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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-06-05 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 11382 · 73°F, overcast, dry · Wind 6 mph R to L · 2:24

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Esteban Loaiza earned the win. Joe Randa went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Esteban Loaiza L: Todd Stottlemyre SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	1
Ray Lankford	4	1	2	1	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	2
John Mabry	4	0	2	0	0
Dmitri Young	4	1	1	0	2
Mike Difelice	4	1	1	1	0
Mike Gallego	2	0	2	0	0
Todd Stottlemyre	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	0	0	0	1	0
Micah Franklin	1	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Brown	3	2	1	1	1	2
Midre Cummings	5	1	2	0	0	0
Kevin Young	3	2	1	1	1	1
Joe Randa	3	2	2	3	1	0
Keith Osik	4	1	2	3	0	1
Jose Guillen	4	0	1	1	0	2
Kevin Polcovich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Esteban Loaiza	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Sveum	1	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Stottlemyre	4.0	5	2	4
Mark Petkovsek	1.0	3	1	0
Rigo Beltran	2.0	1	0	3
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Esteban Loaiza	8.0	7	0	4
Ricardo Rincon	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 13/BG23
Ron Gant: 7/F7M
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 8/F78XD
Adrian Brown: HP
Midre Cummings: D7/G5L/R6.1-3
Kevin Young: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Joe Randa: HR/F78XD.2-H
Keith Osik: K

Top 2

Gary Gaetti: 8/F8RD
John Mabry: S8/G4M/R4
Dmitri Young: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Kevin Polcovich: D7/L7LS/R65
Esteban Loaiza: 63/G6M.2-3
Tony Womack: K

Top 3

Mike Difelice: 8/F8LD
Mike Gallego: S4/G4M/R3
Todd Stottlemyre: 13/G13.1-2
Delino DeShields: 7/P7S

Bot 3

Adrian Brown: W
Midre Cummings: 3/BP23F
Kevin Young: SB2/R4
Kevin Young: S7/G56/R5.2-3
Joe Randa: W.1-2
Keith Osik: S9/G34/R2.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jose Guillen: K
Kevin Polcovich: 13/G13

Top 4

Ron Gant: 9/F9D
Ray Lankford: D9/L9LS/R4
Gary Gaetti: 63/G6.2-3
John Mabry: 4/L4

Bot 4

Esteban Loaiza: E4/G4M/U8/R4.B-1
Tony Womack: 64(1)/FO/G6M
Adrian Brown: K
Midre Cummings: 3/G3L

Top 5

Dmitri Young: S8/G4M/R6
Mike Difelice: D9/F9LD/R2.1-H
Mike Gallego: 13/SH/BG23.2-3
Mark Sweeney: 8/SF/F78XD.3-H
Delino DeShields: 3/G34

Bot 5

Kevin Young: W
Joe Randa: T9/G3/R42.1-H
Keith Osik: T8/F8LXDW/R65.3-H
Jose Guillen: S7/G56/R6.3-H
Kevin Polcovich: PO1(E1).1-2
Kevin Polcovich: 53/G5
Esteban Loaiza: 13/G15.2-3
Tony Womack: 6/P6D

Top 6

Ron Gant: 9/F89D
Ray Lankford: 43/G4
Gary Gaetti: K

Bot 6

Adrian Brown: K
Midre Cummings: S9/G34/R6
Kevin Young: K
Joe Randa: 9/P9S

Top 7

John Mabry: 8/F78XD
Dmitri Young: K
Mike Difelice: 4/P4MD

Bot 7

Keith Osik: 63/G6
Jose Guillen: K
Kevin Polcovich: 8/F78M

Top 8

Mike Gallego: S8/L8LS/R4
Micah Franklin: S9/L9M/R5.1-2
Delino DeShields: 4(1)/FO/G4M/R3.2-3;B-1
Ron Gant: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 8

Dale Sveum: D9/L9LD/R6
Tony Womack: 4/P34D/R6
Adrian Brown: S8/L78M/R4.2-H
Midre Cummings: 8/F8LD/R6
Kevin Young: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 9

Ray Lankford: HR/F78XD
Gary Gaetti: K
John Mabry: S7/L7M/R6
Dmitri Young: K
Mike Difelice: 6/P6