June 5, 1997 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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CLE 5
CHW 4
(11) SEA 14
@DET 6 TEX 6
@KCR 3
(11) BOS 2
@MIL 1 ANA 3
@MIN 0 OAK 4
@TOR 3 CIN 6
HOU 5 COL 9
SDP 7
(11) SFG 5
@LAD 4 ATL 9
@MON 0 NYM 6
FLA 0 PHI 9
CHC 8
(10) PIT 9
STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 11,382

Thursday, June 5, 1997, 1:35
Time of Game: 2:24

Cardinals

26-31

Lost 1

3rd, 2½ GB

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

W: E Loaiza (5-2), L: T Stottlemyre (4-4)

Pirates

29-29

Won 1

1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeShields 2B                4   0   0   0    0   0  .289  .781   13    1   0   CS
  D Eckersley P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
R Gant LF                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .224  .758   21    0   0   
R Lankford CF                 4   1   2   1    0   1  .380 1.197   16    4   0   HR,2B
G Gaetti 3B                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .240  .693   19    0   1   
J Mabry RF                    4   0   2   0    0   0  .309  .769    7    1   0   
D Young 1B                    4   1   1   0    0   2  .274  .761   21    8   0   GDP
M Difelice C                  4   1   1   1    0   0  .232  .670   13    7   0   2B
M Gallego SS-2B               2   0   2   0    0   0  .167  .334   10    3   4   SH
T Stottlemyre P               1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .583    3    0   1   
  M Sweeney PH                0   0   0   1    0   0  .214  .596    1    0   0   SF
  M Petkovsek P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .250         0   1   
  R Beltran P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Franklin PH               1   0   1   0    0   0  .355  .942    1    0   0   
  R Clayton SS                0   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .729         0   1   
Totals                       32   3   9   3    0   6              125   24   8

BATTING

2B: R Lankford (12, off E Loaiza); M Difelice (4, off E Loaiza).

HR: R Lankford (12, off R Rincon; 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SF: M Sweeney (1, off E Loaiza).

SH: M Gallego (1, off E Loaiza).

TB: R Lankford 6; M Difelice 2; J Mabry 2; M Gallego 2; M Franklin; D Young.

GIDP: D Young (4).

RBI: R Lankford (41); M Difelice (8); M Sweeney (4).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 0 for 5.

FIELDING

E: M Petkovsek (1); D DeShields (8).

BASERUNNING

CS: D DeShields (6, 2nd base by E Loaiza/K Osik).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   5   0   0   0    0   1  .265  .685   22    5   2   
A Brown CF                    3   2   1   1    1   2  .178  .510   20    4   0   SB,HBP
M Cummings LF                 5   1   2   0    0   0  .211  .698   12    2   0   2B
  E Brown LF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .213  .668         0   0   
K Young 1B                    3   2   1   1    1   1  .300  .884   21    7   0   SF
J Randa 3B                    3   2   2   3    1   0  .303  .855   19    0   0   HR,3B
K Osik C                      4   1   2   3    0   1  .243  .641   13    6   1   3B
J Guillen RF                  4   0   1   1    0   2  .238  .659   12    2   0   
K Polcovich SS                4   0   1   0    0   0  .273  .703   20    1   2   2B
E Loaiza P                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .179  .393    4    0   3   
  D Sveum PH                  1   1   1   0    0   0  .203  .634    7    0   0   2B
  R Rincon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       35   9  11   9    3   7              150   27   8

BATTING

2B: D Sveum (7, off D Eckersley); M Cummings (6, off T Stottlemyre); K Polcovich (2, off T Stottlemyre).

3B: J Randa (4, off M Petkovsek); K Osik (1, off M Petkovsek).

HR: J Randa (4, off T Stottlemyre; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SF: K Young (3, off T Stottlemyre).

HBP: A Brown (2, by T Stottlemyre).

TB: J Randa 7; K Osik 4; M Cummings 3; K Polcovich 2; D Sveum 2; A Brown; J Guillen; K Young.

RBI: K Osik 3 (4); J Randa 3 (23); J Guillen (19); A Brown (8); K Young (25).

2-out RBI: J Randa 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 2. K Osik-T Womack; K Polcovich-T Womack-K Young.

BASERUNNING

SB: A Brown (6, 2nd base off T Stottlemyre/M Difelice).

PO: J Guillen (1st base by M Petkovsek).

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
T Stottlemyre, L (4-4)         4     5   5   5    2   4   1   4.29   21   72-43   21· 7·15   10· 3· 1· 0     34    -     0.64  -0.27
M Petkovsek                    1     3   3   3    1   0   0   3.46    7   23-12    9· 1· 2    4· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.24  -0.09
R Beltran                      2     1   0   0    0   3   0   5.40    7   28-19    9· 3· 7    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
D Eckersley                    1     2   1   1    0   0   0   3.86    5   19-15   12· 2· 1    1· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         8    11   9   9    3   7   1          40  142-89   51·13·25   17· 9· 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
E Loaiza, W (5-2)              8     7   2   2    0   4   0   3.33   29  105-68   42·16·10   11·10· 4· 0     64    -     0.56   0.14
R Rincon                       1     2   1   1    0   2   1   2.42    5   20-12    6· 5· 1    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
Totals                         9     9   3   3    0   6   1          34  125-80   48·21·11   11·12· 5· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: M Petkovsek (0; J Guillen, 1st base).

HBP: T Stottlemyre (5; A Brown).

OTHER

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

Time of Game: 2:24.

