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CLE 11
KCR  4

DET  7
MIN  1

NYY 14
BAL  7

OAK  6
ANA  5

TEX  9
@SEA  6

TOR  7
TBD  6

(11)
ARI  6
LAD  2

CHC  5
CIN  4

MON 15
MIL  1

NYM  4
FLA  1

ATL 10
@PHI  4

STL  9
@PIT  5

HOU  6
@SFG  3

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 18,780

Wednesday, April 14, 1999, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:07
Cardinals
9
5-3
Won 2
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       2  2  0   1  3  0   0  1  0    9 12  1
Pirates         0  3  2   0  0  0   0  0  0    5 14  2
W: M Aybar (1-0), L: K Benson (1-1)
Pirates
5
4-4
Lost 2
3rd, 1 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Bragg LF                    5   2   2   3    0   0  .313 1.041   16    2   0   2·HR
E Renteria SS                 4   1   2   1    1   0  .304  .820   21    3   2   CS
M McGwire 1B                  4   0   0   0    1   2  .308 1.308   23    6   0   
J Drew CF                     5   1   1   0    0   3  .130  .405   24    2   0   2B
F Tatis 3B                    3   0   1   2    0   2  .231 1.009   21    0   0   2B,HBP
  P Polanco PR-2B             1   0   0   0    0   0  .304  .863    3    1   1   
W McGee RF                    3   1   1   0    2   2  .214  .527   24    0   0   
A Castillo C                  5   1   2   0    0   1  .300  .817   14    7   0   
J McEwing 2B-3B               5   3   3   1    0   1  .400  .903   18    6   5   SB
K Mercker P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
  M Aybar P                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    9    0   2   
  M Mohler P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Dunston PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .375 1.037    1    0   0   
  R Bottalico P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  L Painter P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Acevedo P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       39   9  12   7    4  12              175   27  10
BATTING
2B: F Tatis (1, off K Benson); J Drew (1, off K Benson).
HR: D Bragg 2 (2, off K Benson, off J Wallace; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).
HBP: F Tatis (2, by R Loiselle).
TB: D Bragg 8; J McEwing 3; F Tatis 2; J Drew 2; E Renteria 2; A Castillo 2; W McGee.
RBI: D Bragg 3 (4); F Tatis 2 (8); E Renteria (1); J McEwing (4).
2-out RBI: F Tatis 2; J McEwing; E Renteria.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 4 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 4. J McEwing-M McGwire; J McEwing-P Polanco-M McGwire; E Renteria-J McEwing-M McGwire; J McEwing-E Renteria-M McGwire.
E: J Drew (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: J McEwing (1, 2nd base off K Benson/J Kendall).
CS: E Renteria (1, 2nd base by J Wallace/J Kendall).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Ward CF                     4   0   2   1    1   0  .444 1.101   16    0   0   2B
M Benjamin SS-2B              3   0   0   0    1   2  .038  .109   21    1   4   SH
B Giles LF                    5   0   2   0    0   1  .370 1.195   23    2   0   
K Young 1B                    4   1   2   0    1   0  .344 1.056   12    8   0   3B
J Kendall C                   4   1   2   1    1   0  .394 1.035   29   13   1   GDP
E Sprague 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .269  .730   13    1   0   HBP
J Guillen RF                  4   1   2   1    0   1  .286  .741   13    2   0   2B,GDP
W Morris 2B                   4   1   3   0    0   0  .286  .762   16    0   0   GDP
  J Wallace P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Christiansen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
K Benson P                    2   1   1   2    0   0  .250  .750    4    0   0   2B,GDP
  S Sauerbeck P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .091    5    0   0   
  R Loiselle P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  A Nunez SS                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .946    4    0   2   
Totals                       36   5  14   5    4   7              156   27   8
BATTING
2B: T Ward (1, off K Mercker); K Benson (1, off K Mercker); J Guillen (2, off K Mercker).
3B: K Young (2, off K Mercker).
SH: M Benjamin (1, off M Aybar).
HBP: E Sprague (1, by R Bottalico).
TB: K Young 4; J Guillen 3; T Ward 3; W Morris 3; K Benson 2; B Giles 2; J Kendall 2.
GIDP: J Guillen (2); W Morris (1); K Benson (1); J Kendall (1).
RBI: K Benson 2 (2); J Guillen (3); T Ward (1); J Kendall (3).
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 6 for 19.
FIELDING
E: E Sprague (2); J Guillen (1).

