New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 4 1 1 0
  Brown cf 1 0 0 0
Vail rf 5 1 1 1
Milner lf 3 1 1 1
Torre 1b 4 2 3 0
Grote c 4 2 2 1
Staiger 3b 3 0 2 0
Foster 2b 5 0 2 3
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 1
Lolich p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 3 0 0 1
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 4 1 2 2
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 0
Dyer c 4 0 2 1
Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
New York 400 000 3007120
Pittsburgh 000 010 120481
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (7-10) 9.0 8 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (9-6) 0.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Moose   4.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Giusti   2.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Hernandez   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
6
4

  E–Taveras (21).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–New York Grote 2 (8,off Rooker,off Giusti); Foster (2,off Giusti); Torre (8,off Hernandez), Pittsburgh Dyer (5,off Lolich).  3B–New York Vail (1,off Rooker), Pittsburgh Robinson (2,off Lolich).  HR–Pittsburgh Zisk (14,7th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lolich (9,off Moose).  HBP–Torre (3,by Moose).  IBB–Staiger 2 (4,by Rooker,by Giusti); Grote (3,by Hernandez).  SF–Oliver (6,off Lolich).  CS–Staiger (1,2nd base by Moose/Dyer).  WP–Lolich (10).  HBP–Moose (3,Torre).  IBB–Rooker (5,Staiger); Giusti (6,Staiger); Hernandez (5,Grote).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:04.  A–16,538.
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