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Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-06-13 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 33253 · 72°F, night, wet · Wind 2 mph to CF · 2:32

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Francisco Cordova earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. 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
KCA	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
PIT	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0		5	8

W: Francisco Cordova L: Mike Williams SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Joe West · 1B: Bob Davidson · 2B: Scott Potter · 3B: Charlie Reliford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Goodwin	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bip Roberts	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jeff King	4	1	1	2	0	0
Johnny Damon	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jay Bell	3	0	0	1	0	2
Scott Cooper	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Macfarlane	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Pittsley	2	0	1	0	0	1
Chili Davis	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Vitiello	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	1	2	1	0	0
Adrian Brown	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	2	2	1	0	2	0
Kevin Young	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Randa	3	2	2	3	0	0
Mark Johnson	2	0	0	1	1	1
Jose Guillen	3	0	2	0	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Cordova	2	0	0	0	0	1
Midre Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Pittsley	5.0	5	4	1
Mike Williams	1.0	1	0	0
Randy Veres	2.0	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	6.2	7	1	4
Matt Ruebel	0.2	1	1	2
Marc Wilkins	0.2	0	0	0
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Offerman: S8/G6M/R4
Tom Goodwin: S9/G34/R5.1-2
Bip Roberts: CS3(25).1-2
Bip Roberts: K
Jeff King: HR/F7LD.2-H;B-H
Johnny Damon: 63/G6

Bot 1

Tony Womack: S4/G4M
Adrian Brown: 8/F78XD/R64
Jason Kendall: SB2
Jason Kendall: W
Kevin Young: 3/P3S
Joe Randa: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Top 2

Jay Bell: 5/L5L
Scott Cooper: 6/L4M
Mike Macfarlane: K

Bot 2

Mark Johnson: W
Jose Guillen: W.1-2
Kevin Polcovich: 4/P4D/R6
Francisco Cordova: E1/SH/BG13S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Tony Womack: 5/P5F
Adrian Brown: 8/F78M

Top 3

Jim Pittsley: K
Jose Offerman: 31/G34
Tom Goodwin: 8/F78D

Bot 3

Jason Kendall: W
Kevin Young: 8/F8LXD/R6.1-2
Joe Randa: T3/P9LS/R2.2-H
Mark Johnson: 9/F9M/SF/R2.3-H
Jose Guillen: D7/G5L/R5
Kevin Polcovich: 53/G56

Top 4

Bip Roberts: D7/F7LD/R645
Jeff King: 7/F7LM/R65
Johnny Damon: S9/L34D/R2.2-3
Jay Bell: 9/DP/F89D/SF.3-H;1X2(93634)

Bot 4

Francisco Cordova: K
Tony Womack: 3/G3
Adrian Brown: D7/L78S/R6
Jason Kendall: 4/L4

Top 5

Scott Cooper: 43/G4
Mike Macfarlane: 63/G56D
Jim Pittsley: D9/F89D/R43
Jose Offerman: 8/F8LXD

Bot 5

Kevin Young: 53/G5
Joe Randa: HR/F78XD.B-H
Mark Johnson: 4/P4D
Jose Guillen: 53/G56

Top 6

Tom Goodwin: 9/L89D
Bip Roberts: 9/F8RXD
Jeff King: 7/P7S

Bot 6

Kevin Polcovich: 8/F8LXD
Francisco Cordova: 3/G3
Tony Womack: HR/L9D.B-H
Adrian Brown: 2/P2LF

Top 7

Johnny Damon: S7/L56D/R64
Jay Bell: K
Scott Cooper: W.1-2
Mike Macfarlane: 46(1)/FO/G4M/R3.2-3;B-1
Chili Davis: W.1-2
Jose Offerman: K

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: S8/F8RS/R6
Kevin Young: 13/SH/BG15S.1-2
Joe Randa: PB.2-3
Joe Randa: 8/F8RD/SF/R6.3-H(UR)
Mark Johnson: K

Top 8

Tom Goodwin: S9/G34/R46
Bip Roberts: K
Jeff King: SB2/R4
Jeff King: 6/L6M/R4
Johnny Damon: 3/G3

Bot 8

Jose Guillen: S7/G56/R4
Kevin Polcovich: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Midre Cummings: 6/P56D
Tony Womack: 9/F89XD

Top 9

Jay Bell: K
Scott Cooper: 8/F8LXD
Mike Macfarlane: S4/G4MS
Joe Vitiello: 64(1)/FO/G6