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Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-06-13 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 28261 · 86°F, overcast · Wind 5 mph from RF · 3:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Kansas City Royals 8–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 7th. Jason Schmidt earned the win and Mike Williams picked up the save. Mike Benjamin went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jason Schmidt L: Matt Whisenant SV: Mike Williams

Umpires — HP: Ron Kulpa · 1B: Gary Darling · 2B: Jerry Meals · 3B: Steve Rippley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Febles	5	1	1	0	0	1
Carlos Beltran	4	2	2	1	1	1
Johnny Damon	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jermaine Dye	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	3	0	0	0	1	2
Joe Randa	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Spehr	2	0	1	0	1	1
Jed Hansen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jay Witasick	3	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Pose	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Kreuter	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ed Sprague	3	0	1	2	0	0
Brian Giles	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kevin Young	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jason Kendall	4	2	2	0	0	0
Warren Morris	4	1	1	0	0	1
Brant Brown	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Benjamin	4	2	2	3	0	0
Jason Schmidt	2	0	0	0	0	2
Adrian Brown	0	1	0	1	1	0
Keith Osik	1	1	1	2	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jay Witasick	6.0	5	0	7
Matt Whisenant	0.0	1	1	0
Scott Service	1.0	1	1	2
Jeff Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	7.0	6	3	8
Mike Williams	2.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carlos Febles: 3/G34S
Carlos Beltran: 7/F7LDF
Johnny Damon: K

Bot 1

Al Martin: 7/F78D
Ed Sprague: 2/P2LF
Brian Giles: K

Top 2

Jermaine Dye: 43/G4S
Jeremy Giambi: W
Joe Randa: 3/P23F
Tim Spehr: W.1-2
Jed Hansen: K

Bot 2

Kevin Young: 5/L5
Jason Kendall: 53/G5
Warren Morris: 5/P5F

Top 3

Jay Witasick: 13/G15S
Carlos Febles: K
Carlos Beltran: S6/G15S
Johnny Damon: E3/G3S.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S8/G6M.2-H(UR);1-3
Jeremy Giambi: K

Bot 3

Brant Brown: K
Mike Benjamin: 63/G6
Jason Schmidt: K

Top 4

Joe Randa: 7/F78XD
Tim Spehr: D8/F78XD
Jed Hansen: 8/F8LXD.2-3
Jay Witasick: K

Bot 4

Al Martin: D8/L8RS
Ed Sprague: D9/L9LS.2-H
Brian Giles: HP
Kevin Young: K
Jason Kendall: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Warren Morris: SB2
Warren Morris: K

Top 5

Carlos Febles: T8/F8LXD
Carlos Beltran: S9/F9S.3-H
Johnny Damon: S8/L78S.1-3
Jermaine Dye: 53/G56.3-H;1-H(NR)(E3)
Jeremy Giambi: 63/G6M
Joe Randa: 63/G56

Bot 5

Brant Brown: 5/P5F
Mike Benjamin: HR/F8LXD
Jason Schmidt: K
Al Martin: 7/F78S

Top 6

Tim Spehr: K
Jed Hansen: K
Jay Witasick: K

Bot 6

Ed Sprague: 9/F9D
Brian Giles: 41/G34
Kevin Young: K

Top 7

Carlos Febles: 8/F8LD
Carlos Beltran: W
Johnny Damon: 46(1)/FO/G34
Jermaine Dye: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: S8/L4MD
Warren Morris: S8/G6M.1-2
Adrian Brown: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Benjamin: D9/F89D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Keith Osik: T7/F7LM.3-H;2-H
Al Martin: K
Ed Sprague: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: K

Top 8

Jeremy Giambi: K
Joe Randa: S7/L7M
Scott Pose: 36(1)1/GDP/G34S

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: S7/L5D
Warren Morris: SB2
Warren Morris: 43/G34.2-3
Adrian Brown: 23/SH/BG23.3-H
Mike Benjamin: 53/G5

Top 9

Chad Kreuter: S7/L56D
Mike Sweeney: S7/G56.1-2
Carlos Febles: 3/G3.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: K
Johnny Damon: 3/G3L