Attendance: 11,382.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 73° F, Wind 6mph from Right to Left, Overcast, 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. M Cummings           LF 
4. G Gaetti             3B    4. K Young              1B 
5. J Mabry              RF    5. J Randa              3B 
6. D Young              1B    6. K Osik               C  
7. M Difelice           C     7. J Guillen            RF 
8. M Gallego            SS    8. K Polcovich          SS 
9. T Stottlemyre        P     9. E Loaiza             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  0-1  -2-  5   15%  78% J Randa         T Stottlemyre   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Cummings Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  1--  2    8%  63% M Cummings      T Stottlemyre   Double to LF (Ground Ball); Brown to 3B
   t 5   0  5-0  1--  3   -6%  85% M Difelice      E Loaiza        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Young Scores
   b 5   0  2-5  1--  4    6%  96% J Randa         M Petkovsek     Triple to RF (Ground Ball); Young Scores
   b 3   1  0-3  123  5    6%  94% K Osik          T Stottlemyre   Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Brown Scores; Young Scores; Randa to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Esteban Loaiza facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   52%  D DeShields     Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Short 1B Line)
   O      ---  6   54%  R Gant          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  6   55%  R Lankford      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  T Womack        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  3   55%  A Brown         Hit By Pitch
          1--  2   63%  M Cummings      Double to LF (Ground Ball); Brown to 3B
   RO     -23  2   63%  K Young         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Brown Scores
   RR     -2-  5   78%  J Randa         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Cummings Scores
   O      ---  4   77%  K Osik          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Esteban Loaiza facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   80%  G Gaetti        Flyball: CF
          ---  1   77%  J Mabry         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  3   82%  D Young         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   81%  J Guillen       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   83%  K Polcovich     Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  2   81%  E Loaiza        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Polcovich to 3B
   O      --3  6   79%  T Womack        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Esteban Loaiza facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   81%  M Difelice      Flyball: CF
          ---  4   79%  M Gallego       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   81%  T Stottlemyre   Groundout: P-1B (P's Left); Gallego to 2B
   O      -2-  6   84%  D DeShields     Popfly: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   85%  A Brown         Walk
   O      1--  2   84%  M Cummings      Foul Bunt Popfly: 1B (1B-C Foul)
          1--      85%  K Young         Brown Steals 2B
          -2-  4   87%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Brown to 3B
          1-3  4   88%  J Randa         Walk; Young to 2B
   RR     123  5   94%  K Osik          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Brown Scores; Young Scores; Randa to 2B
   O      12-  3   93%  J Guillen       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  3   92%  K Polcovich     Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 5.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-5, Esteban Loaiza facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   93%  R Gant          Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  1   91%  R Lankford      Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   O      -2-  4   93%  G Gaetti        Groundout: SS-1B; Lankford to 3B
   O      --3  3   94%  J Mabry         Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-0, Todd Stottlemyre facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   95%  E Loaiza        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Loaiza to 1B
   O      1--  2   94%  T Womack        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   94%  A Brown         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  4   93%  M Cummings      Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 5.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-5, Esteban Loaiza facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   91%  D Young         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   R      1--  3   85%  M Difelice      Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Young Scores
   O      -2-  4   87%  M Gallego       Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Difelice to 3B
                  Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Todd Stottlemyre batting 9th
   RO     --3  1   87%  M Sweeney       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Difelice Scores
   O      ---  5   88%  D DeShields     Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-2, Mark Petkovsek facing 4-5-6
                  Mark Petkovsek replaces Mark Sweeney pitching and batting 9th
          ---  5   90%  K Young         Walk
   R      1--  4   96%  J Randa         Triple to RF (Ground Ball); Young Scores
   R      --3  1   97%  K Osik          Triple to CF (Fly Ball); Randa Scores
   R      --3  3   98%  J Guillen       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Osik Scores
          1--      98%  K Polcovich     Guillen Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Guillen to 2B
   O      -2-  6   98%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -2-  1   98%  E Loaiza        Groundout: P-1B (P's Right); Guillen to 3B
   O      --3  3   97%  T Womack        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-8, Esteban Loaiza facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   98%  R Gant          Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   98%  R Lankford      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   99%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 8-2, Rigo Beltran facing 2-3-4
                  Rigo Beltran replaces Mark Petkovsek pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   98%  A Brown         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   99%  M Cummings      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  5   98%  K Young         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  6   98%  J Randa         Popfly: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-8, Esteban Loaiza facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   99%  J Mabry         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  7   99%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   99%  M Difelice      Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 8-2, Rigo Beltran facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   99%  K Osik          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  J Guillen       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   99%  K Polcovich     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-8, Esteban Loaiza facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   98%  M Gallego       Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Micah Franklin pinch hits for Rigo Beltran batting 9th
          1--  1   97%  M Franklin      Single to RF (Line Drive); Gallego to 2B
   O      12-  1   98%  D DeShields     Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); Gallego to 3B; DeShields to 1B
   OO     1-3  7  100%  R Gant          Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, DeShields Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 8-2, Dennis Eckersley facing 9-1-2
                  Dennis Eckersley replaces Delino DeShields pitching and batting 1st; Mike Gallego moves to 2B; Royce Clayton replaces Micah Franklin playing SS batting 9th; Dale Sveum pinch hits for Esteban Loaiza batting 9th
          ---  7  100%  D Sveum         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      -2-  7  100%  T Womack        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
   R      -2-  2  100%  A Brown         Single to CF (Line Drive); Sveum Scores
   O      1--  1  100%  M Cummings      Flyball: CF
   O      1--  2  100%  K Young         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 9.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-9, Ricardo Rincon facing 3-4-5
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Dale Sveum pitching and batting 9th; Emil Brown replaces Midre Cummings playing LF batting 3rd
   R      ---  3  100%  R Lankford      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5  100%  G Gaetti        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2  100%  J Mabry         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6  100%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4  100%  M Difelice      Popfly: SS
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 9.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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