New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 7, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1981 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Mazzilli lf 4 1 1 2
Brooks 3b 3 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0
Jorgensen rf 3 1 0 0
Hodges c 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 1 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 1 0
  Bailor pr,ss 1 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 2 1 1 1
  Stearns ph 1 0 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 1 1
  Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 2 3 1
Foli ss 4 0 1 2
Lacy rf 5 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 1 1
  Montanez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Berra 3b 4 1 1 0
Alexander lf 1 0 0 0
  Easler lf 2 0 0 0
Law 2b 1 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 1 1
  Perez pr 0 1 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 1 0
Long p 1 1 0 0
  Ray ph,2b 2 0 2 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
New York 020 020 000471
Pittsburgh 001 220 00x5110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   3.2 5 3 3 4 1
  Boitano  L (1-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Searage   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Marshall   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Long  W (1-1) 5.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Lee  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
7

  E–Flynn (6).  2B–New York Flynn (8,off Long), Pittsburgh Pena (7,off Falcone); Moreno (12,off Falcone); Foli (9,off Falcone); Ray (4,off Marshall).  HR–New York Mazzilli (5,5th inning off Long 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Taveras (4,off Long); Flynn (6,off Lee).  SB–Lacy (20,2nd base off Boitano/Hodges); Berra (9,2nd base off Boitano/Hodges).  U–Ed Vargo, Satch Davidson, Jerry Crawford.  T–2:49.  A–9,935.
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