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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-09-21 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 26247 · 62°F, sunny, dry · Wind 10 mph to CF · 2:30

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 14–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 3rd. Jon Lieber earned the win. Jose Guillen went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
PIT	1	0	5	4	0	1	3	0		14	14

W: Jon Lieber L: Mike Busby SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Vanover · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	3	1	1	0	0	0
Willie McGee	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	3	0	0	1	0	1
Ray Lankford	3	0	0	0	0	3
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dmitri Young	2	1	2	1	1	0
Eli Marrero	2	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Ordaz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Busby	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Petkovsek	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Lampkin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Scarborough Green	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Berblinger	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Bell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	3	3	0	0	1
Turner Ward	3	3	1	2	1	0
Mark Smith	2	2	1	1	2	1
Kevin Young	5	2	2	3	0	1
Joe Randa	4	1	2	3	0	0
Jason Kendall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	2	1	1	2	0	0
Abraham Nunez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jon Lieber	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jermaine Allensworth	2	1	0	0	0	0
Lou Collier	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emil Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Busby	3.1	7	3	1
Mark Petkovsek	2.2	3	1	3
Sean Lowe	2.0	4	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	8.0	4	1	10
Matt Ruebel	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: T9/G3L/R43
Willie McGee: 9/F89M/R2
Mark McGwire: 8/SF/F8LXD/R64.3-H
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 1

Tony Womack: S7/G56/R6
Turner Ward: SB2/R6
Turner Ward: 43/G4M.2-3
Mark Smith: S8/L8RS/R6.3-H
Kevin Young: SB2/R6
Kevin Young: K
Joe Randa: 7/F7M

Top 2

Gary Gaetti: 63/G6M
Dmitri Young: S8/L4MD/R4
Eli Marrero: K
Luis Ordaz: K

Bot 2

Jason Kendall: D7/F78XD/R6
Jose Guillen: 13/G13
Abraham Nunez: 3/G3L.2-3
Jon Lieber: 43/G4M

Top 3

Mike Busby: K
Delino DeShields: 13/BG15S
Willie McGee: 53/G5

Bot 3

Tony Womack: S9/G3/R6
Turner Ward: W.1-2
Mark Smith: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Young: S9/F9LS.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(E9/TH)
Joe Randa: 8/SF/F8RD/R6.3-H;2-3
Jason Kendall: 3/L3
Jose Guillen: HR/F7D.3-H
Abraham Nunez: 7/F7D

Top 4

Mark McGwire: 9/F89S/R6
Ray Lankford: K+WP.B-1
Gary Gaetti: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 4

Jon Lieber: W
Tony Womack: S9/G34/R5.1X3(95)
Turner Ward: SB2/R6U8R4.1-3(E2/TH)
Turner Ward: FC3/G34S/R2.3-H
Mark Smith: W.1-2
Kevin Young: D8/F78XD/R63.2-H;1-3
Joe Randa: S7/L6D/R5.3-H;2-H
Jason Kendall: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 5

Dmitri Young: HR/F9D
Eli Marrero: 63/G56D
Luis Ordaz: K
Mark Petkovsek: K

Bot 5

Jermaine Allensworth: 4/P4MD
Abraham Nunez: 43/G4
Jon Lieber: K

Top 6

Delino DeShields: 3/G3
Willie McGee: 3/G3
Mark McGwire: K

Bot 6

Tony Womack: K
Turner Ward: HR/F9D
Mark Smith: K
Kevin Young: 8/F8RM

Top 7

Ray Lankford: K
Gary Gaetti: 53/G5
Dmitri Young: W
Tom Lampkin: S8/F8RS/R6.1-2
Luis Ordaz: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 7

Joe Randa: S8/G6M/R46
Jason Kendall: S15/L15.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: E1/TH/G13/R4U8R4.2-H(NR);1-3
Abraham Nunez: DGR/L7LD.3-H(UR);1-3
Jon Lieber: S4/G6M.3-H;2-3
Lou Collier: 3/L3
Emil Brown: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Scarborough Green: 43/G4M
Jeff Berblinger: 9/F89D
Willie McGee: K

Bot 8

Adrian Brown: 13/G13S
Kevin Young: 9/F89XD
Joe Randa: 63/G6M

Top 9

Mark McGwire: 63/G6
David Bell: K
Gary Gaetti: K