August 27, 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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CLE 10
@ANA 4 BAL 7
KCR 3 TEX 7
@MIL 1 MIN 2
DET 0 OAK 8
NYY 7 BOS 9
@SEA 5 TOR 13
CHW 2 HOU 6
@ATL 4
(13) FLA 4
@CHC 3 COL 7
CIN 5 NYM 15
SFG 6 PHI 7
SDP 6
(12) LAD 9
@PIT 5 STL 4
MON 3

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 48,032

Wednesday, August 27, 1997, 1:34
Time of Game: 2:36

Dodgers

75-59

Won 2

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Dodgers         3  3  0   0  0  0   1  0  2    9 18  1
Pirates         0  3  0   0  0  0   1  0  1    5 10  2

W: D Reyes (2-2), L: S Cooke (9-13)

Pirates

67-67

Lost 2

2nd, 4 GB

BATTING

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
E Young 2B                    6   2   4   1    0   0  .292  .789   18    1   3   2B
O Nixon CF                    6   3   5   0    0   0  .255  .629   16    0   0   SB
M Piazza C                    5   3   3   6    1   0  .356 1.056   23    5   0   2·HR,IW
E Karros 1B                   6   0   1   0    0   1  .266  .785   20   13   0   CS
R Mondesi RF                  3   0   0   1    1   2  .309  .899   22    3   0   SF
T Zeile 3B                    3   0   2   0    2   0  .248  .773   20    0   2   CS
G Ingram LF                   4   1   3   1    1   1  .750 1.550   16    1   0   
J Castro SS                   4   0   0   0    1   1  .133  .412   20    4   5   
D Reyes P                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .100   10    0   4   
  D Hall P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Ashley PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .242  .726    5    0   0   
  T Worrell P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
Totals                       42   9  18   9    6   7              170   27  15

BATTING

2B: E Young (31, off S Cooke).

HR: M Piazza 2 (31, off M Ruebel, off J Johnson; 2nd inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

SF: R Mondesi (3, off S Cooke).

IBB: M Piazza (11, by J Christiansen).

TB: M Piazza 9; O Nixon 5; E Young 5; G Ingram 3; T Zeile 2; E Karros.

RBI: M Piazza 6 (94); G Ingram (1); R Mondesi (73); E Young (48).

2-out RBI: M Piazza 2; E Young; G Ingram.

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

FIELDING

E: T Zeile (23).

BASERUNNING

SB: O Nixon (49, 3rd base off J Christiansen/J Kendall).

CS: T Zeile (5, 2nd base by J Christiansen/J Kendall); E Karros (7, 2nd base by J Johnson/J Kendall).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Nunez SS                    5   1   2   2    0   0  .400 1.200   13    1   2   3B
J Allensworth CF              4   0   2   0    1   0  .267  .708   16    4   1   
M Smith LF-1B                 4   0   1   1    0   2  .275  .869   19    3   0   
E Williams 1B                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .230  .747   14    5   0   
  M Ruebel P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
J Randa 3B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .291  .801   16    1   4   
J Kendall C                   4   1   1   0    0   0  .294  .821   19    7   2   SB
J Guillen RF                  3   1   1   0    0   0  .270  .720   14    0   0   2B
  J Wallace P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  A Martin LF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .279  .816    4    2   0   
K Polcovich 2B                4   1   1   1    0   1  .277  .755   15    4   0   
S Cooke P                     0   0   0   0    0   0  .068  .159         0   0   
  J Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .174  .557    6    0   0   
  J Christiansen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Sveum PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .276  .810    3    0   0   
  M Wilkins P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200         0   0   
  T Ward RF                   2   1   1   1    0   0  .340  .937    9    0   0   HR
Totals                       37   5  10   5    1   5              148   27  10

BATTING

2B: J Guillen (19, off D Reyes).

3B: A Nunez (1, off D Reyes).

HR: T Ward (3, off T Worrell; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

TB: T Ward 4; A Nunez 4; J Guillen 2; J Allensworth 2; M Smith; J Kendall; J Randa; K Polcovich.

RBI: A Nunez 2 (2); K Polcovich (21); T Ward (17); M Smith (24).

2-out RBI: A Nunez 2; M Smith.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Kendall-K Polcovich; J Kendall-E Williams.

E: J Randa (15); J Christiansen (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Kendall (12, 2nd base off D Reyes/M Piazza).

