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Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-06-05 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 12479 · 62°F, overcast · Wind 2 mph to LF · 2:53

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Detroit Tigers 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Francisco Cordova earned the win. Wil Cordero went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Francisco Cordova L: Dave Mlicki SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dan Iassogna · 1B: Mark Hirschbeck · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Becker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Robert Fick	4	0	2	0	0	0
Juan Encarnacion	3	0	0	1	0	2
Bobby Higginson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Dean Palmer	4	0	1	0	0	3
Damion Easley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Deivi Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Javier Cardona	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Mlicki	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Macias	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Polonia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Shane Halter	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Warren Morris	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	4	0	0	0	1	0
Wil Cordero	4	2	3	1	0	0
Brian Giles	4	1	2	1	1	1
John Vander Wal	3	0	1	1	1	1
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pat Meares	3	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Sojo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Francisco Cordova	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Benjamin	2	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Mlicki	6.0	6	5	4
Allen McDill	1.0	3	0	0
C. J. Nitkowski	1.0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	7.0	6	2	7
Jose Silva	2.0	1	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Becker: 8/L8LD
Robert Fick: 53/G56
Juan Encarnacion: K/C

Bot 1

Warren Morris: 3/G3
Jason Kendall: 3/FL/P3DF
Wil Cordero: S9/L89M
Brian Giles: T9/L89D.1-H
John Vander Wal: W
Kevin Young: SB2
Kevin Young: K/C

Top 2

Bobby Higginson: S7/L7LM
Dean Palmer: D7/L7LD+.1-3
Damion Easley: K
Deivi Cruz: 5/L56
Javier Cardona: K

Bot 2

Pat Meares: 53/G5
Luis Sojo: 43/G4
Francisco Cordova: S9/L89M
Warren Morris: 5/FL

Top 3

Dave Mlicki: K
Rich Becker: 23/G23-
Robert Fick: 3/G

Bot 3

Jason Kendall: 8/F8RXD+
Wil Cordero: HR/F7LD+
Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: K/C
Kevin Young: FC6/G6-.1-2;B-1
Pat Meares: K

Top 4

Juan Encarnacion: K
Bobby Higginson: 43/G4
Dean Palmer: K/C

Bot 4

Luis Sojo: 7/F7D+
Francisco Cordova: 63/G6S
Warren Morris: W
Jason Kendall: W.1-2
Wil Cordero: S.2-3;1-2
Brian Giles: E3/G3.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
John Vander Wal: 6/P6MD

Top 5

Damion Easley: 7/F78D+
Deivi Cruz: 7/F78XD+
Javier Cardona: S7/L6D
Dave Mlicki: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Kevin Young: S8/L8RM
Pat Meares: 7/F7LS
Luis Sojo: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Top 6

Rich Becker: D9/G3+
Robert Fick: S9/L89S.2-3
Juan Encarnacion: 4/P4D
Bobby Higginson: W.1-2
Dean Palmer: K
Damion Easley: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 6

Francisco Cordova: W
Mike Benjamin: K
Jason Kendall: 54(1)/FO/G5
Wil Cordero: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Deivi Cruz: 63/G6
Javier Cardona: 8/F8RD
Jose Macias: 7/F7LS

Bot 7

Brian Giles: D7/L7D+
John Vander Wal: WP.2-3
John Vander Wal: S9/L3D.3-H
Kevin Young: 54(1)/FO
Pat Meares: HP.1-2
Luis Sojo: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Francisco Cordova: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Mike Benjamin: 8/F8RXD+

Top 8

Rich Becker: W
Robert Fick: S9/L9LM.1-3
Juan Encarnacion: 9/SF/F89D+.3-H
Bobby Higginson: K
Dean Palmer: K/C

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: 3/FL/P9LSF
Wil Cordero: HP
Brian Giles: K/C
Adrian Brown: 13/G

Top 9

Damion Easley: S7/L78M
Deivi Cruz: 9/F9D
Luis Polonia: K
Shane Halter: K/C