Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 22, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1977 at Shea Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Ott c 3 1 2 2
Parker rf 5 1 2 2
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 0
Taveras ss 3 0 1 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 1 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 0
Millan 2b 2 1 0 0
Vail rf 3 0 1 1
  Kranepool ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Kingman lf,1b 4 0 0 1
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
  Boisclair pr,lf 1 0 1 1
Grote c 4 0 1 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Staiger 3b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 031491
New York 100 000 020360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.1 4 1 1 2 5
  Gossage   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Tekulve  W (1-0) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   7.1 6 3 3 3 6
  Myrick  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Lockwood   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
7

  E–Moreno (3).  2B–New York Kranepool (5,off Tekulve).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (3,8th inning off Seaver 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Taveras (1,off Lockwood).  HBP–Millan (1,by Reuss).  IBB–Harrelson (1,by Gossage).  SB–Moreno 2 (4,2nd base off Seaver/Grote 2); Taveras (5,2nd base off Seaver/Grote).  CS–Vail (1,2nd base by Reuss/Ott); Mazzilli (2,2nd base by Reuss/Ott).  HBP–Reuss (2,Millan).  IBB–Gossage (1,Harrelson).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:49.  A–19,495.
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