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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-04-20 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 14542 · 55°F, sunny, dry · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:40

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Jon Lieber earned the win and John Ericks picked up the save. Kevin Young went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jon Lieber L: Kent Mercker SV: John Ericks

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Brian Gibbons · 3B: Terry Tata · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Deion Sanders	5	0	2	0	0	0
Lenny Harris	4	1	1	0	1	0
Barry Larkin	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ruben Sierra	4	1	2	1	0	0
Hal Morris	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ed Taubensee	2	0	0	0	2	1
Eduardo Perez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jeff Branson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kent Mercker	2	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bret Boone	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Emil Brown	2	2	1	0	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	2	2	2	0	1	0
Dale Sveum	3	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Young	3	0	1	3	0	0
Kevin Elster	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Kendall	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	2	0	1	0	2	0
Joe Randa	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jon Lieber	3	0	0	1	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	4.1	5	4	2
Ricky Bones	0.2	1	0	1
Stan Belinda	2.0	0	0	2
Hector Carrasco	1.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	7.0	8	3	4
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	1	3
John Ericks	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Deion Sanders: 7/F7LD
Lenny Harris: S8/G6M/R4.B-2(E8)
Barry Larkin: 53/G5
Ruben Sierra: S8/L8RM/R2.2-H(UR)
Hal Morris: K

Bot 1

Emil Brown: W
Jermaine Allensworth: D7/F7D/R5.1-3
Dale Sveum: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Kevin Young: 9/SF/L9LM.3-H
Kevin Elster: 53/G5

Top 2

Ed Taubensee: W
Eduardo Perez: 16(1)/FO/G15S
Jeff Branson: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 2

Jason Kendall: DGR/F89XD
Jose Guillen: W
Joe Randa: 3/P3DF/R4
Jon Lieber: CS3(1E4).2-3;1-2
Jon Lieber: 63/G6M.3-H(UR);2-3
Emil Brown: 8/F8RD

Top 3

Kent Mercker: K
Deion Sanders: S34/G34
Lenny Harris: W.1-2
Barry Larkin: K+SB3;SB2/R5
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8RXD

Bot 3

Jermaine Allensworth: W
Dale Sveum: S9/P4D/R46.1-2
Kevin Young: 946(1)/FO/P9S.2-3
Kevin Elster: K
Jason Kendall: 9/F89XDW

Top 4

Hal Morris: 63/G6M
Ed Taubensee: 13/G13
Eduardo Perez: 7/F7LM

Bot 4

Jose Guillen: W
Joe Randa: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Jon Lieber: K

Top 5

Jeff Branson: 63/G6M
Kent Mercker: DGR/F78XD
Deion Sanders: S1/G13.2-3
Lenny Harris: 9/F9M/R3.3-H(E9)(UR)
Barry Larkin: SB2/R4
Barry Larkin: 9/L89M

Bot 5

Emil Brown: S6/G6M
Jermaine Allensworth: S8/L6MD/R6.1-2
Dale Sveum: 54/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Kevin Young: S8/G4M/R4.3-H;2-H
Kevin Elster: SB2/R4
Kevin Elster: K
Jason Kendall: 4/P4M

Top 6

Ruben Sierra: S9/G34/R46
Hal Morris: S7/L5D/R65.1-2
Ed Taubensee: K
Eduardo Perez: S8/G6M/R65.2-H;1-2
Jeff Branson: 3/G34.2-3;1-2
Willie Greene: 31/G3L

Bot 6

Jose Guillen: 6/P56D
Joe Randa: K
Jon Lieber: K

Top 7

Deion Sanders: 3/G3
Lenny Harris: 7/F78D
Barry Larkin: W
Ruben Sierra: 7/F7M

Bot 7

Emil Brown: HP
Jermaine Allensworth: 23/SH/BG2R.1-2
Dale Sveum: 43/G4.2-3
Kevin Young: 63/G6M

Top 8

Hal Morris: K
Ed Taubensee: W
Eduardo Perez: S5/G5.1-2
Jeff Branson: K
Bret Boone: WP.2-3;1-2
Bret Boone: K

Bot 8

Kevin Elster: 53/G6
Jason Kendall: 8/F8RM
Jose Guillen: S7/G56/R64
Joe Randa: 5/L5

Top 9

Deion Sanders: 6/P6D
Lenny Harris: 43/G4
Barry Larkin: 63/G6