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
K Mercker                      2     7   5   5    1   0   0  10.29   14   44-25   18· 1· 6    3· 3· 7· 0     21    -     1.17  -0.30
M Aybar, W (1-0)               3     4   0   0    0   0   0   4.50   11   33-22   14· 3· 5    5· 2· 4· 0          1-1    1.40   0.10
M Mohler, H (1)                1     1   0   0    1   3   0   2.70    5   26-14    4· 5· 5    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.80   0.06
R Bottalico, H (3)             0.1   0   0   0    2   1   0   0.00    4   22-9     4· 0· 5    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.53  -0.15
L Painter, H (3)               1.2   1   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    5   19-12    4· 3· 4    2· 0· 1· 0          3-0    1.18   0.22
J Acevedo                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   5.06    3   12-9     5· 1· 3    1· 0· 1· 0          1-0    1.08   0.05
Totals                         9    14   5   5    4   7   0          42  156-91   49·13·28   12· 5·13· 0          5-1 
Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Benson, L (1-1)              4.2  10   8   6    2   6   1   5.91   27  103-64   37·15·12    9· 4· 6· 0     20    -     1.07  -0.57
S Sauerbeck                    1.1   0   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    4   16-9     3· 4· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.45   0.05
R Loiselle                     1     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.00    5   14-11    6· 2· 3    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.62   0.03
J Wallace                      1     1   1   1    2   1   1   1.50    5   27-14    6· 0· 7    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.20  -0.03
J Christiansen                 1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3    9-7     3· 4· 0    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9    12   9   7    4  12   2          44  169-105  55·25·24   13· 6· 8· 0          1-0 
K Mercker faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.
L Painter faced 1 batter in the 9th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: R Loiselle (1; F Tatis); R Bottalico (1; E Sprague).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Mark Hirschbeck, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Mark Wegner.
Time of Game: 3:07.
Attendance: 18,780.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 64° F, Wind 8mph from Left to Right, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. D Bragg              LF    1. T Ward               CF 
2. E Renteria           SS    2. M Benjamin           SS 
3. M McGwire            1B    3. B Giles              LF 
4. J Drew               CF    4. K Young              1B 
5. F Tatis              3B    5. J Kendall            C  
6. W McGee              RF    6. E Sprague            3B 
7. A Castillo           C     7. J Guillen            RF 
8. J McEwing            2B    8. W Morris             2B 
9. K Mercker            P     9. K Benson             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   1  8-5  123  3   21%  92% W Morris        L Painter       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   t 5   2  5-6  -23  2   18%  81% M Aybar         K Benson        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Castillo Scores/No RBI/unER; McEwing Scores/No RBI/unER; Aybar to 2B
   t 1   2  0-0  -23  8   16%  66% F Tatis         K Benson        Double to RF (Line Drive); Renteria Scores; Drew Scores
   t 5   2  5-5  12-  6   15%  64% J McEwing       K Benson        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); McGee Scores; Castillo to 3B; McEwing to 2B
   b 2   1  4-0  1-3  2  -12%  63% K Benson        K Mercker       Double to RF (Line Drive); Guillen Scores; Morris Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Kris Benson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   48%  D Bragg         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   50%  E Renteria      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  6   47%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   51%  J Drew          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Renteria to 3B
   RR     -23  8   66%  F Tatis         Double to RF (Line Drive); Renteria Scores; Drew Scores
          -2-  4   67%  W McGee         Walk
   O      12-  4   64%  A Castillo      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Kent Mercker facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   66%  T Ward          Lineout: 2B
          ---  4   64%  M Benjamin      Walk
          1--  2   60%  B Giles         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Benjamin to 2B
   O      12-  1   64%  K Young         Flyball: CF
   O      12-  8   69%  J Kendall       Lineout: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kris Benson facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   74%  J McEwing       Single to RF (Line Drive); McEwing to 2B/Adv on E9
   O      -2-  1   70%  K Mercker       Foul Bunt Popfly: C (3B-C Foul)
   RR     -2-  4   82%  D Bragg         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); McEwing Scores
   O      ---  2   81%  E Renteria      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   80%  M McGwire       Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Kent Mercker facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   82%  E Sprague       Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  2   79%  J Guillen       Double to CF (Line Drive)
          -2-  2   75%  W Morris        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Guillen to 3B
   RR     1-3  2   63%  K Benson        Double to RF (Line Drive); Guillen Scores; Morris Scores
   R      -2-  1   53%  T Ward          Double to RF (Line Drive); Benson Scores
   O      -2-  5   57%  M Benjamin      Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  5   61%  B Giles         Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Kris Benson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   58%  J Drew          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   57%  F Tatis         Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   58%  W McGee         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to P's Left)
   O      1--  3   55%  A Castillo      Foul Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Kent Mercker facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   45%  K Young         Triple to CF (Line Drive)
   R      --3  4   40%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Young Scores
