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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1998-06-15 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 14411 · 75°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 6 mph from CF · 2:29

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Matt Beech earned the win and Mark Leiter picked up the save. Kevin Young went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Matt Beech L: Jon Lieber SV: Mark Leiter

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Larry Vanover · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	0	0	0	1	2
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Young	3	1	1	1	1	1
Jermaine Allensworth	3	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Aramis Ramirez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Collier	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jon Lieber	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Glanville	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gregg Jefferies	4	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Rolen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rico Brogna	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Lieberthal	4	0	1	0	0	2
Bobby Abreu	3	1	1	0	1	1
Mark Lewis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Desi Relaford	3	0	2	1	1	1
Matt Beech	3	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Jordan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	6.2	7	1	5
Jason Christiansen	0.1	0	0	1
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Beech	8.0	4	2	11
Mark Leiter	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: W
Al Martin: 8/F8
Jason Kendall: CS2(26)
Jason Kendall: 6/L6D

Bot 1

Doug Glanville: 63/G6
Gregg Jefferies: S5/G5
Scott Rolen: 7/F78D
Rico Brogna: 43/G4

Top 2

Kevin Young: HR/L7D
Jermaine Allensworth: S3/G34
Jose Guillen: K
Aramis Ramirez: K+OA/DP.1X2(2)

Bot 2

Mike Lieberthal: K
Bobby Abreu: 8/F8
Mark Lewis: E6/G6
Desi Relaford: S9/L9LD.1-3
Matt Beech: K

Top 3

Lou Collier: K
Jon Lieber: 43/G4
Tony Womack: K

Bot 3

Doug Glanville: 43/G4M
Gregg Jefferies: 43/G4
Scott Rolen: E5/G56.B-2
Rico Brogna: 7/F7LD

Top 4

Al Martin: K
Jason Kendall: D8/L89XD
Kevin Young: 7/L78D
Jermaine Allensworth: K

Bot 4

Mike Lieberthal: 31/G4S
Bobby Abreu: D8/L8LXD
Mark Lewis: D7/L78M.2-H
Desi Relaford: K
Matt Beech: 4/L4D

Top 5

Jose Guillen: 53/G5
Aramis Ramirez: K
Lou Collier: 53/G5

Bot 5

Doug Glanville: 8/F8LM
Gregg Jefferies: 7/F7M
Scott Rolen: 63/G6

Top 6

Jon Lieber: K
Tony Womack: 8/F78S
Al Martin: 53/G56

Bot 6

Rico Brogna: D8/F78XD
Mike Lieberthal: K
Bobby Abreu: IW
Mark Lewis: 8/F8RS
Desi Relaford: S9/L9S.2-H;1-3
Matt Beech: K

Top 7

Jason Kendall: 8/F8RM
Kevin Young: W
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Jose Guillen: K

Bot 7

Doug Glanville: S9/L9S
Gregg Jefferies: 6/F5D
Scott Rolen: 64(1)/FO/G6
Rico Brogna: K

Top 8

Aramis Ramirez: 63/G6
Lou Collier: S8/G4M
Mark Smith: 54(1)/FO/G5
Tony Womack: K

Bot 8

Mike Lieberthal: S8/L8LS
Bobby Abreu: K
Mark Lewis: SB2
Mark Lewis: 3/G34
Desi Relaford: IW
Kevin Jordan: 3/G34

Top 9

Al Martin: 9/F9M
Jason Kendall: 4/P4MS
Kevin Young: K