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Padres
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
April 16, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Diego Padres, played on April 16, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 16, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
San Diego Padres
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 16, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Diego Padres |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fernando Valenzuela |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Cooke |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 6,777 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Nauert 1B: Joe West 2B: Mike Winters 3B: Jerry Layne |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Center Fielder |
Quilvio Veras | Second Baseman |
Tony Gwynn | Right Fielder |
Ken Caminiti | Third Baseman |
Greg Vaughn | Left Fielder |
Archi Cianfrocco | First Baseman |
John Flaherty | Catcher |
Chris Gomez | Shortstop |
Fernando Valenzuela | Pitcher |
Bruce Bochy | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
Steve Cooke | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Padres
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
April 16, 1997
Top 1
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Padres, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Cooke
Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Veras vs. Cooke
Veras hits a line drive towards first. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gwynn vs. Cooke
Gwynn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Cooke
Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Valenzuela
Womack is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Valenzuela
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Valenzuela
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Gomez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Valenzuela
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Cooke
Vaughn hits a line drive into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cianfrocco vs. Cooke
Cianfrocco hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Cooke
Flaherty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Cooke
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Randa. Flaherty moves to third. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Valenzuela vs. Cooke
Valenzuela strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Valenzuela
Elster strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Valenzuela
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Valenzuela
Guillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Randa vs. Valenzuela
Randa takes first base on ball four. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Cooke vs. Valenzuela
Cooke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Cooke
Henderson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Veras vs. Cooke
Veras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gwynn vs. Cooke
Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gwynn for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Valenzuela
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Valenzuela
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Valenzuela
Brown hits a fly ball towards center. Henderson catches it and throws to first to double up Allensworth. View Play
Top 4
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Cooke
Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Cooke
Vaughn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cianfrocco vs. Cooke
Cianfrocco hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Cooke
Flaherty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Valenzuela
Young is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Valenzuela
Elster is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Valenzuela
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Cooke
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valenzuela vs. Cooke
Valenzuela bunts towards the mound. Cooke fields it and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Cooke
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Veras vs. Cooke
Veras takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to third. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Gwynn vs. Cooke
Gwynn hits a line drive towards third. Randa reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Caminiti vs. Cooke
Caminiti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Henderson scores. Veras moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Vaughn vs. Cooke
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa juggles the ball. That's an error on Randa. Veras scores. Caminiti goes all the way around to score. Vaughn moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Padres, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Cianfrocco vs. Wainhouse
Dave Wainhouse now pitching.
Cianfrocco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vaughn scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Wainhouse
Flaherty hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Valenzuela
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Valenzuela
Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sveum vs. Valenzuela
Dale Sveum pinch hits for Dave Wainhouse.
Sveum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Womack vs. Valenzuela
Womack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sveum moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Allensworth vs. Valenzuela
Allensworth hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Valenzuela vs. Wilkins
Valenzuela hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Wilkins
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Valenzuela
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Gomez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Valenzuela
Young strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Valenzuela
Elster is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Veras vs. Wilkins
Veras hits a line drive towards short. Elster reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gwynn vs. Wilkins
Gwynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Caminiti vs. Wilkins
Caminiti hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Wilkins
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Valenzuela
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Valenzuela
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Valenzuela
Randa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Valenzuela
Keith Osik pinch hits for Marc Wilkins.
Osik is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cianfrocco vs. Granger
Keith Osik now catching. Jeff Granger now pitching.
Cianfrocco hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Granger
Flaherty strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Granger
Gomez takes first base on ball four. Cianfrocco moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Granger
Chris Jones pinch hits for Fernando Valenzuela.
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Womack fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Cianfrocco moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Granger
Henderson takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Veras vs. Granger
Veras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Veras
Dario Veras now pitching.
Womack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Veras
Allensworth hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Veras
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Veras
Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Veras
Elster hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bochtler
Doug Bochtler now pitching. Mark Johnson pinch hits for Jeff Granger.
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Bochtler
Guillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Randa vs. Hoffman
Trevor Hoffman now pitching.
Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Osik vs. Hoffman
Osik hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cianfrocco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gwynn vs. Loiselle
Kevin Young now playing third base. Mark Johnson now playing first base. Rich Loiselle now pitching.
Gwynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Caminiti vs. Loiselle
Caminiti strikes out. There goes Gwynn. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Loiselle
There's a wild pitch. Gwynn moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Vaughn vs. Loiselle
Vaughn is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Joyner vs. Ruebel
Matt Ruebel now pitching. Wally Joyner pinch hits for Archi Cianfrocco.
Joyner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields it and throws to second for the out. Gwynn scores. View Play -
Padres, 7 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Flaherty vs. Ruebel
Flaherty hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Padres, 7 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Hoffman
Wally Joyner now playing first base.
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 7 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Hoffman
Allensworth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Caminiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 7 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Hoffman
Brown hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 7 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Hoffman
Young strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/16/1997 -- San Diego at Pittsburgh (N) San Diego AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Henderson R, cf 2 1 0 0 Womack T, 2b 5 1 2 1 Veras Q, 2b 4 1 0 0 Allensworth J, cf 5 1 3 1 Gwynn T, rf 5 2 3 1 Brown E, lf 5 0 1 0 Caminiti K, 3b 5 1 1 2 Young K, 1b-3b 5 1 1 0 Vaughn G, lf 3 1 0 0 Elster K, ss 4 1 1 2 Cianfrocco A, 1b 4 0 2 1 Kendall J, c 3 0 0 0 Joyner W, ph-1b 1 0 0 1 Granger J, p 0 0 0 0 Flaherty J, c 4 0 0 0 Johnson M, ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Gomez C, ss 2 1 1 0 Guillen J, rf 4 0 2 0 Valenzuela F, p 2 0 0 0 Randa J, 3b 3 1 1 1 Jones C, ph 1 0 0 0 Loiselle R, p 0 0 0 0 Veras D, p 0 0 0 0 Ruebel M, p 0 0 0 0 Bochtler D, p 0 0 0 0 Cooke S, p 1 0 0 0 Hoffman T, p 0 0 0 0 Wainhouse D, p 0 0 0 0 Sveum D, ph 0 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Osik K, ph-c 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 7 7 5 37 5 11 5 San Diego 100 050 001 -- 7 Pittsburgh 000 000 140 -- 5 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Valenzuela F (W) 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 Veras D 0.1 4 4 4 0 1 Bochtler D* 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 Hoffman T (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Cooke S (L) 4.2 3 6 3 5 1 Wainhouse D 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Wilkins M 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Granger J 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 Loiselle R 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 Ruebel M 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Randa J 2 DP -- San Diego 1, Pittsburgh 1 LOB -- San Diego 9, Pittsburgh 8 HR -- Gwynn T, Randa J, Womack T, Allensworth J, Elster K SH -- Valenzuela F HBP -- by Cooke S (Henderson R) WP -- Loiselle R 2 T -- 3:08 A -- 6777
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