New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 7, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1970 at Forbes Field. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 6 2 3 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 1
Jones lf 4 1 2 1
Shamsky 1b 4 0 2 1
  Jorgensen 1b 1 1 1 0
Swoboda rf 5 1 1 0
Garrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 1 2
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 2 2 0
Hebner 3b 5 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 3 2
Stargell lf 5 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 5 1 1 0
Alley ss 5 0 1 0
May c 3 0 0 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Blass p 3 0 1 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
New York 201 000 000 025110
Pittsburgh 110 001 000 00391
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 9 3 3 0 5
  Taylor  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McGraw  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass   10.0 9 3 3 2 9
  Hartenstein  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 1 1 0
  Gibbon   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
11
5
4
3
9

  E–J May (1).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Jones (1,off Blass); Swoboda (1,off Blass); Shamsky (1,off Blass), Pittsburgh Alou (1,off Seaver); Hebner (1,off Seaver).  3B–Pittsburgh Oliver (1,off Seaver); Alou (1,off Seaver).  SH–Harrelson (1,off Blass); Garrett (1,off Hartenstein).  SF–Foy (1,off Blass); J May (1,off Seaver).  IBB–Garrett (1,by Blass); Grote (1,by Hartenstein).  SB–Agee (1,2nd base off Blass/J May).  IBB–Blass (1,Garrett); Hartenstein (1,Grote).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:45.  A–34,249.
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