New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 13, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boisclair cf 4 1 2 1
Millan 2b 3 1 1 2
Milner lf 4 0 1 1
Kingman rf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Staiger 3b 3 1 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 2 1
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph,c 2 0 2 0
Demery p 2 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York 000 000 500590
Pittsburgh 000 000 000051
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (13-10) 9.0 5 0 0 1 12
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
12
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Demery  L (10-5) 6.2 8 5 5 4 4
  Giusti   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bair   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
6

  E–Demery (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (17,off Demery); Stearns (3,off Demery); Milner (24,off Giusti), Pittsburgh Stargell (16,off Seaver); Dyer (7,off Seaver).  SH–Seaver (9,off Demery); Millan (6,off Demery).  IBB–Staiger (5,by Demery).  CS–Harrelson (3,2nd base by Demery/Dyer).  IBB–Demery (8,Staiger).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:21.  A–7,892.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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