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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Minnesota Twins

1997-06-16 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 16007 · 70°F, dome, dry · 2:41

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Minnesota Twins 8–6. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Jason Schmidt earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Kevin Polcovich 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	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	8	15
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	9

W: Jason Schmidt L: Scott Aldred SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Dale Scott · 1B: Dave Phillips · 2B: Rocky Roe · 3B: Ted Hendry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	1	1	0	1
Adrian Brown	5	1	3	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	5	1	2	0	0	0
Kevin Young	5	2	3	2	0	1
Joe Randa	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Smith	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	2	1	0	1
Emil Brown	3	1	0	0	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	4	2	2	2	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	4	1	1	1	1	1
Matt Lawton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Molitor	4	0	1	0	0	1
Terry Steinbach	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ron Coomer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Stahoviak	3	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Cordova	4	1	1	0	0	2
Rich Becker	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pat Meares	3	1	1	2	0	0
Roberto Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	1
Denny Hocking	1	1	1	0	0	0
Greg Myers	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	7.0	6	1	8
Ricardo Rincon	1.0	2	0	1
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Aldred	4.0	8	1	0
Frankie Rodriguez	3.0	3	0	1
Todd Ritchie	1.0	3	0	0
Rick Aguilera	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: 3/G34S
Adrian Brown: S8/L8LM/R6
Jason Kendall: 36(1)/FO/G3S.B-1
Kevin Young: POCS2(13)

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: K
Matt Lawton: K
Paul Molitor: S9/L34D/R4
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 2

Kevin Young: D8/L89D/R4
Joe Randa: 3/G34S.2-3
Mark Smith: HR/F78XD.3-H;B-H
Jose Guillen: S6/G56D/R3
Emil Brown: 7/L7D/R6
Kevin Polcovich: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 2

Ron Coomer: 63/G6
Scott Stahoviak: S7/G6/R4
Marty Cordova: K
Rich Becker: K

Top 3

Tony Womack: 63/G6
Adrian Brown: S8/G4M/R4
Jason Kendall: D9/L9D/R4.1-3
Kevin Young: S8/G4M/R5.3-H;2-H
Joe Randa: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 3

Pat Meares: 7/F78XD
Chuck Knoblauch: W
Matt Lawton: 4/P34D/R3
Paul Molitor: K

Top 4

Mark Smith: 9/F9LM
Jose Guillen: 43/G4
Emil Brown: W
Kevin Polcovich: SB2
Kevin Polcovich: HR/F7LD.2-H;B-H
Tony Womack: 43/G4

Bot 4

Terry Steinbach: 53/G5
Ron Coomer: 3/P3F
Scott Stahoviak: 43/G34

Top 5

Adrian Brown: 7/F78M
Jason Kendall: 9/F89XD
Kevin Young: 63/G6M

Bot 5

Marty Cordova: K
Rich Becker: 3/G3
Pat Meares: 43/G4

Top 6

Joe Randa: 13/G13S
Mark Smith: 5/P5F
Jose Guillen: K23

Bot 6

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: 6/P56D
Paul Molitor: 8/F89M

Top 7

Emil Brown: 53/G5
Kevin Polcovich: D9/L3D/R6
Tony Womack: S8/L6MD/R5.2-H
Adrian Brown: S9/G34/R5.1-3
Jason Kendall: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 7

Terry Steinbach: 53/G5
Ron Coomer: K
Scott Stahoviak: 3/G3

Top 8

Kevin Young: S7/G56/R6
Joe Randa: WP.1-2
Joe Randa: S9/L34D/R3.2-3
Mark Smith: 3/P3
Jose Guillen: S9/L4MD/R4.3-H;1-2
Emil Brown: 9/F9LS
Kevin Polcovich: 9/F89D

Bot 8

Marty Cordova: S9/L9M
Rich Becker: D9/F89XD/R4.1-3
Pat Meares: T8/L78D/R65.3-H;2-H
Chuck Knoblauch: S8/L8LM/R6.3-H
Roberto Kelly: K
Paul Molitor: 8/F78D/R6
Terry Steinbach: HR/F7D.1-H;B-H
Ron Coomer: 9/F89D

Top 9

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: E4/TH/G4/R3.B-1
Jason Kendall: DGR/L78XD.1-3
Kevin Young: K
Joe Randa: K

Bot 9

Denny Hocking: S4/G4M
Marty Cordova: 63/G6M.1-2
Rich Becker: 43/G4.2-3
Greg Myers: S7/L7LS/R4.3-H
Chuck Knoblauch: 43/G4