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June 5, 1997

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 3 9 2
Pirates 9 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 3 9 2
Pirates 9 11 0

Mike Difelice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .235
OBP .333 .312
At Bats 3 68
Hits 1 16
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 8

Ricardo Rincon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 4
Close
Three Rivers Stadium - June 5, 1997
Out
Ricardo Rincon
Keith Osik
Kevin Young
Tony Womack
Joe Randa
Kevin Polcovich
Emil Brown
Adrian Brown
Jose Guillen
Mike Difelice
John Mabry

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 3 9 2 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Esteban Loaiza
Losing Pitcher Todd Stottlemyre
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kevin Young
Attendance 11,382
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Difelice hits a popup towards short. Polcovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Young strikes out.
Top 9 Mabry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 9 Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Emil Brown now playing left field. Lankford hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Cummings hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sveum scores.
Bottom 8 Womack hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Royce Clayton now playing shortstop. Mike Gallego now playing second base. Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Dale Sveum pinch hits for Esteban LoaizaSveum hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mabry. Sveum reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Gant strikes out. There goes DeShields. The throw from Osik to second, and DeShields is out.
Top 8 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Womack fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Gallego moves to third.
Top 8 Micah Franklin pinch hits for Rigo Beltran. Franklin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gallego moves to second.
Top 8 Gallego hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Polcovich hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 7 Osik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Difelice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Young strikes out.
Top 7 Mabry hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Randa hits a popup into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Young strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cummings hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rigo Beltran now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Top 6 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 6 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gant hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Womack hits a popup towards short. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petkovsek fields it and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to third.
Bottom 5 Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Petkovsek fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Petkovsek. Guillen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Guillen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Osik scores.
Bottom 5 Osik hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lankford who is chasing the ball. Osik reaches third base with a triple. Randa scores.
Bottom 5 Randa hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Mabry who is chasing the ball. Randa reaches third base with a triple. Young goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeShields for the out.
Top 5 Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Todd Stottlemyre. Sweeney hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Difelice tags and scores.
Top 5 Gallego bunts towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. Difelice moves to third.
Top 5 Difelice hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Difelice reaches second base with a double. Young goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cummings hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cummings for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 4 Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields misplays the ball. That's an error on DeShields.
Top 4 Mabry hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Womack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lankford moves to third.
Top 4 Lankford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Lankford reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Gant hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Osik hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Young scores. Randa moves to second.
Bottom 3 Randa takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second.
Bottom 3 Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Brown. The throw from Difelice and he is safe. Brown steals second.
Bottom 3 Cummings bunts, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 DeShields hits a popup into left field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. Gallego moves to second.
Top 3 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Difelice hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Womack strikes out.
Bottom 2 Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Polcovich moves to third.
Bottom 2 Polcovich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Polcovich reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Mabry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Osik strikes out.
Bottom 1 Randa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Cummings hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Cummings reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 1 Brown is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Womack hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lankford strikes out.
Top 1 Gant hits a fly ball into left field. Cummings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DeShields bunts towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out.