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Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

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Game Played on Thursday, September 12, 1991 (N) at Busch Stadium II

PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
STL N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  5  0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Merced 1b                     5   0   1   0       0   2      12   1
Bell ss                       4   0   0   0       1   2       1   2
Van Slyke cf                  4   0   2   0       0   0       0   0
Bonilla rf                    3   0   1   0       1   1       3   0
Bonds lf                      2   0   0   0       2   1       0   0
Buechele 3b                   3   0   0   0       0   2       1   3
Lind 2b                       4   0   1   0       0   0       3   4
Prince c                      3   0   1   0       0   0       3   1
  Bullett pr                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  LaValliere c                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Drabek p                      1   0   0   0       1   0       0   1
  Espy ph                     0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
  Mason p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Rodriguez p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Belinda p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Varsho ph                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       31   0   7   0       6   8      24  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Buechele-Merced.
BATTING - 
HBP: Buechele (1,by Hill).
GDP: Buechele (2,off Hill); Bell (12,off L. Smith).
IBB: Bonds 2 (24,by Hill 2).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Van Slyke (10,2nd base off Hill/Gedman).
CS: Bullett (1,2nd base by Hill/Gedman).
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Lankford cf                   4   1   2   0       0   1       2   0
O. Smith ss                   2   0   1   0       1   0       3   5
Perry 1b                      3   0   1   0       0   0       6   0
  Wilson ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Brewer 1b                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Zeile 3b                      2   0   1   0       2   0       0   0
Jose rf                       2   0   0   1       1   1       3   0
Thompson lf                   3   0   0   0       0   1       3   0
Pena 2b                       3   0   0   0       0   0       1   2
Gedman c                      3   0   0   0       0   0       8   1
Hill p                        2   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  McClure p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Alicea ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Terry p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  L. Smith p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       26   1   5   1       4   3      27   8
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Pena-O. Smith-Perry, O. Smith-Brewer.
BATTING - 
2B: Zeile (29,off Drabek).
SH: O. Smith (5,off Rodriguez).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Lankford (34,2nd base off Drabek/Prince).
CS: Perry (7,2nd base by Drabek/Prince).
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Drabek L(13-13)               6     4   1   1   4   3   0  24
Mason                         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3
Rodriguez                     0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2
Belinda                       0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
Totals                        8     5   1   1   4   3   0  31
Inherited Runners - Scored: Belinda 1-0.
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St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Hill W(9-9)                   6.2   4   0   0   6   7   0  29
McClure                       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Terry                         0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4
L. Smith SV(39)               1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Totals                        9     7   0   0   6   8   0  38
HBP: Hill (6,Buechele).
IBB: Hill 2 (4,Bonds 2).
Inherited Runners - Scored: McClure 3-0; L. Smith 2-0.
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Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Steve Rippley
Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 21412
Starting Lineups:

   Pittsburgh Pirates            St. Louis Cardinals      
1. Merced              1b        Lankford            cf
2. Bell                ss        O. Smith            ss
3. Van Slyke           cf        Perry               1b
4. Bonilla             rf        Zeile               3b
5. Bonds               lf        Jose                rf
6. Buechele            3b        Thompson            lf
7. Lind                2b        Pena                2b
8. Prince              c         Gedman              c
9. Drabek              p         Hill                p

PIRATES 1ST: Merced grounded out (first unassisted); Bell flied
to left; Van Slyke grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Lankford grounded out (shortstop to first); O.
Smith grounded out (third to first); Perry singled to left;
Perry was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Bonilla walked; Bonds struck out; Buechele struck
out; Lind flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Zeile walked; Jose flied to right; Thompson
grounded out (first unassisted) [Zeile to second]; Pena grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Prince flied to center; Drabek flied to right;
Merced was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gedman grounded out (first unassisted); Hill
grounded out (third to first); Lankford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Van Slyke singled;
Bonilla grounded out (second to first) [Van Slyke to second];
Bonds was walked intentionally; Buechele was hit by a pitch [Van
Slyke to third, Bonds to second]; Lind forced Buechele
(shortstop to second) [Lind to first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: On a bunt O. Smith singled to third; Perry lined
into a double play (third to first) [O. Smith out at first];
Zeile doubled to third; Jose struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Prince flied to right; Drabek walked; Merced was
called out on strikes; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Thompson struck out; Pena grounded out (shortstop
to first); Gedman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Van Slyke singled; Bonilla struck out; Van Slyke
stole second; Bonds was walked intentionally; Buechele grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hill grounded out (second to first); Lankford
singled to center; Lankford stole second; O. Smith walked; Perry
forced O. Smith (first to shortstop) [Lankford to third, Perry
to first]; Zeile walked [Perry to second]; Jose walked [Lankford
scored (RBI), Perry to third, Zeile to second]; Thompson flied
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Lind grounded out (shortstop to first); Prince
singled to left; BULLETT RAN FOR PRINCE; ESPY BATTED FOR DRABEK;
Bullett was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Espy
walked; Merced singled to right [Espy to third]; Bell walked
[Merced to second]; MCCLURE REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); Van Slyke
flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: MASON REPLACED ESPY (PITCHING); LAVALLIERE
REPLACED BULLETT (PLAYING C ); Pena grounded out (second to
first); Gedman grounded out (second to first); ALICEA BATTED FOR
MCCLURE; Alicea flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 8TH: TERRY REPLACED ALICEA (PITCHING); Bonilla singled
to center; Bonds flied to left; Buechele struck out; Lind
singled to right [Bonilla to third]; L. SMITH REPLACED TERRY
(PITCHING); LaValliere grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MASON (PITCHING); Lankford
singled; O. Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Lankford to second]; WILSON BATTED FOR PERRY; BELINDA REPLACED
RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Wilson popped to second; Zeile popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 9TH: BREWER REPLACED WILSON (PLAYING 1B); VARSHO BATTED
FOR BELINDA; Varsho singled to second; Merced flied to left;
Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Varsho
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Pirates          0   7   0   11
 Cardinals        1   5   0    6
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