New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1971 at Three Rivers 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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New York Mets 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 1 1
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 2 0
Jones lf 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 1
Grote c 3 0 1 0
  Hahn pr 0 0 0 0
Foli 2b 4 1 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 0 0 0
Davalillo lf 3 1 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 2 1
Oliver cf 3 1 1 0
Robertson 1b 3 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 2 0 1 1
Alley ss 4 0 0 0
Ellis p 4 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 3
New York 000 000 011281
Pittsburgh 000 011 02x460
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (4-1) 7.0 3 2 1 6 4
  McGraw   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (5-3) 8.2 8 2 2 2 5
  Giusti  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5

  E–Harrelson (4).  DP–New York 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Foli (7,off Ellis); Aspromonte (6,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Robertson 2 (5,off Ryan,off McGraw).  IBB–Sanguillen 2 (4,by Ryan,by McGraw).  CS–Grote (2,2nd base by Ellis/Sanguillen).  SB–Davalillo 2 (3,2nd base off Ryan/Grote 2).  WP–McGraw (1).  IBB–Ryan (2,Sanguillen); McGraw (5,Sanguillen).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:11.  A–18,968.
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