                  Manuel Aybar replaces Kent Mercker pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  2   42%  E Sprague       Groundout: P-1B; Kendall to 2B
   R      -2-  2   32%  J Guillen       Single to CF (Line Drive); Kendall Scores; Guillen to 2B/Adv on E8
          -2-  3   28%  W Morris        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Guillen to 3B
   OO     1-3  2   38%  K Benson        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Kris Benson facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   43%  J McEwing       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--      46%  M Aybar         McEwing Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   40%  " "             Strikeout (missed bunt)
   O      -2-  1   37%  D Bragg         Groundout: 1B unassisted; McEwing to 3B
   R      --3  4   47%  E Renteria      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); McEwing Scores
   O      1--  1   44%  M McGwire       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Tied 5-5, Manuel Aybar facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   40%  T Ward          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   42%  M Benjamin      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Ward to 2B
   O      -2-  6   46%  B Giles         Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
   O      -2-  1   50%  K Young         Lineout: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 5-5, Kris Benson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   47%  J Drew          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   45%  F Tatis         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   46%  W McGee         Walk
          1--  3   49%  A Castillo      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); McGee to 2B
   R      12-  6   64%  J McEwing       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); McGee Scores; Castillo to 3B; McEwing to 2B
   RR     -23  2   81%  M Aybar         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Castillo Scores/No RBI/unER; McEwing Scores/No RBI/unER; Aybar to 2B
                  Scott Sauerbeck replaces Kris Benson pitching and batting 9th
   O      -2-  3   79%  D Bragg         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-8, Manuel Aybar facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   75%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   79%  E Sprague       Flyball: CF
   OO     1--  4   85%  J Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-5, Scott Sauerbeck facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   84%  E Renteria      Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   83%  M McGwire       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   82%  J Drew          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-8, Mike Mohler facing 8-9-1
                  Mike Mohler replaces Manuel Aybar pitching and batting 9th
          ---  8   77%  W Morris        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
                  Adrian Brown pinch hits for Scott Sauerbeck batting 9th
   O      1--  5   82%  A Brown         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   77%  T Ward          Walk; Morris to 2B
   O      12-  5   83%  M Benjamin      Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  4   88%  B Giles         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-5, Rich Loiselle facing 5-6-7
                  Rich Loiselle replaces Adrian Brown pitching and batting 9th
          ---  5   90%  F Tatis         Hit By Pitch
                  Placido Polanco pinch runs for Fernando Tatis batting 5th
   O      1--  4   88%  W McGee         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  1   90%  A Castillo      Single to RF (Line Drive); Polanco to 2B
   O      12-  3   88%  J McEwing       Strikeout Looking
                  Shawon Dunston pinch hits for Mike Mohler batting 9th
   O      12-  1   86%  S Dunston       Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-8, Ricky Bottalico facing 4-5-6
                  Ricky Bottalico replaces Shawon Dunston pitching and batting 9th; Placido Polanco moves to 2B; Joe McEwing moves to 3B
          ---  6   81%  K Young         Walk
          1--  8   72%  J Kendall       Walk; Young to 2B
          12-  3   61%  E Sprague       Hit By Pitch; Young to 3B; Kendall to 2B
   O      123  5   71%  J Guillen       Strikeout Looking
                  Lance Painter replaces Ricky Bottalico pitching and batting 9th
   OO     123  3   92%  W Morris        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 5.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-5, Jeff Wallace facing 1-2-3
                  Jeff Wallace replaces Warren Morris pitching and batting 8th; Mike Benjamin moves to 2B; Abraham Nunez replaces Rich Loiselle playing SS batting 9th
   R      ---  4   96%  D Bragg         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          ---  9   96%  E Renteria      Walk
   O      1--      95%  M McGwire       Renteria Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
          ---  5   96%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  6   95%  J Drew          Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   95%  P Polanco       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-9, Lance Painter facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   97%  A Nunez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   98%  T Ward          Lineout: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  4   98%  M Benjamin      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 5.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 9-5, Jason Christiansen facing 6-7-8
                  Jason Christiansen replaces Jeff Wallace pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  5   98%  W McGee         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   98%  A Castillo      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   98%  J McEwing       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-9, Lance Painter facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   95%  B Giles         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
                  Juan Acevedo replaces Lance Painter pitching and batting 9th
          1--  2   90%  K Young         Single to LF (Line Drive); Giles to 2B
   OO     12-  7   99%  J Kendall       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B; Young to 2B
   O      -2-  3  100%  E Sprague       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 5.

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