Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
May 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1976 at Shea Stadium. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Mets 13

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 1
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Zisk lf 4 1 1 1
Robinson rf 3 0 0 0
Helms 3b 3 1 2 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 2 0 0 0
  Unser ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Garrett 2b 4 1 2 3
Milner lf 5 0 1 2
Kingman rf 4 1 2 1
  Ayala pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair rf 1 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 3 2 0
Grote c 3 2 2 1
Staiger 3b 5 2 2 2
Phillips ss 3 2 2 3
Matlack p 3 2 1 1
Totals 37 13 14 13
Pittsburgh 001 000 100251
New York 020 650 00x13140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (5-4) 3.1 6 7 4 2 2
  Tekulve   0.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Hernandez   4.0 3 1 1 2 4
Totals
8.0
14
13
10
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (5-1) 9.0 5 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
7

  E–Helms (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Staiger (2,off Reuss); Milner (6,off Tekulve); Torre (4,off Tekulve).  3B–Pittsburgh Helms (1,off Matlack).  HR–Pittsburgh Zisk (5,7th inning off Matlack 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Phillips (1,off Reuss).  CS–Garrett (4,2nd base by Reuss/Sanguillen).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:30.
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