August 10, 1991 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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CHW 6
@BAL 4 OAK 3
@CAL 1 CLE 1
@KCR 0 DET 5
@NYY 1 DET 4
@NYY 0 SEA 8
MIN 0 MIL 5
@TEX 2 BOS 7
@TOR 1 ATL 4
HOU 0 CHC 6
NYM 2 PHI 4
MON 2 PIT 11
STL 5 SDP 1
CIN 0 SFG 4
LAD 3

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 49,939

Saturday, August 10, 1991, (null)
Time of Game: 2:54

Cardinals

58-50

Lost 1

2nd, 5 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       2  0  2   0  0  0   1  0  0    5  8  2
Pirates         0  5  0   0  3  1   1  1  X   11 14  0

W: N Heaton (3-1), L: K Hill (8-9)

Pirates

63-45

Won 1

1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Lankford CF                 5   1   1   0    0   0  .250  .651   16    2   0   
O Smith SS                    3   1   1   0    2   0  .292  .746   22    4   2   
G Perry 1B                    4   1   1   0    1   1  .259  .749   24    8   0   
T Zeile 3B                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .287  .787   20    0   2   
F Jose RF                     3   1   2   3    1   0  .317  .824   15    3   0   
M Thompson LF                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .342  .876   23    2   0   SB
J Oquendo 2B                  4   0   1   1    0   1  .263  .728    9    1   5   2B
R Gedman C                    4   0   0   1    0   1  .107  .416   10    4   0   
K Hill P                      1   0   1   0    0   0  .105  .276    7    0   0   
  W Fraser P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  B Gilkey PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .218  .614    2    0   0   
  J Agosto P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Hudler PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .254  .627    4    0   0   
  C Carpenter P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666         0   0   
Totals                       35   5   8   5    5   5              156   24   9

BATTING

2B: J Oquendo (10, off N Heaton).

TB: F Jose 2; J Oquendo 2; O Smith; T Zeile; R Lankford; K Hill; G Perry.

RBI: F Jose 3 (56); J Oquendo (19); R Gedman (7).

2-out RBI: F Jose.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

E: G Perry (5); T Zeile (17).

BASERUNNING

SB: M Thompson (12, 2nd base off H Fajardo/T Prince).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Merced 1B                   4   2   1   2    1   1  .286  .799   21    8   0   2B
C Wilkerson SS                3   2   1   1    0   1  .210  .536    8    1   1   2B
  J Bell SS                   2   0   1   0    0   0  .271  .746   13    0   2   
A Van Slyke CF                5   2   2   3    0   0  .258  .808   20    2   0   HR,3B
  C Espy CF                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .188  .376         0   0   
B Bonilla 3B-RF               4   1   1   0    0   1  .293  .863   16    2   1   2B,HBP
B Bonds LF                    4   1   1   2    1   0  .289  .906   17    3   0   HR,IW
G Varsho RF                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .254  .739    8    2   0   
  J Wehner 3B                 2   1   2   1    0   0  .388  .879    5    1   0   2B
J Lind 2B                     5   1   2   0    0   0  .255  .618   15    3   6   
T Prince C                    4   1   2   1    0   0  .250  .750   13    5   0   
H Fajardo P                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  N Heaton P                  2   0   1   0    0   0  .364  .872    7    0   0   
  S Belinda P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333    2    0   0   SH
Totals                       39  11  14  10    2   4              148   27  10

BATTING

2B: O Merced (13, off K Hill); B Bonilla (27, off C Carpenter); J Wehner (4, off J Agosto); C Wilkerson (7, off K Hill).

3B: A Van Slyke (7, off W Fraser).

HR: A Van Slyke (12, off K Hill; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF); B Bonds (18, off W Fraser; 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

SH: S Belinda (2, off J Agosto).

IBB: B Bonds (13, by C Carpenter).

HBP: B Bonilla (2, by K Hill).

TB: A Van Slyke 7; B Bonds 4; J Wehner 3; T Prince 2; C Wilkerson 2; B Bonilla 2; O Merced 2; J Lind 2; N Heaton; J Bell.

RBI: A Van Slyke 3 (60); O Merced 2 (34); B Bonds 2 (78); T Prince (1); J Wehner (4); C Wilkerson (10).

2-out RBI: O Merced 2; A Van Slyke 2; C Wilkerson; J Wehner.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 6 for 15.

