Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
May 19, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1973 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 4, New York Mets 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines cf 4 0 1 0
Cash 2b 5 1 3 0
Sanguillen rf 5 1 2 0
Stargell lf 5 1 2 3
Robertson 1b 4 1 3 1
Hebner 3b 5 0 1 0
Alley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 1 0
  Stennett ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 14 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 2b 3 0 1 0
Fregosi 3b 5 0 0 0
Theodore lf 5 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 5 0 2 0
Gosger cf 5 0 2 0
Dyer c 4 0 2 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 1 0
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 001 34140
New York 000 001 000 0190
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   5.2 8 1 1 3 1
  Hernandez   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Giusti  W (3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
9
1
1
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   6.0 9 0 0 1 6
  McGraw  L (0-2) 4.0 5 4 4 1 1
Totals
10.0
14
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, New York 2.  2B–New York Kranepool (5,off Giusti).  HR–Pittsburgh Robertson (7,9th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out); Stargell (11,10th inning off McGraw 2 on, 2 out), New York Staub (5,6th inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Clines (2,off McGraw); Matlack (5,off Briles); McGraw (1,off Giusti).  IBB–Garrett 2 (3,by Briles,by Giusti).  CS–Robertson (2,2nd base by Matlack/Dyer); Clines (2,2nd base by Matlack/Dyer).  WP–McGraw (3).  IBB–Briles (2,Garrett); Giusti (6,Garrett).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:44.  A–32,622.
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