PITCHING

Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Reyes, W (2-2)               6.2   8   4   4    1   4   0   4.31   29  112-67   43· 9·15   13·10· 1· 0     45    -     0.81   0.14
D Hall, H (13)                 1.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.28    5   16-10    6· 2· 2    5· 0· 0· 0          2-1    1.11   0.05
T Worrell                      1     1   1   1    0   1   1   5.08    4   18-14    8· 4· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.16   0.01
Totals                         9    10   5   5    1   5   1          38  146-91   57·15·19   20·11· 1· 0          2-1

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Cooke, L (9-13)              1     5   5   4    2   0   0   4.04   11   31-14   10· 1· 3    4· 3· 2· 0     23    -     1.17  -0.28
J Johnson                      1     4   1   1    0   1   1   9.00    6   20-12    8· 1· 3    1· 1· 3· 0          2-2    0.40  -0.08
J Christiansen                 2     2   0   0    2   2   0   3.75    8   33-15    5· 5· 5    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.64   0.06
M Wilkins                      2     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.90    7   26-15   11· 1· 3    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.40   0.06
J Wallace                      1     3   1   1    1   1   0   3.38    7   20-12    9· 1· 2    4· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.63  -0.04
M Ruebel                       2     3   2   2    1   2   1   6.75   10   37-23   14· 6· 3    2· 5· 0· 0          0-0    0.24  -0.01
Totals                         9    18   9   8    6   7   2          49  167-91   57·15·19   15·14· 7· 0          2-2

S Cooke faced 2 batters in the 2nd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: J Christiansen (2; M Piazza).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Bill Hohn.

Time of Game: 2:36.

Attendance: 48,032.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 83° F, Wind 5mph out to Leftfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Los Angeles Dodgers           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. E Young              2B    1. A Nunez              SS 
2. O Nixon              CF    2. J Allensworth        CF 
3. M Piazza             C     3. M Smith              LF 
4. E Karros             1B    4. E Williams           1B 
5. R Mondesi            RF    5. J Randa              3B 
6. T Zeile              3B    6. J Kendall            C  
7. G Ingram             LF    7. J Guillen            RF 
8. J Castro             SS    8. K Polcovich          2B 
9. D Reyes              P     9. S Cooke              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   2  6-1  1-3  1  -11%  76% A Nunez         D Reyes         Triple to RF (Fly Ball); Guillen Scores; Polcovich Scores
   t 2   0  0-3  12-  1   10%  92% M Piazza        J Johnson       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Young Scores/unER; Nixon Scores
   t 1   2  0-2  12-  3    8%  76% G Ingram        S Cooke         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Piazza Scores; Zeile to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  -2-  1    6%  62% O Nixon         S Cooke         Single to 1B (Bunt to Weak 2B-1B); Young to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  2    6%  56% E Young         S Cooke         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Cooke facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  2   56%  E Young         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  1   62%  O Nixon         Single to 1B (Bunt to Weak 2B-1B); Young to 3B
   R      1-3  2   67%  M Piazza        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Young Scores; Nixon to 2B
   O      12-  4   65%  E Karros        Flyball: CF; Nixon to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   66%  R Mondesi       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Nixon Scores
          1--  4   68%  T Zeile         Walk; Piazza to 2B
   R      12-  3   76%  G Ingram        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Piazza Scores; Zeile to 3B
          1-3  4   77%  J Castro        Walk; Ingram to 2B
   O      123  1   73%  D Reyes         Lineout: CF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Dennys Reyes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   75%  A Nunez         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   73%  J Allensworth   Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   75%  M Smith         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   77%  E Williams      Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 3-0, Steve Cooke facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   80%  E Young         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--  1   83%  O Nixon         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Young to 2B
                  Jason Johnson replaces Steve Cooke pitching and batting 9th
   RRR    12-  1   92%  M Piazza        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Young Scores/unER; Nixon Scores
          ---  4   93%  E Karros        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   OO     1--  5   91%  R Mondesi       Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Karros Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
          ---  3   92%  T Zeile         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   92%  G Ingram        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Zeile to 2B
   O      12-  5   91%  J Castro        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-6, Dennys Reyes facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   92%  J Randa         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  6   91%  J Kendall       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   87%  J Guillen       Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball); Kendall to 3B
   R      -23  3   83%  K Polcovich     Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Kendall Scores; Guillen to 3B/Adv on E5 (throw)
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Jason Johnson batting 9th
   O      1-3  6   87%  E Brown         Strikeout Swinging
   RR     1-3  1   76%  A Nunez         Triple to RF (Fly Ball); Guillen Scores; Polcovich Scores
          --3  4   74%  J Allensworth   Walk
   O      1-3  5   79%  M Smith         Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jason Christiansen facing 9-1-2
                  Jason Christiansen replaces Emil Brown pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   78%  D Reyes         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   77%  E Young         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Young out at 2B/CF-2B
          ---  4   78%  O Nixon         Single to P (Bunt); Nixon to 2B/Adv on E1 (throw)
          -2-      78%  M Piazza        Nixon Steals 3B
          --3  4   79%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  4   76%  E Karros        Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-6, Dennys Reyes facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   78%  E Williams      Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  3   76%  J Randa         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  5   79%  J Kendall       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
          1--      78%  J Guillen       Kendall Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   81%  " "             Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jason Christiansen facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   80%  R Mondesi       Flyball: CF
          ---  5   81%  T Zeile         Walk
   OO     1--  6   78%  G Ingram        Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Zeile Caught Stealing 2B (C-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-6, Dennys Reyes facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   81%  K Polcovich     Flyball: RF
                  Dale Sveum pinch hits for Jason Christiansen batting 9th
   O      ---  3   82%  D Sveum         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   83%  A Nunez         Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Marc Wilkins facing 8-9-1
                  Marc Wilkins replaces Dale Sveum pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   82%  J Castro        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   81%  D Reyes         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  2   82%  E Young         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   80%  O Nixon         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-6, Dennys Reyes facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   83%  J Allensworth   Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  7   85%  M Smith         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  7   86%  E Williams      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Marc Wilkins facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   85%  M Piazza        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   84%  E Karros        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  6   83%  R Mondesi       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-6, Dennys Reyes facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   86%  J Randa         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   88%  J Kendall       Groundout: P-SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   89%  J Guillen       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Pirates 3.

Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jeff Wallace facing 6-7-8
                  Jeff Wallace replaces Jose Guillen pitching and batting 7th; Turner Ward replaces Marc Wilkins playing RF batting 9th
          ---  2   90%  T Zeile         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   93%  G Ingram        Walk; Zeile to 2B
   O      12-  4   91%  J Castro        Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  2   89%  D Reyes         Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Ingram to 2B
   R      12-  2   94%  E Young         Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short CF-RF); Ingram Scores; Reyes to 2B
          12-  3   94%  O Nixon         Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Reyes to 3B; Young to 2B
   O      123  3   93%  M Piazza        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 7, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-7, Dennys Reyes facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   94%  K Polcovich     Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   96%  T Ward          Flyball: RF
          ---  4   95%  A Nunez         Single to 3B (Bunt)
          1--  2   93%  J Allensworth   Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Nunez to 3B
                  Darren Hall replaces Dennys Reyes pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3  2   87%  M Smith         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Nunez Scores; Allensworth to 2B
   O      12-  3   93%  E Williams      Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Pirates 4.

Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 7-4, Matt Ruebel facing 4-5-6
                  Matt Ruebel replaces Eddie Williams pitching and batting 4th; Mark Smith moves to 1B; Al Martin replaces Jeff Wallace playing LF batting 7th
   O      ---  1   92%  E Karros        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5   93%  R Mondesi       Walk
   O      1--  6   92%  T Zeile         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
          1--  1   92%  G Ingram        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Mondesi to 2B
   O      12-  3   91%  J Castro        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-7, Darren Hall facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   94%  J Randa         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   96%  J Kendall       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   96%  A Martin        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Pirates 4.

Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 7-4, Matt Ruebel facing 9-1-2
                  Billy Ashley pinch hits for Darren Hall batting 9th
   O      ---  5   96%  B Ashley        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   96%  E Young         Flyball: SS (Short LF-CF)
          ---  4   96%  O Nixon         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   RR     1--  4   99%  M Piazza        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Nixon Scores
   O      ---  6   99%  E Karros        Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 9, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-9, Todd Worrell facing 8-9-1
                  Todd Worrell replaces Billy Ashley pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6  100%  K Polcovich     Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  5   99%  T Ward          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  3  100%  A Nunez         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4  100%  J Allensworth   Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 9, Pirates 5.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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