New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1979 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)
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New York Mets 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf,2b 5 2 4 2
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Mazzilli cf 5 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 2
Stearns c 6 0 1 2
Montanez 1b 5 2 2 1
Henderson lf 3 2 2 1
Flynn 2b,ss 5 2 2 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 1 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 15 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 2 1
Foli ss 5 2 2 2
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Milner 1b 4 2 1 0
Easler lf 2 1 1 1
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
Ott c 5 1 1 2
Garner 3b 5 0 3 1
Stennett 2b 5 1 2 1
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  Alexander pr 0 1 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 8
New York 210 000 13512152
Pittsburgh 001 110 2409133
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.0 8 3 2 3 4
  Glynn   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Murray   1.0 3 4 2 3 0
  Twitchell  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
7
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   6.0 5 3 3 4 2
  Romo   1.0 2 2 1 2 1
  Tekulve   1.0 3 2 1 2 1
  Jackson  L (4-1) 1.0 5 5 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
9
9
4

  E–Taveras (15), Hebner (10), Moreno (7), Parker (9), Stennett (4).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Ott (3).  2B–New York Youngblood (13,off Whitson); Montanez (12,off Romo); Flynn (6,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Foli (12,off Murray).  3B–New York Stearns (1,off Whitson).  HR–New York Montanez (4,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (4,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Ott (4,7th inning off Glynn 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Flores (1,off Jackson).  IBB–Hebner 2 (3,by Romo,by Tekulve); Hodges (2,by Tekulve); Youngblood (2,by Jackson); Moreno (2,by Ellis); Parker (7,by Murray); Milner (3,by Murray).  SF–Foli (2,off Ellis).  SB–Mazzilli (19,2nd base off Whitson/Ott); Garner 2 (6,2nd base off Ellis/Stearns,3rd base off Ellis/Stearns); Moreno (30,2nd base off Ellis/Stearns); Alexander (2,2nd base off Murray/Stearns).  WP–Whitson (2).  BK–Whitson (1).  IBB–Ellis (2,Moreno); Murray 2 (7,Parker,Milner); Romo (3,Hebner); Tekulve 2 (8,Hodges,Hebner); Jackson (2,Youngblood).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:24.  A–13,168.
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