April 8, 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 7
BOS 5 BAL 2
DET 1
(10) KCR 5
MIN 2 CHW 7
@OAK 3 NYY 3
@SEA 2 CLE 6
@TBD 4 TOR 4
@TEX 0 ARI 6
PIT 5 ATL 7
SFG 5 CIN 4
CHC 3
(11) COL 4
@FLA 2 HOU 8
PHI 5 MON 10
SDP 9 LAD 6
@NYM 5
(10) STL 10
MIL 8

Standings at end of play this day

Chase Field, Attendance: 33,298

Saturday, April 8, 2000, 1:35PM
Time of Game: 2:51

Pirates

2-3

Lost 1

4th, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  1  2   0  0  1   1  0  0    5 12  0
Diamondbacks    1  0  1   0  3  0   0  0  1    6 12  1

W: G Swindell (1-0), L: J Christiansen (1-1)

Winning Run scored with 2 outs

Diamondbacks

4-1

Won 1

1st

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Kendall C                   4   0   1   0    1   1  .143  .393   22    4   0   CS
P Meares SS                   4   2   1   1    0   0  .273  .833   13    0   4   HR,HBP
B Giles RF                    5   1   2   2    0   0  .476 1.570   15    1   0   HR
K Young 1B                    5   1   2   0    0   2  .278  .683   21   10   1   2B,GDP
W Cordero LF                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .300  .764    8    3   0   GDP
W Morris 2B                   2   1   1   0    2   0  .400  .862   20    4   2   SB
L Sojo 3B                     4   0   2   0    0   1  .500 1.000   13    0   2   
C Hermansen CF                4   0   1   1    0   0  .154  .421   19    3   0   GDP
J Anderson P                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    1   0   
  M Wilkins P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Aven PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .857    3    0   0   
  C Peters P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Brown PH                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .600 1.400    3    0   0   
  J Christiansen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       36   5  12   5    3   4              140   26   9

BATTING

2B: K Young (1, off B Anderson).

HR: B Giles (3, off B Anderson; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); P Meares (1, off R Springer; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

HBP: P Meares (1, by B Anderson).

TB: B Giles 5; P Meares 4; K Young 3; L Sojo 2; W Morris; C Hermansen; J Kendall; A Brown; W Cordero.

GIDP: K Young (1); W Cordero (1); C Hermansen (1).

RBI: B Giles 2 (7); P Meares (2); C Hermansen (1); W Cordero (4).

2-out RBI: C Hermansen.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. L Sojo-W Morris-K Young.

BASERUNNING

SB: W Morris (1, 2nd base off B Anderson/D Miller).

CS: J Kendall (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by B Anderson).

Arizona Diamondbacks         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Frias SS                    4   2   1   0    1   0  .200  .533   15    3   3   
J Bell 2B                     4   1   2   1    1   2  .316 1.075   19    3   4   HR,2B
L Gonzalez LF                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .526 1.644   15    1   0   HR,SH
G Colbrunn 1B                 2   1   1   0    3   0  .667 1.500   23    8   1   GDP,IW
S Finley CF                   5   1   1   0    0   1  .429 1.240   21    5   0   2B
B Gilkey RF                   4   0   1   2    0   0  .167  .310   14    2   0   SF
D Klassen 3B                  3   0   2   1    0   0  .750 1.500   13    0   1   SB
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Durazo PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .133  .411    3    0   0   
  G Swindell P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
D Miller C                    4   0   2   0    0   0  .364 1.182    9    4   0   2B,SB
B Anderson P                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    9    0   1   
  L Harris 3B                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .480    5    1   1   
Totals                       35   6  12   6    5   4              146   27  11

BATTING

2B: S Finley (1, off J Anderson); J Bell (1, off J Anderson); D Miller (2, off C Peters).

HR: J Bell (2, off J Anderson; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); L Gonzalez (2, off J Anderson; 3rd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to RF).

SF: B Gilkey (1, off M Wilkins).

SH: L Gonzalez (1, off J Christiansen).

IBB: G Colbrunn (1, by J Christiansen).

TB: J Bell 6; L Gonzalez 5; D Miller 3; S Finley 2; D Klassen 2; H Frias; B Gilkey; G Colbrunn.

GIDP: G Colbrunn (1).

RBI: L Gonzalez 2 (4); B Gilkey 2 (2); J Bell (3); D Klassen (1).

