Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 27, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1969 at Shea Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 1 0
Martinez 3b 4 0 0 0
  Clemente rf 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 2 2 0
Stargell 1b 2 0 1 0
  Taylor pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Pagan lf 3 0 1 1
  Hebner ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1
Jeter rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 1 1 1
Blass p 4 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 3 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0
Martin c 4 0 1 1
  Swoboda pr 0 0 0 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
  Gaspar ph 1 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Charles ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 100 010 010381
New York 000 000 001130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (8-4) 8.1 3 1 1 5 5
  Gibbon  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (5-5) 7.0 6 2 2 1 9
  Koonce   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
12

  E–Mazeroski (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen 2 (8,off Koosman,off Koonce).  HR–Pittsburgh Patek (2,5th inning off Koosman 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Hebner (1,by Koonce).  IBB–Koonce (5,Hebner).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:44.  A–42,276.
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