New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 5, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1976 at Three Rivers 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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New York Mets 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mangual cf 6 1 1 0
Foster 2b 4 1 1 2
Vail rf 4 0 2 0
Torre 1b 5 0 3 2
Milner lf 4 0 0 0
Grote c 5 1 1 0
Staiger 3b 5 2 3 1
Harrelson ss 4 1 4 0
Matlack p 3 1 2 1
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 17 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 1 2 0
Helms 3b 3 0 1 0
Parker rf 3 1 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 4
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson cf 4 0 0 0
Dyer c 4 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 1 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York 100 410 1007170
Pittsburgh 000 004 000461
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (11-6) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Lockwood  SV (11) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (10-6) 3.2 9 5 5 1 4
  Moose   2.1 5 1 1 2 1
  Tekulve   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Giusti   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
7
7
4
6

  E–Reuss (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–New York Foster (1,off Reuss).  HR–New York Staiger (2,7th inning off Tekulve 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (14,6th inning off Matlack 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Matlack (4,off Tekulve); Lockwood (2,off Giusti).  SB–Mangual (21,3rd base off Reuss/Dyer); Stennett (13,2nd base off Lockwood/Grote).  CS–Lockwood (1,2nd base by Giusti/Dyer).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:47.  A–7,836.
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