June 4, 1997 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 7
KCR 3 BAL 9
NYY 7 CHW 9
@CLE 4 MIL 13
BOS 11 HOU 5
@CIN 2 SDP 7
@COL 5 LAD 5
SFG 1 ATL 6
@MON 3 FLA 5
@NYM 2 CHC 5
@PHI 1 STL 10
@PIT 0

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 19,181

Wednesday, June 4, 1997, 7:35
Time of Game: 3:10

Cardinals

26-30

Won 2

3rd, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       2  0  0   0  4  0   2  1  1   10 11  1
Pirates         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  7  3

W: A Benes (4-2), L: J Schmidt (1-4)

Pirates

28-29

Lost 1

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeShields 2B                4   0   0   0    0   2  .295  .798   14    0   2   
  M Gallego PH-2B             2   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .182    2    0   1   
R Gant LF                     5   2   2   0    0   1  .229  .773   17    2   0   
  M Franklin LF               0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .908         0   0   
R Lankford CF                 4   2   2   3    1   1  .376 1.173   23    0   0   HR
G Gaetti 3B                   1   2   0   0    3   1  .246  .709   26    0   2   IW
  T Mathews P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    5    0   0   
  T Fossas P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
J Mabry RF                    4   3   1   0    1   1  .304  .765   15    1   0   
D Young 1B                    5   1   4   4    0   1  .275  .770   28    7   0   2B
M Difelice C                  3   0   2   2    1   0  .231  .665   17   15   1   HBP
R Clayton SS                  5   0   0   0    0   2  .268  .729   17    2   2   2·GDP
A Benes P                     2   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .500   10    0   0   SH
  D Sheaffer 3B               1   0   0   0    1   0  .238  .566    8    0   0   
Totals                       37  10  11   9    7   9              182   27   9

BATTING

2B: D Young (7, off C Sodowsky).

HR: R Lankford (11, off J Schmidt; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

SH: A Benes (2, off M Ruebel).

IBB: G Gaetti (3, by M Ruebel).

HBP: M Difelice (1, by J Schmidt).

TB: R Lankford 5; D Young 5; M Difelice 2; R Gant 2; J Mabry.

GIDP: R Clayton 2 (9).

RBI: D Young 4 (12); R Lankford 3 (40); M Difelice 2 (7).

2-out RBI: M Difelice 2; D Young 2; R Lankford.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 5 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 2. D DeShields-R Clayton-D Young; M Difelice-R Clayton.

E: R Clayton (4).

BASERUNNING

PO: R Gant (2nd base by M Ruebel).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   5   0   2   0    0   2  .271  .701   21    2   5   2·SB
A Brown CF                    4   0   0   0    1   2  .171  .485   25    1   0   SB
J Kendall C                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .279  .789   21    9   0   
M Johnson 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   3  .231  .696   16   12   0   
J Randa 3B                    3   0   2   0    0   1  .297  .817   16    0   1   CS,HBP
M Cummings LF                 4   0   0   0    0   2  .200  .681   16    1   0   
J Guillen RF                  3   0   1   0    1   0  .238  .663   15    1   0   2B,GDP
K Polcovich SS                3   0   1   0    1   2  .275  .696   15    1   4   
J Schmidt P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .500         0   0   
  M Ruebel P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   2   
  C Sodowsky P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  E Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .213  .668    4    0   0   
  D Wainhouse P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  D Sveum PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .191  .600    6    0   0   
  C Peters P                  0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  M Wilkins P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250         0   0   
  K Osik PH                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .212  .538    2    0   0   
Totals                       33   0   7   0    4  15              162   27  13

BATTING

2B: J Guillen (9, off A Benes).

HBP: J Randa (2, by A Benes).

TB: J Randa 2; J Guillen 2; T Womack 2; K Osik; K Polcovich.

GIDP: J Guillen (5).

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 0 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. K Polcovich-M Johnson; K Polcovich-T Womack-M Johnson.

E: T Womack (5); K Polcovich 2 (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: T Womack 2 (23, 2nd base off A Benes/M Difelice, 3rd base off A Benes/M Difelice); A Brown (5, 2nd base off A Benes/M Difelice).

CS: J Randa (2, 2nd base by A Benes/M Difelice).