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Hill, L (8-9)                1.2   5   5   5    1   2   1   4.21   12   41-25   14· 3· 8    2· 3· 3· 0     26    -     1.26  -0.45
W Fraser                       3.1   3   3   2    0   1   1   5.73   14   44-28   18· 4· 6    7· 5· 1· 0          0-0    0.60  -0.12
J Agosto                       2     4   2   1    0   1   0   5.35   11   38-23   16· 3· 4    7· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.22  -0.03
C Carpenter                    1     2   1   1    1   0   0   4.69    6   25-13    9· 0· 4    0· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.03  -0.00
Totals                         8    14  11   9    2   4   2          43  148-89   57·10·22   16·14· 6· 0           -

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
H Fajardo                      2     4   4   4    4   1   0  18.00   14   59-31   18· 2·11    5· 3· 1· 0     29    -     1.17  -0.23
N Heaton, W (3-1)              4.1   2   1   1    1   3   0   3.40   16   53-33   20· 7· 6    8· 3· 1· 0          2-2    0.99   0.08
S Belinda                      2.2   2   0   0    0   1   0   4.10   10   36-30   23· 2· 5    5· 4· 0· 0          2-1    0.34   0.04
Totals                         9     8   5   5    5   5   0          40  148-94   61·11·22   18·10· 2· 0          4-3

H Fajardo faced 2 batters in the 3rd inning.

Balks: None.

WP: H Fajardo (1).

IBB: C Carpenter (6; B Bonds).

HBP: K Hill (5; B Bonilla).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Tom Hallion.

Time of Game: 2:54.

