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Royals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 13, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals, played on June 13, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 13, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 13, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Pittsley |
Home Starting Pitcher | Francisco Cordova |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 33,253 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe West 1B: Bob Davidson 2B: Scott Potter 3B: Charlie Reliford |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
Bip Roberts | Left Fielder |
Jeff King | First Baseman |
Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
Jay Bell | Shortstop |
Scott Cooper | Third Baseman |
Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
Jim Pittsley | Pitcher |
Bob Boone | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Adrian Brown | Center Fielder |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Kevin Young | Left Fielder |
Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Kevin Polcovich | Shortstop |
Francisco Cordova | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 13, 1997
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Cordova
Offerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Cordova
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Cordova
There goes Offerman. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Randa applying the tag. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Cordova
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Cordova
King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Cordova
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Pittsley
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Pittsley
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Pittsley
There goes Womack. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Womack steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Pittsley
Kendall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Pittsley
Young hits a popup towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Randa vs. Pittsley
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Cordova
Bell hits a line drive towards third. Randa reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Cordova
Cooper hits a line drive towards short. Polcovich reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Cordova
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Pittsley
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Pittsley
Guillen takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Polcovich vs. Pittsley
Polcovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Cordova vs. Pittsley
Cordova bunts towards the mound. Pittsley juggles the ball. That's an error on Pittsley. Johnson moves to third. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Womack vs. Pittsley
Womack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Pittsley
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pittsley vs. Cordova
Pittsley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Cordova
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Cordova covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Cordova
Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Pittsley
Kendall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Pittsley
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Pittsley
Randa hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Damon who is chasing the ball. Randa reaches third base with a triple. Kendall scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Pittsley
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randa tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Pittsley
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Guillen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Polcovich vs. Pittsley
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Cordova
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Young. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
King vs. Cordova
King hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Damon vs. Cordova
Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roberts moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Cordova
Bell hits a fly ball towards right. Guillen catches it and throws to Johnson who relays to second to double up Damon. Roberts tags and scores. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Pittsley
Cordova strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Pittsley
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Womack for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Pittsley
Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Pittsley
Kendall hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Cordova
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Cordova
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pittsley vs. Cordova
Pittsley hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Pittsley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Cordova
Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Pittsley
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Pittsley
Randa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Pittsley
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Pittsley
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Cordova
Goodwin hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Cordova
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Cordova
King hits a popup into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Williams
Mike Williams now pitching.
Polcovich hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cordova vs. Williams
Cordova hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cordova for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Williams
Womack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Williams
Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Macfarlane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Cordova
Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Cordova
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Cordova
Cooper takes first base on ball four. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Macfarlane vs. Cordova
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields it and throws to second for the out. Damon moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Ruebel
Matt Ruebel now pitching. Chili Davis pinch hits for Mike Williams.
Davis takes first base on ball four. Macfarlane moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Offerman vs. Ruebel
Offerman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Veres
Randy Veres now pitching.
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Veres
Young bunts towards the mound. Veres fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Veres
The ball gets by Macfarlane for a passed ball. Kendall moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Randa vs. Veres
Randa hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kendall tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Veres
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Ruebel
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Ruebel
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
King vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
King vs. Wilkins
King hits a line drive towards short. Polcovich reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Damon vs. Wilkins
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Veres
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Veres
Polcovich bunts towards the mound. Veres fields it and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cummings vs. Veres
Midre Cummings pinch hits for Marc Wilkins.
Cummings hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Womack vs. Veres
Womack hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Loiselle
Rich Loiselle now pitching.
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Loiselle
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Loiselle
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Loiselle
Shane Halter pinch runs for Mike Macfarlane. Joe Vitiello pinch hits for Randy Veres.
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/13/1997 -- Kansas City at Pittsburgh (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Offerman J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Womack T, 2b 5 1 2 1 Goodwin T, cf 4 1 2 0 Brown A, cf 4 0 1 0 Roberts B, lf 4 1 1 0 Kendall J, c 2 2 1 0 King J, 1b 4 1 1 2 Young K, lf 3 0 0 0 Damon J, rf 4 0 2 0 Randa J, 3b 3 2 2 3 Bell J, ss 3 0 0 1 Johnson M, 1b 2 0 0 1 Cooper S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Guillen J, rf 3 0 2 0 Macfarlane M, c 4 0 1 0 Polcovich K, ss 3 0 0 0 Halter S, pr 0 0 0 0 Cordova F, p 2 0 0 0 Pittsley J, p 2 0 1 0 Ruebel M, p 0 0 0 0 Williams M, p 0 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Davis C, ph 0 0 0 0 Cummings M, ph 1 0 0 0 Veres R, p 0 0 0 0 Loiselle R, p 0 0 0 0 Vitiello J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 9 3 28 5 8 5 Kansas City 200 100 000 -- 3 Pittsburgh 002 011 10x -- 5 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Pittsley J 5.0 5 3 3 4 1 Williams M (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 Veres R 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Cordova F (W) 6.2 7 3 3 1 4 Ruebel M 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 Wilkins M 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Loiselle R (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 E -- Pittsley J DP -- Pittsburgh 1 LOB -- Kansas City 6, Pittsburgh 8 2B -- Guillen J, Roberts B, Brown A, Pittsley J 3B -- Randa J HR -- King J, Randa J, Womack T SB -- Womack T, Goodwin T CS -- Offerman J SH -- Cordova F, Young K, Polcovich K SF -- Johnson M, Bell J, Randa J PB -- Macfarlane M T -- 2:32 A -- 33253
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