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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 15, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 15, 1996 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 15, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 15, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Ericks |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Alan Benes |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 18,731 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Wendelstedt 1B: Randy Marsh 2B: Mike Winters 3B: Brian Gorman |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Kingery | Center Fielder |
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
| Jeff King | First Baseman |
| Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Carlos Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| John Ericks | Pitcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Alicea | Second Baseman |
| Royce Clayton | Shortstop |
| Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gant | Left Fielder |
| Mark Sweeney | First Baseman |
| Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
| John Mabry | Right Fielder |
| Pat Borders | Catcher |
| Alan Benes | Pitcher |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 15, 1996
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Benes
Kingery strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Benes
Martin hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Martin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Merced vs. Benes
Merced takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Benes
King hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Alicea reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Hayes vs. Benes
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alicea vs. Ericks
Alicea hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Ericks
Clayton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Ericks
Lankford strikes out. There goes Clayton. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Gant vs. Ericks
Gant hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Gant reaches second base with a double. Clayton scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sweeney vs. Ericks
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gant scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Ericks
Gaetti strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Benes
Bell hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Borders settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Borders. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Benes
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Benes
Garcia hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sweeney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Benes
Kendall hits a popup towards left. Gant settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Gant. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ericks vs. Benes
Ericks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Ericks
Mabry hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Borders vs. Ericks
Borders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benes vs. Ericks
Benes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Benes
Kingery strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Benes
Martin hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Benes
Merced hits a popup into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Benes
King strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alicea vs. Ericks
Alicea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Clayton vs. Ericks
Clayton hits a line drive into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Ericks
Lankford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alicea moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gant vs. Ericks
Gant hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Ericks
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Ericks
Gaetti strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Benes
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Benes
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Benes
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Ericks
Mabry hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borders vs. Ericks
Borders hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benes vs. Ericks
Benes strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Benes
Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Benes
Mark Johnson pinch hits for John Ericks.
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingery vs. Benes
Kingery hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Benes
Martin hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Merced vs. Benes
Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alicea vs. Cordova
Francisco Cordova now pitching.
Alicea hits a line drive towards third. Hayes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Cordova
Clayton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Cordova
Lankford hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gant vs. Cordova
Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Benes
King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Benes
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Benes
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garcia vs. Benes
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti juggles the ball. That's an error on Gaetti. Hayes moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Kendall vs. Benes
Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Bell scores. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Benes
Dave Clark pinch hits for Francisco Cordova.
Clark hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Garcia scores. Kendall moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Kingery vs. Benes
Kingery strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Martin vs. Fossas
Tony Fossas now pitching.
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alicea scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching. Dave Clark now playing left field. Al Martin now playing center field. Brian Jordan pinch hits for Mark Sweeney.
Jordan strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Christiansen
Gaetti strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mabry vs. Christiansen
Mabry hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Fossas
Brian Jordan now playing right field. John Mabry now playing first base.
Merced hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Bailey
Cory Bailey now pitching. David Bell now playing third base.
King hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Bailey
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Bailey
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Borders vs. Christiansen
Borders hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Christiansen
The umpire calls a balk on Christiansen Borders moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Christiansen
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Alicea vs. Christiansen
Alicea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Clayton vs. Christiansen
Clayton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Borders scores. Alicea moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Lankford vs. Christiansen
The ball gets by Kendall for a passed ball. Alicea moves to third. Clayton moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Lankford vs. Christiansen
Lankford strikes out. Kendall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Lankford out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Gant vs. Christiansen
Gant is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jordan vs. Lieber
Jon Lieber now pitching. Nelson Liriano now playing third base.
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Bailey
Garcia hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Borders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Bailey
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brumfield vs. Honeycutt
Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Willie McGee now playing right field. Jacob Brumfield pinch hits for Dave Clark.
Brumfield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McGee vs. Lieber
Jacob Brumfield now playing center field. Al Martin now playing left field.
McGee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Mabry vs. Lieber
Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Borders vs. Lieber
Borders hits a line drive into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Honeycutt
Liriano strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Honeycutt
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Honeycutt
Merced hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/15/1996 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Kingery M, cf 4 0 1 0 Alicea L, 2b 3 1 0 0
Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 Clayton R, ss 4 1 3 1
Liriano N, 3b 1 0 0 0 Lankford R, cf 4 1 1 0
Martin A, lf-cf-lf 5 1 2 1 Gant R, lf 3 2 2 4
Merced O, rf 4 0 1 0 Sweeney M, 1b 2 0 1 1
King J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Jordan B, ph-rf 2 0 0 0
Hayes C, 3b 3 1 0 0 Honeycutt R, p 0 0 0 0
Lieber J, p 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, 3b 3 0 0 0
Bell J, ss 4 1 1 0 Bailey C, p 0 0 0 0
Garcia C, 2b 4 1 0 0 McGee W, rf 1 0 1 0
Kendall J, c 4 0 2 2 Mabry J, rf-1b 4 0 0 0
Ericks J, p 1 0 0 0 Borders P, c 4 1 2 0
Johnson M, ph 1 0 0 0 Benes A, p 2 0 0 0
Cordova F, p 0 0 0 0 Fossas T, p 0 0 0 0
Clark D, ph-lf 1 0 1 1 Bell D, 3b 1 0 0 0
Brumfield J, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
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37 4 8 4 33 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 001 003 000 -- 4
St.Louis 203 000 10x -- 6
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Ericks J (L) 4.0 6 5 5 1 4
Cordova F 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Christiansen J 1.2 2 1 1 1 4
Lieber J 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Benes A (W) 5.2 7 4 3 2 7
Fossas T* 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Bailey C 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Honeycutt R (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Borders P, Gant R, Gaetti G, Hayes C
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, St.Louis 5
2B -- Martin A, Gant R
HR -- Martin A, Gant R
SB -- Clayton R
WP -- Benes A
Balk -- Christiansen J
PB -- Kendall J
T -- 2:52
A -- 18731
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