Attendance: 49,939.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 82° F, Wind 14mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. R Lankford           CF    1. O Merced             1B 
2. O Smith              SS    2. C Wilkerson          SS 
3. G Perry              1B    3. A Van Slyke          CF 
4. T Zeile              3B    4. B Bonilla            3B 
5. F Jose               RF    5. B Bonds              LF 
6. M Thompson           LF    6. G Varsho             RF 
7. J Oquendo            2B    7. J Lind               2B 
8. R Gedman             C     8. T Prince             C  
9. K Hill               P     9. H Fajardo            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   2  2-0  1-3  4   21%  54% O Merced        K Hill          Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Lind Scores; Prince Scores; Merced to 3B/Adv on throw
   b 2   2  2-3  -2-  3   17%  82% A Van Slyke     K Hill          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Wilkerson Scores; Van Slyke Scores
   t 3   1  5-2  12-  2  -15%  63% J Oquendo       N Heaton        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep 3B); Zeile Scores; Jose to 3B
   b 5   0  4-5  1--  5   14%  89% A Van Slyke     W Fraser        Triple to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 1B); Wilkerson Scores
   t 1   1  0-0  123  5  -13%  27% F Jose          H Fajardo       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Smith Scores; Perry Scores; Zeile to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Hector Fajardo facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  R Lankford      Flyball: CF
          ---  3   50%  O Smith         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--      48%  G Perry         Wild Pitch; Smith to 2B
          -2-  7   46%  " "             Walk
          12-  4   40%  T Zeile         Walk; Smith to 3B; Perry to 2B
   RR     123  5   27%  F Jose          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B); Smith Scores; Perry Scores; Zeile to 2B
   O      12-  6   30%  M Thompson      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); Zeile to 3B; Thompson to 1B
          1-3      29%  J Oquendo       Thompson Steals 2B
   O      -23  3   33%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Ken Hill facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   37%  O Merced        Walk
   O      1--  4   34%  C Wilkerson     Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   31%  A Van Slyke     Flyball: LF
          1--  2   33%  B Bonilla       Hit By Pitch; Merced to 2B
   O      12-  3   29%  B Bonds         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Bonds to 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Hector Fajardo facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   30%  R Gedman        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          ---  7   29%  K Hill          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   31%  R Lankford      Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          1--  5   29%  O Smith         Walk; Hill to 2B
   O      12-  2   32%  G Perry         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Perry to 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Ken Hill facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   30%  G Varsho        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  3   33%  J Lind          Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  6   40%  T Prince        Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Lind to 3B
   O      1-3  3   32%  H Fajardo       Strikeout Swinging
   RR     1-3  4   54%  O Merced        Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Lind Scores; Prince Scores; Merced to 3B/Adv on throw
   R      --3  1   65%  C Wilkerson     Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Merced Scores
   RR     -2-  3   82%  A Van Slyke     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Wilkerson Scores; Van Slyke Scores
                  Willie Fraser replaces Ken Hill pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   81%  B Bonilla       Strikeout Looking
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 5.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-5, Hector Fajardo facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   78%  T Zeile         Single to SS (Line Drive to SS-2B)
          1--  5   72%  F Jose          Walk; Zeile to 2B
                  Neal Heaton replaces Hector Fajardo pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  6   77%  M Thompson      Lineout: RF
   R      12-  2   63%  J Oquendo       Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep 3B); Zeile Scores; Jose to 3B
   RO     -23  2   64%  R Gedman        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Jose Scores; Oquendo stays at 2B
   O      -2-  4   68%  W Fraser        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-4, Willie Fraser facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   66%  B Bonds         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  3   64%  G Varsho        Popfly: SS
   O      ---  1   63%  J Lind          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Neal Heaton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   66%  R Lankford      Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   68%  O Smith         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   69%  G Perry         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-4, Willie Fraser facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   67%  T Prince        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   66%  N Heaton        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   65%  O Merced        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Neal Heaton facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   68%  T Zeile         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   70%  F Jose          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   72%  M Thompson      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-4, Willie Fraser facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   75%  C Wilkerson     Reached on E3 (Bunt to Weak 1B); Wilkerson to 1B
   R      1--  5   89%  A Van Slyke     Triple to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 1B); Wilkerson Scores
   O      --3  5   86%  B Bonilla       Popfly: CF (Deep SS-2B)
   RR     --3  1   94%  B Bonds         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Van Slyke Scores; Bonds Scores/unER
   O      ---  2   93%  G Varsho        Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
          ---  3   94%  J Lind          Single (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  2   93%  T Prince        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 8.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-8, Neal Heaton facing 7-8-9
                  John Wehner replaces Gary Varsho playing 3B batting 6th; Jay Bell replaces Curtis Wilkerson playing SS batting 2nd; Bobby Bonilla moves to RF
   O      ---  1   95%  J Oquendo       Popfly: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  6   95%  R Gedman        Strikeout Swinging
                  Bernard Gilkey pinch hits for Willie Fraser batting 9th
   O      ---  2   96%  B Gilkey        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 8-4, Juan Agosto facing 9-1-2
                  Juan Agosto replaces Bernard Gilkey pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   96%  N Heaton        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   96%  O Merced        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Merced to 1B
          1--  6   96%  J Bell          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole); Merced to 2B
   O      12-  3   96%  A Van Slyke     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Merced to 3B; Van Slyke to 1B
   R      1-3  3   98%  B Bonilla       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Merced Scores/No RBI/unER; Van Slyke to 2B; Bonilla to 1B
   O      12-  4   97%  B Bonds         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 9.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-9, Neal Heaton facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   96%  R Lankford      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
          1--  4   93%  O Smith         Walk; Lankford to 2B
   O      12-  3   94%  G Perry         Groundout: 1B unassisted; Lankford to 3B; Smith to 2B
                  Stan Belinda replaces Neal Heaton pitching and batting 9th
   O      -23  3   97%  T Zeile         Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   R      -23  4   95%  F Jose          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B); Lankford Scores; Smith to 3B
   O      1-3  9   98%  M Thompson      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 9-5, Juan Agosto facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   98%  J Wehner        Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  3   98%  J Lind          Groundout: 2B-1B; Wehner to 3B
   R      --3  3   99%  T Prince        Single to SS (Fly Ball to Deep SS); Wehner Scores
   O      1--  2   99%  S Belinda       Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Prince to 2B
   O      -2-  5   99%  O Merced        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 10.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-10, Stan Belinda facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   99%  J Oquendo       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  1   99%  R Gedman        Flyball: LF (Deep 3B)
                  Rex Hudler pinch hits for Juan Agosto batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  R Hudler        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-5, Cris Carpenter facing 2-3-4
                  Cris Carpenter replaces Rex Hudler pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  7  100%  J Bell          Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   99%  A Van Slyke     Flyball: LF
          ---  1  100%  B Bonilla       Ground-rule Double (Line Drive)
          -2-  4  100%  B Bonds         Intentional Walk
   R      12-  2  100%  J Wehner        Single (Line Drive); Bonilla Scores; Bonds to 3B
   O      1-3  5  100%  J Lind          Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 11.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-11, Stan Belinda facing 1-2-3
                  Cecil Espy replaces Andy Van Slyke playing CF batting 3rd
   O      ---  3  100%  R Lankford      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4  100%  O Smith         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2  100%  G Perry         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  5  100%  T Zeile         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Zeile to 1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 11.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation