89D.3-H;2-H
Alan Benes: K
Ray Giannelli: 43/G4

Top 6

Al Martin: 3/L3
Jay Bell: S9/L9S
Orlando Merced: 4/L4/LDP.1X1(43)

Bot 6

Tripp Cromer: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: 43/G4
Brian Jordan: 43/G4M

Top 7

Rich Aude: 43/G4M
Nelson Liriano: 3/G3
Midre Cummings: W
Kevin Young: WP.1-2
Kevin Young: K

Bot 7

John Mabry: E5/TH/G56.B-1
David Bell: 7/F78D
Jose Oliva: K
Danny Sheaffer: 8/F89D

Top 8

Angelo Encarnacion: 4/P3D
Dave Clark: 43/G4
Al Martin: K

Bot 8

Alan Benes: K
Ray Giannelli: 9/L89D
Tripp Cromer: D7/L5
Ray Lankford: 7/F7M

Top 9

Jay Bell: 8/F89XD
Orlando Merced: S7/L78D
Rich Aude: 9/F9M
Nelson Liriano: S9/L4D.1-3
Midre Cummings: D8/L89XDW.3-H;1-3
Kevin Young: K