New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1978 at Three Rivers 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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New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 5 1 1 0
Maddox rf 4 0 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 5 2 2 1
Henderson lf 5 0 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 2 3 4
Hodges c 5 0 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 2 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 13 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 2 1 0
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 2
Stennett 2b 4 0 2 3
Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0
Brye lf 2 1 0 0
Ott c 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 1
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza pr 0 1 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
New York 200 000 020 15130
Pittsburgh 000 012 010 2682
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   5.1 5 3 3 2 5
  Siebert   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Murray   1.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Kobel   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Lockwood  L (4-4) 1.1 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.1
8
6
6
6
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   8.0 11 4 3 0 4
  Tekulve  W (3-2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
5
4
0
5

  E–Garner 2 (9).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Foli (4,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Ott (4,off Zachry); Taveras (7,off Zachry); Parker 2 (6,off Zachry,off Kobel).  HR–New York Montanez 2 (4,8th inning off D Robinson 1 on, 1 out,10th inning off Tekulve 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Taveras (1,off Murray); Moreno (3,off Lockwood).  HBP–Brye (1,by Murray).  IBB–Stennett (1,by Kobel); Parker (6,by Lockwood).  SB–Randle (7,2nd base off D Robinson/Ott).  CS–Stennett (1,2nd base by Siebert/Hodges).  HBP–Murray (2,Brye).  IBB–Kobel (1,Stennett); Lockwood (3,Parker).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:58.  A–5,302.
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