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Benes, W (4-2)               6     5   0   0    4  11   0   2.33   27  131-82   40·18·24    7· 2· 2· 0     69    -     1.07   0.26
T Mathews                      2     0   0   0    0   3   0   1.99    6   19-13    6· 4· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
T Fossas                       1     2   0   0    0   1   0   2.35    5    9-7     6· 1· 0    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     7   0   0    4  15   0          38  159-102  52·23·27   12· 3· 3· 0           -

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 Schmidt, L (1-4)             1     3   2   2    0   2   1   5.71    7   24-17   11· 4· 2    2· 2· 0· 0     41    -     0.76  -0.21
M Ruebel                       3.2   0   3   3    4   5   0   7.48   16   71-37   18·10· 9    4· 3· 0· 0          2-0    0.96   0.17
C Sodowsky                     0.1   2   1   1    0   1   0   4.91    3    9-7     5· 2· 0    1· 0· 1· 0          3-3    1.05  -0.19
D Wainhouse                    1     0   0   0    0   1   0   7.25    3    9-6     2· 0· 4    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.08   0.01
C Peters                       2     3   3   2    2   0   0   3.95   11   36-20   14· 2· 3    7· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.05  -0.01
M Wilkins                      1     3   1   1    1   0   0   4.97    6   24-15   10· 4· 1    4· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    11  10   9    7   9   1          46  173-102  60·22·19   20· 6· 3· 0          5-3

J Schmidt faced 2 batters in the 2nd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: C Peters 2 (3).

IBB: M Ruebel (2; G Gaetti).

PO: M Ruebel (0; R Gant, 2nd base).

HBP: A Benes (2; J Randa); J Schmidt (6; M Difelice).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jerry Layne, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Mike Winters.

Time of Game: 3:10.