2-out RBI: L Gonzalez; D Klassen; B Gilkey.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Bell-H Frias-G Colbrunn; H Frias-J Bell-G Colbrunn; D Klassen-J Bell-G Colbrunn.

E: D Klassen (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Klassen (1, 3rd base off J Anderson/J Kendall); D Miller (1, 2nd base off J Anderson/J Kendall).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Anderson                     4.1   8   5   5    2   2   2  10.38   23   80-41   27·10· 4    7· 5· 5· 2     27    -     1.22  -0.20
M Wilkins                      0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   7.71    3    8-5     3· 1· 1    1· 1· 1· 0          2-2    1.22  -0.08
C Peters                       3     2   0   0    0   2   0   0.00   10   34-24   17· 3· 4    2· 2· 4· 0          0-0    1.37   0.27
J Christiansen, L (1-1)        0.2   1   1   1    3   0   0   3.38    6   21-7     5· 0· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    4.07  -0.35
Totals                         8.2  12   6   6    5   4   2          42  143-77   52·14·11   11· 9·11· 2          2-2

Arizona Diamondbacks          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Anderson                     5.1   8   4   4    2   2   1   6.75   24   84-51   35· 3·13    6· 4· 8· 1     36    -     1.08  -0.20
R Springer, BS (1)             2.2   2   1   1    1   1   1   4.91   11   35-23   16· 4· 3    1· 6· 1· 1          2-0    2.19   0.18
G Swindell, W (1-0)            1     2   0   0    0   1   0   4.50    5   20-13    8· 1· 4    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    3.17   0.15
Totals                         9    12   5   5    3   4   2          40  139-87   59· 8·20    8·11·11· 2          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: J Christiansen (1; G Colbrunn).

PO: B Anderson (1; J Kendall, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: B Anderson (1; P Meares).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim McClelland, 1B - Terry Craft, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Phil Cuzzi.

Time of Game: 2:51.

Attendance: 33,298.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 86° F, Wind 8mph from Left to Right, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Arizona Diamondbacks                 
1. J Kendall            C     1. H Frias              SS 
2. P Meares             SS    2. J Bell               2B 
3. B Giles              RF    3. L Gonzalez           LF 
4. K Young              1B    4. G Colbrunn           1B 
5. W Cordero            LF    5. S Finley             CF 
6. W Morris             2B    6. B Gilkey             RF 
7. L Sojo               3B    7. D Klassen            3B 
8. C Hermansen          CF    8. D Miller             C  
9. J Anderson           P     9. B Anderson           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   2  5-5  123  3   33% 100% B Gilkey        J Christiansen  Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Frias Scores; Bell to 3B; Colbrunn to 2B
   t 7   1  5-4  ---  3  -18%  54% P Meares        R Springer      Home Run
   t 3   1  1-1  1--  2  -18%  32% B Giles         B Anderson      Home Run; Meares Scores
   b 9   1  5-5  123  3  -17%  67% S Finley        J Christiansen  Popfly: 2B
   b 5   0  3-2  ---  1   14%  57% J Bell          J Anderson      Home Run

