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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres

1997-04-08 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 14278 · 60°F, night, dry · Wind 1 mph to RF · 2:20

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Diego Padres 2–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 8th. Steve Cooke earned the win and John Ericks picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Steve Cooke L: Sean Bergman SV: John Ericks

Umpires — HP: Rich Rieker · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Larry Poncino · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	2	2	0	2
Jermaine Allensworth	4	0	0	0	1	2
Emil Brown	5	0	2	0	0	1
Kevin Young	5	0	3	0	0	1
Kevin Elster	4	0	1	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Guillen	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Randa	3	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Cooke	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Martin	0	1	0	0	1	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Quilvio Veras	4	0	0	1
Tony Gwynn	4	0	0	0
Steve Finley	3	1	0	0
Ken Caminiti	2	0	1	0
Greg Vaughn	3	0	0	0
Archi Cianfrocco	3	0	0	1
John Flaherty	3	0	0	1
Chris Gomez	3	0	0	0
Fernando Valenzuela	2	0	0	2
Rickey Henderson	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Cooke	7.0	1	1	3
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	0	1
John Ericks	1.0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fernando Valenzuela	6.0	6	3	5
Sean Bergman	2.0	4	1	4
Will Cunnane	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: K
Jermaine Allensworth: W
Emil Brown: 53/G5.1-2
Kevin Young: K/C

Bot 1

Quilvio Veras: 9/F89S
Tony Gwynn: 3/G3
Steve Finley: S9/L9S/R4
Ken Caminiti: W.1-2
Greg Vaughn: 9/F89D

Top 2

Kevin Elster: S8/G6M/R6
Jason Kendall: S6/G5.1-2
Jose Guillen: 9/F9S
Joe Randa: 53/G56.2-3;1-2
Steve Cooke: 63/G6

Bot 2

Archi Cianfrocco: K
John Flaherty: 8/F78D
Chris Gomez: 53/G5

Top 3

Tony Womack: K
Jermaine Allensworth: 8/F8LM
Emil Brown: S5/G5
Kevin Young: S8/G6M/R6.1-2
Kevin Elster: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Kendall: 53/G56S

Bot 3

Fernando Valenzuela: K23
Quilvio Veras: 8/F8LD
Tony Gwynn: 9/F9M

Top 4

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Joe Randa: 9/F9LS
Steve Cooke: 43/G4

Bot 4

Steve Finley: HP
Ken Caminiti: 9/F9LS
Greg Vaughn: 5/L5
Archi Cianfrocco: 8/F8RD

Top 5

Tony Womack: D9/L9M/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: 43/G4.2-3
Emil Brown: K
Kevin Young: 1/L13

Bot 5

John Flaherty: 63/G6
Chris Gomez: 63/G6
Fernando Valenzuela: K23

Top 6

Kevin Elster: 53/G5
Jason Kendall: K/C
Jose Guillen: S6/G6
Joe Randa: W.1-2
Steve Cooke: 63/G6

Bot 6

Quilvio Veras: 53/G5S
Tony Gwynn: 31/G3
Steve Finley: 3/L3

Top 7

Tony Womack: 13/G13
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Emil Brown: S9/G34/R4
Kevin Young: S8/G6M/R6.1-2
Kevin Elster: K

Bot 7

Ken Caminiti: 13/G13
Greg Vaughn: 7/F7S
Archi Cianfrocco: 63/G6

Top 8

Jason Kendall: K/C
Jose Guillen: D7/F78D/R6
Joe Randa: 8/F78D
Al Martin: I
Tony Womack: T9/L9LS/R4.2-H;1-H
Jermaine Allensworth: K

Bot 8

John Flaherty: K/C
Chris Gomez: 53/G5
Rickey Henderson: 43/G4

Top 9

Emil Brown: 9/F9LM
Kevin Young: S8/G4M/R4
Kevin Elster: 9/F9D
Jason Kendall: SB2
Jason Kendall: 8/F8LD

Bot 9

Quilvio Veras: K
Tony Gwynn: 9/F9D
Steve Finley: 8/F8RD