Attendance: 19,181.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 75° F, Wind 6mph in unknown direction, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. D DeShields          2B    1. T Womack             2B 
2. R Gant               LF    2. A Brown              CF 
3. R Lankford           CF    3. J Kendall            C  
4. G Gaetti             3B    4. M Johnson            1B 
5. J Mabry              RF    5. J Randa              3B 
6. D Young              1B    6. M Cummings           LF 
7. M Difelice           C     7. J Guillen            RF 
8. R Clayton            SS    8. K Polcovich          SS 
9. A Benes              P     9. J Schmidt            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   1  0-0  1--  3   16%  67% R Lankford      J Schmidt       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Gant Scores
   t 5   2  0-2  123  4   13%  90% D Young         C Sodowsky      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Lankford Scores; Gaetti Scores; Mabry to 3B
   b 2   0  2-0  1--  6    8%  70% M Cummings      A Benes         Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Randa Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   b 3   2  2-0  -23  7    7%  73% M Johnson       A Benes         Strikeout Swinging
   b 4   1  2-0  1--  4    7%  75% J Guillen       A Benes         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  D DeShields     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   50%  R Gant          Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF)
   RR     1--  3   67%  R Lankford      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Gant Scores
   O      ---  5   65%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   64%  J Mabry         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Andy Benes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   67%  T Womack        Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   64%  A Brown         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Brown to 1B
   O      1--  5   66%  J Kendall       Groundout: 3B-1B; Brown to 2B
   O      -2-  2   69%  M Johnson       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jason Schmidt facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   72%  D Young         Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--  1   76%  M Difelice      Hit By Pitch; Young to 2B
                  Matt Ruebel replaces Jason Schmidt pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  3   72%  R Clayton       Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  3   70%  A Benes         Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Young to 3B; Difelice to 2B
   O      -23  4   66%  D DeShields     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Andy Benes facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   61%  J Randa         Hit By Pitch
   OO     1--  6   70%  M Cummings      Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Randa Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
          ---  2   67%  J Guillen       Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   71%  K Polcovich     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Matt Ruebel facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   76%  R Gant          Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Gant to 2B
   O      -2-  3   72%  R Lankford      Strikeout Swinging
          -2-      75%  G Gaetti        Gant Picked off 2B, safe on E4; Gant to 3B
          --3  5   76%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  4   71%  J Mabry         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  6   67%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Andy Benes facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   70%  M Ruebel        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  8   67%  T Womack        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      65%  A Brown         Womack Steals 2B
          -2-  7   62%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  7   68%  J Kendall       Flyball: LF
          12-      66%  M Johnson       Womack Steals 3B; Brown Steals 2B
   O      -23  7   73%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Matt Ruebel facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   71%  M Difelice      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   69%  R Clayton       Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  4   68%  A Benes         Foul Flyball: RF (Short RF Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Andy Benes facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   64%  J Randa         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  7   68%  M Cummings      Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  4   75%  J Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Matt Ruebel facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   73%  D DeShields     Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   72%  R Gant          Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   73%  R Lankford      Walk
          1--  6   74%  G Gaetti        Walk; Lankford to 2B
          12-  4   76%  J Mabry         Walk; Lankford to 3B; Gaetti to 2B
                  Clint Sodowsky replaces Matt Ruebel pitching and batting 9th
   RR     123  4   90%  D Young         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Lankford Scores; Gaetti Scores; Mabry to 3B
   RR     -23  1   96%  M Difelice      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Mabry Scores; Young Scores
   O      1--  4   95%  R Clayton       Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-6, Andy Benes facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   94%  K Polcovich     Walk
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Clint Sodowsky batting 9th
   O      1--  4   95%  E Brown         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   93%  T Womack        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Polcovich to 2B
   O      12-  5   96%  A Brown         Strikeout Swinging
          12-  7   94%  J Kendall       Walk; Polcovich to 3B; Womack to 2B
   O      123  3   97%  M Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 0.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-0, Dave Wainhouse facing 9-1-2
                  Dave Wainhouse replaces Emil Brown pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   97%  A Benes         Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  4   97%  D DeShields     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   97%  R Gant          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-6, Andy Benes facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   95%  J Randa         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  1   97%  M Cummings      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          1--  8   95%  J Guillen       Walk; Randa to 2B
   O      12-  3   97%  K Polcovich     Strikeout Swinging
                  Dale Sveum pinch hits for Dave Wainhouse batting 9th
   O      12-  6   98%  D Sveum         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 0.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-0, Chris Peters facing 3-4-5
                  Chris Peters replaces Dale Sveum pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   98%  R Lankford      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  7   98%  G Gaetti        Walk
          1--  2   98%  J Mabry         Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Gaetti to 2B; Mabry to 1B
          12-      99%  D Young         Wild Pitch; Gaetti to 3B; Mabry to 2B
   RR     -23  3  100%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Gaetti Scores; Mabry Scores/unER
          1--  5  100%  M Difelice      Walk; Young to 2B
   OO     12-  2   99%  R Clayton       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-8, T.J. Mathews facing 1-2-3
                  T.J. Mathews replaces Gary Gaetti pitching and batting 4th; Danny Sheaffer replaces Andy Benes playing 3B batting 9th
   O      ---  3  100%  T Womack        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5  100%  A Brown         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2  100%  J Kendall       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 0.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-0, Chris Peters facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1  100%  D Sheaffer      Groundout: SS-1B
                  Mike Gallego pinch hits for Delino DeShields batting 1st
   O      ---  1  100%  M Gallego       Foul Flyball: LF (Deep LF Foul)
          ---  3  100%  R Gant          Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--     100%  R Lankford      Wild Pitch; Gant to 2B
   R      -2-  5  100%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Gant Scores; Lankford to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  5  100%  T Mathews       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-9, T.J. Mathews facing 4-5-6
                  Mike Gallego moves to 2B; Micah Franklin replaces Ron Gant playing LF batting 2nd
   O      ---  3  100%  M Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  J Randa         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2  100%  M Cummings      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 0.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 9-0, Marc Wilkins facing 5-6-7
                  Marc Wilkins replaces Chris Peters pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3  100%  J Mabry         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  6  100%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Mabry to 2B
          12-  4  100%  M Difelice      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Mabry to 3B; Young to 2B
   ROO    123  3  100%  R Clayton       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Mabry Scores; Young to 3B
          --3  7  100%  D Sheaffer      Walk
   O      1-3  1  100%  M Gallego       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 10, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-10, Tony Fossas facing 7-8-9
                  Tony Fossas replaces T.J. Mathews pitching and batting 4th
   O      ---  1  100%  J Guillen       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2  100%  K Polcovich     Single to 3B (Line Drive)
                  Keith Osik pinch hits for Marc Wilkins batting 9th
          1--  2  100%  K Osik          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Polcovich to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  T Womack        Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  1  100%  A Brown         Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 10, Pirates 0.

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