Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
September 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1970 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 9, New York Mets 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 2 1
  Jeter cf 1 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 5 0 1 0
Oliver rf 5 0 2 1
Stargell lf 5 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 5 2 2 0
Kopacz 1b 4 1 1 0
Cash 2b 4 2 1 1
Alley ss 5 2 3 3
Cambria p 3 0 1 1
  Brunet p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 1
Totals 43 9 15 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 6 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 6 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 1 3 0
Shamsky rf 5 0 0 0
  Gaspar rf 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 5 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 3 2 1
Grote c 3 0 1 1
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 0 1 1
  Dyer c 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 5 0 3 1
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Singleton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 12 4
Pittsburgh 002 003 000 49152
New York 010 101 200 05120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cambria   5.1 7 3 2 2 1
  Brunet   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lamb   1.1 1 2 2 1 2
  Gibbon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Giusti  W (9-3) 3.1 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
12
5
4
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   5.1 9 5 5 0 2
  Frisella   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  McGraw  L (3-6) 3.1 4 2 2 0 2
  Chance   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
10.0
15
9
9
1
4

  E–Hebner (17), Sanguillen (10).  PB–Sanguillen (13).  2B–Pittsburgh Alley (14,off Seaver); Alou (21,off Seaver), New York Clendenon (17,off Cambria); Jones 2 (25,off Cambria,off Lamb).  3B–Pittsburgh Alley (4,off Chance).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (31,10th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out), New York Boswell (5,6th inning off Cambria 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kopacz (1,off McGraw); Giusti (1,off Chance).  IBB–Cash (3,by Chance).  IBB–Chance (1,Cash).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:23.  A–54,806.
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