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Pirates
@ Padres
Qualcomm Stadium
July 23, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 23, 1997 at Qualcomm Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 23, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
San Diego Padres
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 23, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | San Diego Padres |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lieber |
Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Smith |
Ballpark | Qualcomm Stadium |
City | San Diego |
State | CA |
Attendance | 16,151 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Poncino 1B: Rich Rieker 2B: Randy Marsh 3B: Jeff Kellogg |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Turner Ward | Center Fielder |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Dale Sveum | Third Baseman |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Mark Smith | Right Fielder |
Kevin Polcovich | Shortstop |
Jon Lieber | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Quilvio Veras | Second Baseman |
Steve Finley | Center Fielder |
Tony Gwynn | Right Fielder |
Ken Caminiti | Third Baseman |
Wally Joyner | First Baseman |
Greg Vaughn | Left Fielder |
Mandy Romero | Catcher |
Chris Gomez | Shortstop |
Pete Smith | Pitcher |
Bruce Bochy | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Padres
Qualcomm Stadium
July 23, 1997
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Smith
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 -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Smith
Ward 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 -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Smith
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Smith
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Sveum vs. Smith
Sveum hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Veras vs. Lieber
Veras hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Finley vs. Lieber
Finley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Veras moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gwynn vs. Lieber
Gwynn hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Veras scores. Finley moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Caminiti vs. Lieber
Caminiti strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Joyner vs. Lieber
Joyner hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Finley tags and scores. Gwynn tags and moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Lieber
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smith
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Smith
Polcovich hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Lieber
Romero hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Lieber
Gomez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Lieber
Smith bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Veras vs. Lieber
Veras takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finley vs. Lieber
Finley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Veras moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gwynn vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching.
Gwynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Gwynn reaches second base with a double. Veras scores. Finley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Caminiti vs. Christiansen
Caminiti hits a line drive towards the mound. Christiansen can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Gwynn moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Joyner vs. Christiansen
Joyner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to home to get Gwynn. Caminiti moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughn vs. Christiansen
Vaughn hits a popup towards short. Polcovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Smith
Jermaine Allensworth pinch hits for Jason Christiansen.
Allensworth strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Smith
Womack hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Smith
There goes Womack. The throw from Romero and he is safe. Womack steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Smith
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Womack moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Padres, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Martin vs. Smith
Martin hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Veras, and into shallow right field. Martin reaches second base with a double. Womack scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Smith
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Wagner
Paul Wagner now pitching.
Romero hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Wagner
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Wagner
Smith bunts towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Womack covering, for the out. Romero moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Veras vs. Wagner
Veras hits a line drive towards the mound. Wagner can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Romero scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Finley vs. Ruebel
Matt Ruebel now pitching.
Finley hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Polcovich fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sveum vs. Smith
Chris Jones now playing right field.
Sveum 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smith
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Ruebel
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Caminiti vs. Ruebel
Caminiti hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Joyner vs. Ruebel
Joyner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Womack. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Vaughn vs. Ruebel
Vaughn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Jones trying to get to home. Martin throws the ball in to Kendall who tags Jones, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Joyner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Romero vs. Ruebel
Romero strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Smith
Polcovich hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ruebel vs. Smith
Ruebel strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Smith
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Ruebel
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Ruebel
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Veras vs. Ruebel
Veras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Smith
Ward hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Smith
There goes Ward. The throw from Romero and he is safe. Ward steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Smith
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Smith
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Ward moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sveum vs. Smith
Sveum 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
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Finley vs. Ruebel
Finley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Ruebel
Jones 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Ruebel
Caminiti hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smith
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Smith
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joyner vs. Ruebel
Joyner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruebel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Ruebel
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sveum. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romero vs. Ruebel
Romero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vaughn moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Ruebel
Gomez hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Vaughn scores. Romero goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shipley vs. Ruebel
Craig Shipley pinch hits for Pete Smith.
Shipley hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Veras vs. Ruebel
There's a wild pitch. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Veras vs. Ruebel
Veras strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Bergman
Sean Bergman now pitching. Keith Osik pinch hits for Matt Ruebel.
Osik hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bergman
Mark Johnson pinch hits for Tony Womack.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Joyner scoops it up and throws to first, with Bergman covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Bergman
Ward strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Finley vs. Sodowsky
Keith Osik now playing second base. Clint Sodowsky now pitching. Emil Brown now playing left field.
Finley strikes out. Kendall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Finley out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Sodowsky
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Sodowsky
Caminiti strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bergman
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bergman
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sveum vs. Bergman
Sveum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Veras settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Padres, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Bergman
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/23/1997 -- Pittsburgh at San Diego (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI Womack T, 2b 3 1 1 0 Veras Q, 2b 4 2 2 1 Johnson M, ph 1 0 0 0 Finley S, cf 5 2 2 1 Sodowsky C, p 0 0 0 0 Gwynn T, rf 2 0 2 3 Ward T, cf 4 0 1 0 Jones C, rf 3 0 1 0 Martin A, lf 1 0 1 1 Caminiti K, 3b 5 0 1 0 Brown E, lf 1 0 0 0 Joyner W, 1b 3 0 0 1 Young K, 1b 4 0 2 0 Vaughn G, lf 4 1 1 0 Sveum D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Romero M, c 4 3 3 1 Kendall J, c 4 0 0 0 Gomez C, ss 4 1 2 2 Smith M, rf 3 0 1 0 Smith P, p 2 0 0 0 Polcovich K, ss 3 0 0 0 Shipley C, ph 1 0 0 0 Lieber J, p 0 0 0 0 Bergman S, p 0 0 0 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 Allensworth J, ph 1 0 0 0 Wagner P, p 0 0 0 0 Ruebel M, p 1 0 0 0 Osik K, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 6 1 37 9 14 9 Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1 San Diego 241 000 20x -- 9 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Lieber J (L) 1.1 6 6 6 1 1 Christiansen J 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 Wagner P 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 Ruebel M 4.1 4 2 1 0 4 Sodowsky C 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Smith P (W) 7.0 5 1 1 2 2 Bergman S 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 E -- Womack T, Sveum D DP -- San Diego 2 LOB -- Pittsburgh 5, San Diego 7 2B -- Gwynn T, Martin A, Gomez C HR -- Romero M SB -- Womack T, Ward T SH -- Smith P SF -- Joyner W WP -- Ruebel M T -- 2:28 A -- 16151
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