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Brian Anderson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   47%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   39%  P Meares        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Kendall to 3B
   O      1-3  5   44%  B Giles         Flyball: CF
   OO     1-3  4   55%  K Young         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Diamondbacks 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 0-0, Jimmy Anderson facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   58%  H Frias         Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   68%  J Bell          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Frias to 3B
   RO     -23  4   68%  L Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-1B; Frias Scores; Bell to 3B
          --3  6   69%  G Colbrunn      Walk
   O      1-3  4   65%  S Finley        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Colbrunn to 2B
   O      -23  3   60%  B Gilkey        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Diamondbacks 1.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Brian Anderson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   62%  W Cordero       Lineout: SS
          ---  9   59%  W Morris        Walk
   O      1--  4   63%  L Sojo          Strikeout Swinging
          1--      62%  C Hermansen     Morris Steals 2B
   R      -2-  7   53%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Morris Scores
   O      1--  1   55%  J Anderson      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Diamondbacks 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 1-1, Jimmy Anderson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   53%  D Klassen       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   51%  D Miller        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   50%  B Anderson      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Diamondbacks 1.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Tied 1-1, Brian Anderson facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   46%  J Kendall       Walk
   O      1--      53%  P Meares        Kendall Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
          ---  2   50%  " "             Hit By Pitch
   RR     1--  2   32%  B Giles         Home Run; Meares Scores
          ---  1   30%  K Young         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  2   35%  W Cordero       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Diamondbacks Batting, Behind 1-3, Jimmy Anderson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   32%  H Frias         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  6   30%  J Bell          Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  3   40%  L Gonzalez      Home Run
          ---  4   42%  G Colbrunn      Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  5   39%  S Finley        Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 2.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-2, Brian Anderson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   41%  W Morris        Flyball: CF
          ---  5   39%  L Sojo          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   OO     1--  9   44%  C Hermansen     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Diamondbacks Batting, Behind 2-3, Jimmy Anderson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   41%  B Gilkey        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   44%  D Klassen       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   49%  D Miller        Single to LF (Line Drive); Klassen to 2B
          12-      55%  B Anderson      Klassen Steals 3B; Miller Steals 2B
   O      -23  4   45%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  3   37%  H Frias         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 2.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-2, Brian Anderson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   40%  J Anderson      Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   42%  J Kendall       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   43%  P Meares        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Diamondbacks Batting, Behind 2-3, Jimmy Anderson facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  1   57%  J Bell          Home Run
   O      ---  3   54%  L Gonzalez      Foul Flyball: 1B
          ---  6   57%  G Colbrunn      Walk
          1--  3   68%  S Finley        Double to RF (Line Drive); Colbrunn to 3B
                  Marc Wilkins replaces Jimmy Anderson pitching and batting 9th
   RO     -23  2   68%  B Gilkey        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Colbrunn Scores
   R      -2-  4   78%  D Klassen       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Finley Scores
   O      1--  2   76%  D Miller        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Diamondbacks 5.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-5, Brian Anderson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   79%  B Giles         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   74%  K Young         Double to CF (Line Drive)
   R      -2-  3   64%  W Cordero       Single to LF (Line Drive); Young Scores
          1--  3   59%  W Morris        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Cordero to 2B
                  Russ Springer replaces Danny Klassen pitching and batting 7th; Lenny Harris replaces Brian Anderson playing 3B batting 9th
          12-  1   50%  L Sojo          Single to CF (Line Drive); Cordero to 3B; Morris to 2B
   O      123  1   61%  C Hermansen     Foul Flyball: 1B
                  Bruce Aven pinch hits for Marc Wilkins batting 9th
   O      123  3   73%  B Aven          Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 5-4, Chris Peters facing 9-1-2
                  Chris Peters replaces Bruce Aven pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   71%  L Harris        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  1   69%  H Frias         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  5   68%  J Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 5.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-5, Russ Springer facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   72%  J Kendall       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   R      ---  3   54%  P Meares        Home Run
   O      ---  6   57%  B Giles         Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  6   59%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 5-5, Chris Peters facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   65%  L Gonzalez      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   52%  G Colbrunn      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
   O      ---  6   50%  S Finley        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 5.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Tied 5-5, Russ Springer facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   55%  W Cordero       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  7   50%  W Morris        Walk
   O      1--  3   56%  L Sojo          Popfly: 1B
   O      1--  1   62%  C Hermansen     Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 5-5, Chris Peters facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   57%  B Gilkey        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  Erubiel Durazo pinch hits for Russ Springer batting 7th
   O      ---  3   53%  E Durazo        Lineout: 1B
          ---  3   58%  D Miller        Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  3   50%  L Harris        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 5.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Tied 5-5, Greg Swindell facing 9-1-2
                  Greg Swindell replaces Erubiel Durazo pitching and batting 7th; Adrian Brown pinch hits for Chris Peters batting 9th
          ---  3   42%  A Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   50%  J Kendall       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      1--  4   58%  P Meares        Lineout: CF
          1--  1   53%  B Giles         Single (Ground Ball); Brown to 2B
   O      12-  8   65%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 5-5, Jason Christiansen facing 1-2-3
                  Jason Christiansen replaces Adrian Brown pitching and batting 9th
          ---  5   73%  H Frias         Walk
          1--  4   83%  J Bell          Walk; Frias to 2B
   O      12-  2   85%  L Gonzalez      Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; Frias to 3B; Bell to 2B
          -23  4   84%  G Colbrunn      Intentional Walk
   O      123  3   67%  S Finley        Popfly: 2B
   R      123  3  100%  B Gilkey        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Frias Scores; Bell to 3B; Colbrunn to 2B
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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