Florida Marlins vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi rf,lf 5 2 2 0
Renteria ss 6 1 2 2
Abbott lf 4 0 2 1
  Hutton p 0 0 0 0
  McMillon ph 1 0 1 1
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Alou cf 5 1 1 1
Conine 1b 5 2 2 1
Bonilla 3b 4 0 3 1
  Arias ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Johnson c 4 1 2 1
Milliard 2b 5 1 1 0
Rapp p 3 1 1 1
  Wehner rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 45 11 19 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 0 1 0
  Polcovich ss 1 0 0 0
Brown A. cf 5 0 1 0
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Sveum ss,3b 4 0 2 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 0
Randa 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Cooke p 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 1 1
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Florida 103 201 11211191
Pittsburgh 000 000 100182
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp  W (3-2) 6.0 3 0 0 3 4
  Hutton   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Powell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (3-5) 2.2 8 4 4 0 0
  Sodowsky   2.1 4 2 2 0 6
  Morel   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Wainhouse   2.0 3 3 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
19
11
9
1
9

  E–Rapp (2), Polcovich (1), Sveum (2).  DP–Florida 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Florida Cangelosi (1,off Cooke); Bonilla 2 (14,off Cooke 2); Alou (9,off Cooke); Conine (3,off Sodowsky); Johnson (7,off Morel); McMillon (1,off Wainhouse), Pittsburgh Sveum (6,off Rapp); Guillen (5,off Hutton); Kendall (9,off Heredia).  HR–Florida Rapp (1,6th inning off Morel 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cangelosi (1,by Wainhouse); Polcovich (1,by Powell).  SB–Alou (5,2nd base off Cooke/Kendall); A Brown (1,2nd base off Rapp/Johnson).  CS–Renteria (4,2nd base by Sodowsky/Kendall).  WP–Sodowsky (2).  BK–Wainhouse (1).  HBP–Powell (2,Polcovich); Wainhouse (3,Cangelosi).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Ron Barnes.  T–2:52.  A–32,066.
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