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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres

2000-09-02 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 33358 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph to RF · 3:00

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Diego Padres 6–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 7th. Todd Ritchie earned the win and Scott Sauerbeck picked up the save. George Williams went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Todd Ritchie L: Matt Clement SV: Scott Sauerbeck

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Tim Tschida · 3B: Chuck Meriwether · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	2	0
Brian Giles	3	2	0	0	2	0
John Vander Wal	4	1	1	0	1	0
Warren Morris	3	1	1	1	2	0
Alex Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Keith Osik	4	0	2	1	0	1
Abraham Nunez	5	0	2	3	0	1
Todd Ritchie	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Ramirez	1	1	0	0	1	1
Pat Meares	0	0	0	0	1	0
Marc Wilkins	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damian Jackson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Desi Relaford	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan Klesko	3	0	1	0	1	0
Phil Nevin	4	0	1	1	0	1
John Mabry	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Darr	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ruben Rivera	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Williams	2	1	1	2	0	1
Matt Clement	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Owens	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Magadan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	6.0	7	1	4
Marc Wilkins	2.0	1	0	0
Scott Sauerbeck	1.0	0	0	2

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Clement	6.0	4	8	5
Kevin Walker	0.1	1	1	0
Carlos Almanzar	0.0	2	1	0
Todd Erdos	2.2	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adrian Brown: S8/G15
Jason Kendall: SB2
Jason Kendall: W
Brian Giles: 7/P5D-
John Vander Wal: W.2-3;1-2
Warren Morris: 43/G34-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Alex Hernandez: 7/F7D

Bot 1

Damian Jackson: S7/L7S
Desi Relaford: 9/F9M-
Ryan Klesko: 43/G34.1-2
Phil Nevin: K

Top 2

Keith Osik: 63/G6S-
Abraham Nunez: 3/G3S-
Todd Ritchie: S/L6M
Adrian Brown: W.1-2
Jason Kendall: 6/L6

Bot 2

John Mabry: D/F89D
Mike Darr: FC1/G13.2X3(15);B-1#
Ruben Rivera: OA.1X2(24)#
Ruben Rivera: 53/G56

Top 3

Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: S8/G6M.1-3
Warren Morris: WP.3-H;1-2
Warren Morris: W
Alex Hernandez: K+SB3;SB2
Keith Osik: HP
Abraham Nunez: S/G56S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Todd Ritchie: K/C
Adrian Brown: K

Bot 3

George Williams: K/C
Matt Clement: K
Damian Jackson: 53/G56

Top 4

Jason Kendall: W
Brian Giles: 8/F89D
John Vander Wal: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Bot 4

Desi Relaford: K
Ryan Klesko: S9/G34
Phil Nevin: 13(B)3(1)/LDP/L13

Top 5

Warren Morris: W
Alex Hernandez: 8/F8LD
Keith Osik: K.1-2(WP)
Abraham Nunez: K23

Bot 5

John Mabry: 6/L6-
Mike Darr: D7/L7LS
Ruben Rivera: 63/G6S-
George Williams: HR/F9D+.2-H
Matt Clement: 63/G6MS-

Top 6

Todd Ritchie: 9/P3D-
Adrian Brown: 43/G4
Jason Kendall: 53/G5

Bot 6

Damian Jackson: S8/G4M
Desi Relaford: S7/G56.1-2
Ryan Klesko: W.2-3;1-2
Phil Nevin: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H;2-3
John Mabry: 7/P78S-
Mike Darr: 4/L4

Top 7

Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: 9/L9S
Warren Morris: D9/L9D.1-3
Alex Ramirez: IW
Keith Osik: S7/G6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Abraham Nunez: S9/G34.3-H;2-H;1-2
Pat Meares: W.2-3;1-2
Adrian Brown: 12(3)/FO/G13.2-3;1-2
Jason Kendall: 9/F89M-

Bot 7

Ruben Rivera: 9/F9M
George Williams: HP
Eric Owens: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Top 8

Brian Giles: 9/F89D+
John Vander Wal: 3/G
Warren Morris: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Damian Jackson: 9/F9S-
Desi Relaford: 6/P6D-
Ryan Klesko: 5/P25-

Top 9

Alex Ramirez: K/C
Keith Osik: S8/G6M
Abraham Nunez: 7/F7LS-
Marc Wilkins: K

Bot 9

Phil Nevin: S8/L6D-
Dave Magadan: 7/L7M
Mike Darr: K/C
Ruben Rivera: K

Notes & reviews

Padres manager Bochy ejected by 1B umpire Gibson for arguing ruling that Nevin's line drive deflected off the pitcher's foot to 1bman for bizarre double play; Padres argued that ball hit mound first

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