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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1996-07-25 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 12163 · 77°F, night, dry · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:48

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Dan Miceli earned the win and Francisco Cordova picked up the save. Orlando Merced went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dan Miceli L: Russ Springer SV: Francisco Cordova

Umpires — HP: Brian Gorman · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Randy Marsh · 3B: Paul Nauert · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ricky Otero	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Morandini	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Jefferies	4	1	1	1	0	1
Todd Zeile	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Eisenreich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Benito Santiago	4	1	3	3	0	0
Pete Incaviglia	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Stocker	2	0	0	0	1	1
Russ Springer	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ruben Amaro	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jermaine Allensworth	3	1	2	0	2	0
Al Martin	3	1	2	1	2	0
Jeff King	5	2	2	2	0	1
Orlando Merced	5	1	3	3	0	1
Mark Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Bell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dan Miceli	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Liriano	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Plesac	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Springer	4.1	7	2	3
Toby Borland	1.0	1	2	1
Steve Frey	0.2	0	1	0
Ken Ryan	2.0	3	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Miceli	6.0	4	2	3
Darrell May	0.1	0	0	0
Marc Wilkins	0.1	1	1	1
Dan Plesac	1.1	0	0	0
Francisco Cordova	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ricky Otero: 43/G4
Mickey Morandini: 8/F8LD
Gregg Jefferies: K

Bot 1

Jermaine Allensworth: W
Al Martin: S9/L89S/R6.1-2
Jeff King: K
Orlando Merced: K/C
Mark Johnson: 36(1)/FO/G34

Top 2

Todd Zeile: W
Jim Eisenreich: 8/F89D
Benito Santiago: HR/F78XD.1-H;B-H
Pete Incaviglia: 53/G56
Kevin Stocker: 3/L3

Bot 2

Charlie Hayes: 43/G4
Jay Bell: K
Jason Kendall: S7/G56/R6
Dan Miceli: 13/G15

Top 3

Russ Springer: K
Ricky Otero: 8/F78S
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4

Bot 3

Jermaine Allensworth: 8/F8RD
Al Martin: 6/P6MD
Jeff King: S3/G34
Orlando Merced: HR/F9D.1-H;B-H
Mark Johnson: 43/G4

Top 4

Gregg Jefferies: 8/F8RD
Todd Zeile: 9/F9D
Jim Eisenreich: DGR/F7M
Benito Santiago: WP.2-3
Benito Santiago: S7/L7S/R4.3-H;BX2(74)

Bot 4

Charlie Hayes: 63/G6M
Jay Bell: 3/P3
Jason Kendall: 13/G15

Top 5

Pete Incaviglia: 6/P6D
Kevin Stocker: W
Russ Springer: K
Ricky Otero: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Dan Miceli: 43/G34D
Jermaine Allensworth: S9/L9S/R4
Al Martin: SB2/R6
Al Martin: W
Jeff King: D8/F8LXD.2-H;1-H
Orlando Merced: D9/F89XD/R6.2-H
Mark Johnson: 3/G3.2-3
Charlie Hayes: K

Top 6

Ricky Otero: 7/F78S
Mickey Morandini: 3/G3
Gregg Jefferies: HR/F89XD.B-H
Todd Zeile: 6/P56

Bot 6

Jay Bell: 8/F8LM
Jason Kendall: S7/L7S/R6
Nelson Liriano: W.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: W.2-3;1-2
Al Martin: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jeff King: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 7

Jim Eisenreich: 13/G15
Benito Santiago: DGR/F89D
Pete Incaviglia: W
Kevin Stocker: K/C
Ruben Amaro: 53/G5

Bot 7

Orlando Merced: S5/G56
Mark Johnson: SB2
Mark Johnson: W
Charlie Hayes: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Jay Bell: I
Jason Kendall: 9/F9S/R2
Dan Plesac: K/C

Top 8

Ricky Otero: 6/L6
Mickey Morandini: 63/G6
Gregg Jefferies: 53/G5

Bot 8

Jermaine Allensworth: S8/G4M/R4
Al Martin: S8/L8LS/R6.1-2
Jeff King: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M.2-3
Orlando Merced: 3/G3

Top 9

Todd Zeile: 9/F89S
Jim Eisenreich: 43/G34D
Benito Santiago: 63/G6M