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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Minnesota Twins

1997-06-18 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 15688 · dome, dry · 2:36

Minnesota Twins defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–2. Minnesota Twins put up 5 in the 3rd. Brad Radke earned the win. Rich Becker 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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
MIN	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1		8	9

W: Brad Radke L: Francisco Cordova SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	0	0	0	0	2
Adrian Brown	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Young	4	0	2	2	0	1
Midre Cummings	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Smith	4	0	1	0	0	2
Mark Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Sveum	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Osik	1	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	4.0	6	2	3
Matt Ruebel	2.0	2	0	2
Clint Sodowsky	1.0	0	0	1
Marc Wilkins	1.0	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Radke	6.2	7	1	5
Greg Swindell	2.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: D8/G6/R6
Jason Kendall: K
Kevin Young: S9/L4D/R3.2-H
Midre Cummings: 43/G4

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Matt Lawton: 7/F78M
Paul Molitor: 8/F8RXD

Top 2

Mark Smith: S7/G56/R6
Mark Johnson: 7/F7D/R6
Dale Sveum: 36(1)3/GDP/G3S

Bot 2

Terry Steinbach: K
Scott Stahoviak: S9/G4/R6
Ron Coomer: FC4/G4/R6/U4/R5.1-2(E4/TH);B-1
Marty Cordova: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 3

Kevin Polcovich: 9/F89S
Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: 63/G6M

Bot 3

Rich Becker: 43/G34D
Pat Meares: HP
Chuck Knoblauch: S9/L9S/R4.1-2
Matt Lawton: 36(1)/FO/G34/R3.2-H(E6/TH)(NR);B-2
Paul Molitor: S9/G34/R2.2-H
Terry Steinbach: SB2/R4
Terry Steinbach: W
Scott Stahoviak: W.2-3;1-2
Ron Coomer: D9/F89XD/R4.3-H;2-H;1-H
Marty Cordova: K

Top 4

Jason Kendall: 13/G13S
Kevin Young: K
Midre Cummings: 43/G4

Bot 4

Rich Becker: S9/G34/R6
Pat Meares: 63/G6M.1-2
Chuck Knoblauch: S7/G56/R4.2-H
Matt Lawton: 7/F78S/R4
Paul Molitor: SB2/R4
Paul Molitor: K

Top 5

Mark Smith: 7/F7M
Mark Johnson: 7/F7M
Dale Sveum: S8/P6MD
Kevin Polcovich: 43/G4

Bot 5

Terry Steinbach: HR/F78XD
Scott Stahoviak: 8/F78XD
Ron Coomer: K
Marty Cordova: S8/P6D/R4
Rich Becker: K

Top 6

Tony Womack: 7/F7LM
Adrian Brown: D9/G3L/R4
Jason Kendall: 43/G4.2-3
Kevin Young: DGR/L78XD.3-H
Midre Cummings: 43/G4S

Bot 6

Pat Meares: 53/G5
Chuck Knoblauch: 41/G34
Matt Lawton: 63/G6M

Top 7

Mark Smith: K
Mark Johnson: 9/F9D
Dale Sveum: W
Kevin Polcovich: S14/L13+.1-2
Tony Womack: 7/F7D

Bot 7

Paul Molitor: 53/G5
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6
Scott Stahoviak: K

Top 8

Adrian Brown: 53/G56S
Jason Kendall: 63/G6
Kevin Young: 8/F78XD

Bot 8

Ron Coomer: 8/F8LD
Marty Cordova: 9/F89XD
Rich Becker: HR/F7LD
Pat Meares: 63/G6M

Top 9

Keith Osik: S8/L8RM/R4
Mark Smith: K
Mark Johnson: 3/G3.1-2
Dale Sveum: 8/F89D