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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-05-21 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 33034 · 63°F, overcast · Wind 2 mph to LF · 3:01

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Andy Benes earned the win and Dave Veres picked up the save. Mark McGwire went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Andy Benes L: Todd Ritchie SV: Dave Veres

Umpires — HP: Tony Randazzo · 1B: Ted Barrett · 2B: Dan Iassogna · 3B: Ed Montague · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Placido Polanco	5	1	3	3	0	0
Ray Lankford	2	1	1	1	3	1
Mark McGwire	4	1	1	3	1	1
Jim Edmonds	5	0	0	0	0	4
Craig Paquette	4	0	0	0	1	1
J. D. Drew	5	1	2	0	0	1
Edgar Renteria	5	1	2	0	0	1
Eli Marrero	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andy Benes	3	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Davis	0	1	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Warren Morris	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	3	2	1	1	1	0
John Vander Wal	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brian Giles	4	1	2	2	0	1
Wil Cordero	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ivan Cruz	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pat Meares	4	1	1	1	0	0
Luis Sojo	4	1	1	1	0	0
Todd Ritchie	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bruce Aven	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Young	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Benes	7.0	6	1	5
Mike James	0.1	1	1	0
Jose Rodriguez	0.1	0	0	0
Dave Veres	1.1	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	5.1	7	4	6
Jeff Wallace	0.2	0	1	1
Jose Silva	1.0	1	0	2
Scott Sauerbeck	0.2	2	1	2
Mike Williams	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Placido Polanco: 53/G56S
Ray Lankford: W
Mark McGwire: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Jim Edmonds: K
Craig Paquette: W
J. D. Drew: S/G34S.1-2
Edgar Renteria: E5/TH/G56-.2-3;1-2
Eli Marrero: 63/G6S-

Bot 1

Warren Morris: K/C
Jason Kendall: W
John Vander Wal: K/C
Brian Giles: HR/F9D+.1-H
Wil Cordero: S8/L6MD+
Ivan Cruz: S7/P78S-.1X2(74)

Top 2

Andy Benes: 63/G6S
Placido Polanco: 4/L4D
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 2

Pat Meares: 7/F7M+
Luis Sojo: 9/F9S
Todd Ritchie: S8/L8LS+
Warren Morris: 3/L34

Top 3

Mark McGwire: 8/F8LXD+
Jim Edmonds: K/C
Craig Paquette: 53/G56

Bot 3

Jason Kendall: 53/G5
John Vander Wal: 53/G56-
Brian Giles: S8/G6M
Wil Cordero: 7/F78M

Top 4

J. D. Drew: S8/G6M+
Edgar Renteria: S/L4D-.1-2
Eli Marrero: K
Andy Benes: K/C
Placido Polanco: S8/G6M-.2-H;1-3
Ray Lankford: W.1-2
Mark McGwire: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jim Edmonds: 53/G56S

Bot 4

Ivan Cruz: K
Pat Meares: 7/F78D
Luis Sojo: 63/G6

Top 5

Craig Paquette: 4/P4D
J. D. Drew: 43/G4
Edgar Renteria: 4/FL/P3DF-

Bot 5

Todd Ritchie: K/C
Warren Morris: 43/G34
Jason Kendall: 63/G6

Top 6

Eli Marrero: T/L6D+
Andy Benes: K/C
Placido Polanco: S7.3-H
Ray Lankford: W.1-2
Mark McGwire: 7/F7M
Jim Edmonds: K

Bot 6

John Vander Wal: 7/F7D
Brian Giles: K/C
Wil Cordero: 7/F7M

Top 7

Craig Paquette: K/C
J. D. Drew: K/C
Edgar Renteria: S
Eli Marrero: 46(1)/FO/G4-

Bot 7

Ivan Cruz: 7/F7LS
Pat Meares: 4/FL/P3DF
Luis Sojo: HR/F7D+
Bruce Aven: 63/G56

Top 8

Eric Davis: W
Placido Polanco: T9/F9LM.1-H
Ray Lankford: S9/L8RS.3-H
Mark McGwire: K/C
Jim Edmonds: K
Craig Paquette: CS2(24)

Bot 8

Warren Morris: 43/G4M
Jason Kendall: HR/F9D
John Vander Wal: W
Brian Giles: 7/F7D
Wil Cordero: D7/F7D+.1-3
Ivan Cruz: K/C

Top 9

Craig Paquette: 9/F9M
J. D. Drew: 9/F9M
Edgar Renteria: K

Bot 9

Pat Meares: HR/F7LD+
Luis Sojo: 8/F89D+
Kevin Young: 9/F9M
Warren Morris: 13/G13