Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
September 19, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 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 6, New York Mets 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 2 2 0
  Ott ph 1 0 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 2 2 3
Zisk lf 4 1 2 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 2 2
Parker rf 4 0 1 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 2 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Rooker p 2 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 1 1 0
Millan 2b 2 1 1 0
Torre 1b 4 1 2 0
Kingman rf 3 2 2 5
Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 1 1 1
Mangual lf 2 0 1 0
  Boisclair ph,lf 2 1 2 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Swan p 1 0 0 0
  Espinosa p 1 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 1
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Pittsburgh 200 040 0006120
New York 011 032 00x7112
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   5.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Giusti  L (4-4) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Bair   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Tekulve   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   4.2 8 6 5 0 1
  Espinosa  W (4-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lockwood  SV (17) 3.0 3 0 0 0 7
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
0
9

  E–Mazzilli (1), Millan (13).  DP–New York 1.  3B–New York Boisclair (3,off Giusti).  HR–Pittsburgh Moreno (2,5th inning off Swan 1 on, 2 out); Stargell (18,5th inning off Swan 1 on, 2 out), New York Kingman 2 (37,2nd inning off Rooker 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Rooker 2 on, 2 out); Stearns (2,6th inning off Giusti 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Kingman (3,off Rooker).  SB–Taveras (55,2nd base off Swan/Stearns); Brown (2,2nd base off Bair/Dyer).  CS–Dilone (1,2nd base by Lockwood/Stearns); Mangual (9,2nd base by Rooker/Dyer).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:20.  A–18,652.
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