Arizona Diamondbacks vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Womack rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 2b 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 1
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Durazo 1b 4 1 1 0
Finley cf 3 1 1 0
Stinnett c 2 0 0 0
  Colbrunn ph 1 0 0 0
Fox ss 3 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Nunez ss 3 1 0 0
Giles cf 4 2 2 3
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 1 2 1
Morris 2b 4 0 2 0
Brown B. rf 3 0 2 1
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 1 0
  Osik c 1 0 0 0
Ritchie p 2 0 0 0
  Brown A. rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Arizona 200 000 200450
Pittsburgh 100 220 00x5110
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (4-2) 4.2 7 5 5 1 5
  Swindell   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Plesac   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Olson   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  W (12-8) 6.1 5 4 4 0 4
  Wilkins   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Silva   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Williams  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Arizona 2.  2B–Arizona Finley (24,off Ritchie), Pittsburgh Young (36,off Stottlemyre); Sprague (25,off Stottlemyre); B Brown (19,off Stottlemyre); A Brown (3,off Plesac).  HR–Arizona Bell (30,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Gonzalez (20,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Giles 2 (28,1st inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Sveum (1,by Olson).  SB–Nunez (4,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Stinnett).  WP–Wilkins (3).  BK–Wilkins (1).  IBB–Olson (2,Sveum).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:47.  A–23,934.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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