New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1978 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 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 5 0 1 0
Maddox rf 2 1 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 1
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 1 2 2
Foli ss 5 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 5 2 4 2
Espinosa p 3 1 2 1
  Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 2 0
Moreno cf 5 0 1 1
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Milner lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 1
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 2 0 0 0
Dyer c 2 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Brye lf 1 0 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Ott ph,c 3 0 2 1
Totals 36 3 10 3
New York 002 100 0227131
Pittsburgh 000 110 1003102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  W (4-2) 7.0 8 3 2 2 4
  Lockwood  SV (7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   5.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Jackson  L (0-1) 3.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Bibby   1.0 2 2 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
5
7

  E–Foli (6), Garner (7), Ott (5).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Stearns (2).  2B–New York Randle (7,off Reuss); Foli (3,off Reuss); Flynn (2,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Milner (4,off Espinosa); Gonzalez (1,off Espinosa); Ott (3,off Espinosa).  3B–New York Flynn (2,off Reuss).  SF–Mazzilli (2,off Reuss).  IBB–Montanez (4,by Bibby).  SB–Stearns (8,2nd base off Reuss/Dyer).  CS–Maddox (2,2nd base by Reuss/Dyer).  IBB–Bibby (2,Montanez).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:37.  A–2,869.
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