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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1997-05-21 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 34738 · 64°F, sunny, dry · Wind 20 mph L to R · 2:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Matt Ruebel earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	6
SLN	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10

W: Matt Ruebel L: Tony Fossas SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Larry Poncino · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Larry Vanover · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	2
Micah Franklin	4	0	3	0	1
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	2	0	1
John Mabry	4	0	2	0	1
Mike Difelice	3	1	1	0	0
Royce Clayton	4	1	1	1	0
Alan Benes	2	0	1	1	1
Mike Gulan	1	0	0	0	1
Tom Lampkin	1	0	0	0	1
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Francisco Cordova	6.0	9	4
Matt Ruebel	2.0	1	4
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alan Benes	7.0	2	5	9
Tony Fossas	0.2	2	0	1
T. J. Mathews	1.1	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: 13/G15S
Al Martin: 3/P3

Bot 1

Delino DeShields: 3/G3L
Ron Gant: K
Micah Franklin: S9/L9M
Ray Lankford: 43/G4

Top 2

Mark Johnson: W
Joe Randa: S9/G4.1-3
Jason Kendall: K+CS2(24)/DP
Midre Cummings: BK.3-H
Midre Cummings: 7/L7M

Bot 2

Gary Gaetti: K
John Mabry: 7/F7LM
Mike Difelice: D8/L8LXD/R6
Royce Clayton: S8/L8LS.2-H
Alan Benes: D8/L8LM/R65.1-H;BX3(865)

Top 3

Kevin Polcovich: 9/F9LM
Francisco Cordova: K
Tony Womack: 3/G3

Bot 3

Delino DeShields: 31/G34S
Ron Gant: 53/G5L
Micah Franklin: S8/G4M
Ray Lankford: 7/F7D

Top 4

Adrian Brown: 53/G5S
Al Martin: W
Mark Johnson: K
Joe Randa: K

Bot 4

Gary Gaetti: S8/L8LS
John Mabry: S8/L6MD.1-2
Mike Difelice: E1/BG15S/R5.2-3;1-2;B-1
Royce Clayton: 12(3)3/GDP/G15.2-3;1-2
Alan Benes: K

Top 5

Jason Kendall: 2/P2RF
Midre Cummings: K
Kevin Polcovich: 4/P4M

Bot 5

Delino DeShields: 31/G34S
Ron Gant: 63/G6
Micah Franklin: S7/P7S
Ray Lankford: K

Top 6

Francisco Cordova: K
Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: 63/G6M

Bot 6

Gary Gaetti: 43/G4
John Mabry: S8/G4M
Mike Difelice: 7/F7LM
Royce Clayton: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 7

Al Martin: K
Mark Johnson: W
Joe Randa: 9/F9LS
Jason Kendall: S9/G34/R6.1-3
Midre Cummings: W.1-2
Dale Sveum: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Kevin Young: 9/F9LS

Bot 7

Mike Gulan: K
Delino DeShields: 9/F9M
Ron Gant: K

Top 8

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: S1/BG13S/R3
Al Martin: 3/P23F
Mark Johnson: D8/F8LM.1-H
Joe Randa: S5/G25.2XH(562)

Bot 8

Micah Franklin: K
Ray Lankford: 63/G6M
Gary Gaetti: D9/F9LM
John Mabry: K

Top 9

Jason Kendall: HP
Midre Cummings: S7/G56.1-2
Dale Sveum: 53/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Jose Guillen: K
Tony Womack: K

Bot 9

Tom Lampkin: K
Royce Clayton: 3/G34
Willie McGee: K

Notes & reviews

Jason Kendall thought he had walked on the 3-2 pitch; HP umpire Larry Vanover made a late call on the strikeout and Joe Randa was tagged out advancing to 2B on what he thought was a walk; Pirates coach Pete Vuckovich ejected by Vanover
runner Mark Johnson and catcher Mike Difelice fought after the collision at the plate; both players ejected by HP umpire Larry Poncino

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