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CHW  5
KCR  1

CAL  7
@MIL  6

MIN  9
CLE  3

DET 12
@SEA  5

TEX  7
NYY  2

TOR  5
BAL  4

(12)
STL  7
@LAD  4

(11)
MON  4
ATL  3

HOU  3
@NYM  0

PHI  8
CIN  5

CHC 10
@SDP  8

PIT  9
@SFG  8

Standings at end of play this day

Candlestick Park, Attendance: 16,971

Monday, September 2, 1991, (null)
Time of Game: 3:32
Pirates
9
78-52
Won 1
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  3  0   0  3  0   1  1  1    9 18  0
Giants          0  1  0   1  0  2   3  1  0    8 13  1
W: S Belinda (4-4), L: D Righetti (2-6), S: R Rodriguez (2)
Giants
8
62-69
Lost 2
5th, 10 GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Merced 1B                   4   1   3   2    1   0  .285  .791   15    6   1   SB
  G Redus PH-RF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .249  .737    4    0   0   
J Bell SS                     6   1   3   1    0   2  .274  .751   25    3   0   2B
A Van Slyke CF                5   1   3   1    1   0  .256  .789   23    2   0   GDP
B Bonilla RF                  4   1   0   0    1   1  .314  .906   21    1   0   
  C Espy RF                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .700         0   0   
  L McClendon PH-1B           1   0   1   1    0   0  .286  .863    6    0   0   
B Bonds LF                    6   1   2   1    0   2  .295  .927   21    1   0   
S Buechele 3B                 5   2   2   0    0   0  .265  .774   19    1   2   2B
M LaValliere C                3   1   1   1    2   0  .283  .702   16   11   3   2B,GDP,IW
J Lind 2B                     4   1   2   2    0   0  .261  .635   16    1   3   HBP
D Drabek P                    3   0   1   0    0   2  .183  .380   20    1   0   SH
  B Kipper P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Belinda P                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .222    6    0   0   
  R Rodriguez P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       43   9  18   9    5   8              192   27   9
BATTING
2B: M LaValliere (9, off P McClellan); S Buechele (18, off P McClellan); J Bell (28, off D Righetti).
SH: D Drabek (4, off R Beck).
IBB: M LaValliere (4, by K Downs).
HBP: J Lind (2, by K Downs).
TB: J Bell 4; O Merced 3; A Van Slyke 3; S Buechele 3; B Bonds 2; M LaValliere 2; J Lind 2; L McClendon; D Drabek.
GIDP: M LaValliere (9); A Van Slyke (5).
RBI: O Merced 2 (42); J Lind 2 (39); A Van Slyke (74); L McClendon (20); J Bell (55); B Bonds (97); M LaValliere (34).
2-out RBI: J Lind; A Van Slyke; L McClendon; O Merced.
Team LOB: 14.
With RISP: 9 for 23.
BASERUNNING
SB: O Merced (5, 2nd base off P McClellan/K Manwaring).
San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Lewis CF                    4   0   1   0    0   2  .283  .737   22    4   0   CS,SH
W McGee RF                    5   1   1   1    0   1  .304  .766   19    1   0   
W Clark 1B                    5   2   4   1    0   0  .314  .935   20    4   3   2·2B
K Mitchell LF                 4   1   2   3    0   1  .273  .902   16    1   0   HR
M Williams 3B                 4   1   1   1    0   1  .256  .780   12    2   0   HR
R Thompson 2B                 4   1   1   0    0   2  .274  .828   18    4   1   3B
K Manwaring C                 4   0   0   0    0   2  .252  .611   16    8   0   
J Uribe SS                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .242  .647    8    2   0   SB
  R Beck P                    0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  M Kingery PH                1   1   1   0    0   0  .198  .566    4    0   0   
  J Brantley P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  K Bass PH                   0   1   0   0    1   0  .235  .661    8    0   0   SB
  D Righetti P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
P McClellan P                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .143  .343    7    0   0   
  K Downs P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .087  .174         1   0   
  D Anderson SS               3   0   1   1    0   1  .246  .589   11    0   2   CS
Totals                       37   8  13   7    1  11              161   27   6
BATTING
2B: W Clark 2 (29, off B Kipper, off D Drabek).
3B: R Thompson (5, off D Drabek).
HR: K Mitchell (26, off D Drabek; 6th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); M Williams (27, off D Drabek; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).
SH: D Lewis (3, off D Drabek).
TB: W Clark 6; K Mitchell 5; M Williams 4; R Thompson 3; D Lewis; J Uribe; W McGee; D Anderson; M Kingery.
RBI: K Mitchell 3 (68); W McGee (35); M Williams (77); W Clark (103); D Anderson (10).
2-out RBI: W Clark; K Mitchell; W McGee; D Anderson.
Team LOB: 4.
With RISP: 3 for 5.
FIELDING
DP: 2. D Anderson-R Thompson-W Clark; W Clark-J Uribe.
E: D Anderson (9).
BASERUNNING
SB: K Bass (7, 2nd base off S Belinda/M LaValliere); J Uribe (3, 2nd base off D Drabek/M LaValliere).
CS: D Lewis (6, 2nd base by D Drabek/M LaValliere); D Anderson (4, 2nd base by S Belinda/M LaValliere).

