Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
September 4, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1991 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, San Francisco Giants 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 3 0 0 0
  Bonds ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 0 0 0
  Lind 2b 1 1 1 2
Van Slyke cf 5 1 2 2
Bonilla rf 5 1 1 0
McClendon 1b 3 1 2 0
  Mason p 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 2 3
Slaught c 4 1 3 0
Garcia ss 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph,ss 1 1 0 0
Smiley p 3 0 1 1
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Merced 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 0 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 3 1 1 0
Williams 3b 4 1 3 1
Thompson 2b 4 1 3 1
Decker c 4 0 0 1
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
Black p 1 0 0 0
  Felder ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Pittsburgh 010 310 0038130
San Francisco 000 200 0103101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (17-8) 6.2 7 2 2 2 2
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mason  SV (2) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L (10-14) 5.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Beck   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Brantley   2.0 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
5

  E–Bass (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Slaught 2 (13,off Black,off Brantley); Lind (13,off Brantley), San Francisco Felder (9,off Smiley).  HR–Pittsburgh Buechele (1,4th inning off Black 1 on, 1 out); Van Slyke (16,5th inning off Black 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Williams (28,4th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out); Thompson (18,4th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Mitchell (5,by Smiley).  HBP–Smiley (3,Mitchell).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:51.  A–8,690.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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