New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1980 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 4 0 0 0
  Almon 3b 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b,cf 4 1 1 0
Washington rf 4 1 3 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 1 1 1
Youngblood cf,rf 2 0 2 0
Trevino c 4 0 1 2
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
Burris p 4 0 1 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Easler rf 4 1 1 1
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 0
Lacy lf 4 0 1 0
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 2 0 0 0
Rhoden p 2 0 1 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
New York 000 000 201390
Pittsburgh 000 000 001151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  W (6-6) 8.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Allen  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (2-3) 8.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Tekulve   1.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
7

  E–Ott (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–New York Washington (11,off Rhoden), Pittsburgh Madlock (17,off Burris).  HR–New York Henderson (7,9th inning off Tekulve 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Easler (15,9th inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Henderson (2,off Rhoden).  IBB–Youngblood (7,by Rhoden); Flynn 2 (14,by Rhoden,by Tekulve); Garner (11,by Burris).  SB–Youngblood (11,2nd base off Tekulve/Ott); Lacy (13,2nd base off Burris/Trevino).  CS–Youngblood (8,Home by Rhoden/Ott); Washington (3,2nd base by Tekulve/Ott).  WP–Rhoden (3).  IBB–Burris (4,Garner); Rhoden 2 (4,Youngblood,Flynn); Tekulve (11,Flynn).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:29.  A–18,754.
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