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
D Drabek                       6.2  10   6   6    0   9   2   3.33   29  108-72   35·22·15    9· 4· 7· 0     39    -     0.96  -0.11
B Kipper                       0     1   1   1    0   0   0   4.47    1    5-5     4· 0· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          1-1    1.40  -0.15
S Belinda, BS (3), W (4-4)     2     2   1   1    1   2   0   3.61    8   33-20   10· 5· 5    2· 1· 2· 0          1-1    2.39  -0.27
R Rodriguez, S (2)             0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.95   0.04
Totals                         9    13   8   8    1  11   2          39  147-98   50·27·21   11· 6·10· 0          2-2 
San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P McClellan                    4     8   5   5    3   4   0   5.13   22   80-44   26· 8·10    2· 6· 7· 0     27    -     1.04  -0.25
K Downs                        0.2   2   1   1    1   1   0   3.91    6   26-11    7· 4· 0    1· 0· 2· 0          2-2    1.45  -0.18
R Beck                         2.1   5   1   1    0   1   0   3.09   11   36-22   13· 2· 7    8· 1· 1· 0          3-0    0.74  -0.03
J Brantley                     1     1   1   0    1   2   0   2.39    6   27-14    5· 2· 7    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.94  -0.22
D Righetti, L (2-6)            1     2   1   1    0   0   0   3.30    5   19-11    6· 1· 4    1· 2· 2· 0          0-0    2.54  -0.32
Totals                         9    18   9   8    5   8   0          50  188-102  57·17·28   13·10·13· 0          5-2 
B Kipper faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.
P McClellan faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: D Drabek (4).
IBB: K Downs (8; M LaValliere).
HBP: K Downs (3; J Lind).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Joe West.
Time of Game: 3:32.
Attendance: 16,971.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 87° F, Wind 6mph out to Centerfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            San Francisco Giants                 
1. O Merced             1B    1. D Lewis              CF 
2. J Bell               SS    2. W McGee              RF 
3. A Van Slyke          CF    3. W Clark              1B 
4. B Bonilla            RF    4. K Mitchell           LF 
5. B Bonds              LF    5. M Williams           3B 
6. S Buechele           3B    6. R Thompson           2B 
7. M LaValliere         C     7. K Manwaring          C  
8. J Lind               2B    8. J Uribe              SS 
9. D Drabek             P     9. P McClellan          P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  8-8  --3  6   35%  84% L McClendon     D Righetti      Single (Fly Ball); Bell Scores
   b 8   2  8-7  -2-  4  -30%  45% D Anderson      S Belinda       Single to 3B (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Bass Scores
   t 8   2  7-7  12-  3   28%  77% J Lind          J Brantley      Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Buechele Scores/unER; LaValliere to 3B
   b 7   2  7-6  -2-  3  -23%  46% K Mitchell      S Belinda       Single (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Clark Scores
   b 7   2  7-5  1--  5  -15%  69% W Clark         B Kipper        Double (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); McGee Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul McClellan facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  1   54%  O Merced        Single (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   50%  J Bell          Flyball: LF (Short LF)
          1--  4   54%  A Van Slyke     Walk; Merced to 2B
   O      12-  1   50%  B Bonilla       Flyball: CF
   O      12-  5   45%  B Bonds         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   48%  D Lewis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   49%  W McGee         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   47%  W Clark         Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  7   50%  K Mitchell      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Giants 0.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul McClellan facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   57%  S Buechele      Double to LF (Line Drive)
   R      -2-  1   67%  M LaValliere    Double (Fly Ball); Buechele Scores
   O      -2-  3   63%  J Lind          Flyball: CF
          -2-  6   68%  D Drabek        Single (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); LaValliere to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   70%  O Merced        Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 1B); LaValliere Scores; Merced to 1B
          1--  2   72%  J Bell          Single to 1B (Line Drive to Deep 1B); Merced to 3B
   R      1-3  1   80%  A Van Slyke     Single (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Merced Scores; Bell to 3B
   O      1-3  5   77%  B Bonilla       Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-3, Doug Drabek facing 5-6-7
   R      ---  1   68%  M Williams      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Williams Scores
   O      ---  4   71%  R Thompson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   72%  K Manwaring     Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   71%  J Uribe         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
          1--      70%  P McClellan     Uribe Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   73%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 1.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, Paul McClellan facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   72%  B Bonds         Foul Popfly: 3B
          ---  3   73%  S Buechele      Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  4   70%  M LaValliere    Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS (Weak 1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   65%  D Lewis         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--      72%  W McGee         Lewis Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  6   74%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   73%  W Clark         Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   75%  K Mitchell      Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 1.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, Paul McClellan facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   73%  J Lind          Foul Popfly: 2B (Short RF Foul)
   O      ---  5   72%  D Drabek        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   73%  O Merced        Walk
          1--      74%  J Bell          Merced Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   72%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Doug Drabek facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   74%  M Williams      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   66%  R Thompson      Triple to CF (Line Drive)
   R      --3      62%  K Manwaring     Wild Pitch; Thompson Scores
   O      ---  4   64%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   65%  J Uribe         Lineout: 3B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Giants 2.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-2, Paul McClellan facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   69%  A Van Slyke     Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--  6   74%  B Bonilla       Walk; Van Slyke to 2B
                  Kelly Downs replaces Paul McClellan pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-  3   87%  B Bonds         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Van Slyke Scores; Bonilla to 3B; Bonds to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -23  5   84%  S Buechele      Lineout: P (P's Left)
          -23  4   84%  M LaValliere    Intentional Walk
   R      123  3   90%  J Lind          Hit By Pitch; Bonilla Scores; Bonds to 3B; LaValliere to 2B
   O      123  6   87%  D Drabek        Strikeout Swinging
   R      123  5   92%  O Merced        Single (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Bonds Scores; LaValliere to 3B; Lind to 2B
                  Rod Beck replaces Jose Uribe pitching and batting 8th; Dave Anderson replaces Kelly Downs playing SS batting 9th
   O      123  5   90%  J Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 6, Giants 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 2-6, Doug Drabek facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   92%  D Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   93%  D Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   93%  W McGee         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Giants 2.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-2, Rod Beck facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   94%  A Van Slyke     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  3   93%  B Bonilla       Flyball: RF
          1--  2   94%  B Bonds         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Van Slyke to 2B
   O      12-  4   93%  S Buechele      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Van Slyke to 3B; Buechele to 1B
   O      1-3  3   92%  M LaValliere    Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Giants 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 2-6, Doug Drabek facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   89%  W Clark         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B)
   RR     1--  1   77%  K Mitchell      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Clark Scores; Mitchell Scores
   O      ---  5   80%  M Williams      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   82%  R Thompson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   84%  K Manwaring     Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Giants 4.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-4, Rod Beck facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   86%  J Lind          Single (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  3   85%  D Drabek        Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Lind to 2B
          -2-  2   88%  O Merced        Single (Bunt to Short 3B Line); Lind to 3B
   R      1-3  2   92%  J Bell          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS); Lind Scores; Merced to 2B
   OO     12-  4   89%  A Van Slyke     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Giants 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 4-7, Doug Drabek facing 8-9-1
                  Mike Kingery pinch hits for Rod Beck batting 8th
          ---  4   85%  M Kingery       Single to 1B (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   89%  D Anderson      Lineout: CF
   O      1--  2   91%  D Lewis         Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; Kingery to 2B
   R      -2-  2   85%  W McGee         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Kingery Scores
                  Bob Kipper replaces Doug Drabek pitching and batting 9th
   R      1--  5   69%  W Clark         Double (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); McGee Scores
                  Stan Belinda replaces Bob Kipper pitching and batting 9th
   R      -2-  3   46%  K Mitchell      Single (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Clark Scores
   O      1--  2   50%  M Williams      Flyball: RF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Giants 7.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Tied 7-7, Jeff Brantley facing 4-5-6
                  Jeff Brantley replaces Mike Kingery pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  6   46%  B Bonilla       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   42%  B Bonds         Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   45%  S Buechele      Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Buechele to 1B
          1--  4   49%  M LaValliere    Walk; Buechele to 2B
   R      12-  3   77%  J Lind          Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Buechele Scores/unER; LaValliere to 3B
   O      1-3  6   72%  S Belinda       Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Giants 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 7-8, Stan Belinda facing 6-7-8
                  Cecil Espy replaces Bobby Bonilla playing RF batting 4th
   O      ---  3   78%  R Thompson      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   82%  K Manwaring     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Kevin Bass pinch hits for Jeff Brantley batting 8th
          ---  8   79%  K Bass          Walk
          1--      76%  D Anderson      Bass Steals 2B
   R      -2-  4   45%  " "             Single to 3B (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Bass Scores
   O      1--  5   50%  D Lewis         Anderson Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 8, Giants 8.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Tied 8-8, Dave Righetti facing 1-2-3
                  Dave Righetti replaces Kevin Bass pitching and batting 8th; Gary Redus pinch hits for Orlando Merced batting 1st
   O      ---  4   45%  G Redus         Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
          ---  2   56%  J Bell          Double to RF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  5   49%  A Van Slyke     Groundout: 1B unassisted; Bell to 3B
                  Lloyd McClendon pinch hits for Cecil Espy batting 4th
   R      --3  6   84%  L McClendon     Single (Fly Ball); Bell Scores
   O      1--  2   82%  B Bonds         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Giants 8.

Bottom of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 8-9, Stan Belinda facing 1-2-3
                  Lloyd McClendon moves to 1B; Gary Redus moves to RF
   O      ---  6   90%  D Lewis         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   96%  W McGee         Strikeout Looking
                  Rosario Rodriguez replaces Stan Belinda pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  W Clark         Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 9, Giants 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:SFN199109020

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