New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1981 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
  Bailor lf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 2 2 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 3 2
Staub 1b 3 0 0 1
  Valentine rf 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf,cf 4 0 3 0
Jorgensen rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0
Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 1 1 0
  Leach p 0 1 0 0
  Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 1 3 0
Madlock 3b 2 1 1 3
Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Easler lf 4 0 1 0
Berra 2b 2 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson B. 1b 1 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 0 0 0
Nicosia c 2 0 1 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 1 0 0 0
Perez p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson D. p 1 0 0 0
  Ray 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
New York 200 020 1005110
Pittsburgh 102 000 000380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris   4.0 6 3 3 1 0
  Leach  W (1-0) 3.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Searage  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (2-6) 4.1 9 4 4 0 1
  Robinson   2.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Scurry   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
2

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–New York Stearns (9,off Perez), Pittsburgh Moreno (13,off Harris).  3B–Pittsburgh Foli (2,off Harris).  HR–Pittsburgh Madlock (5,3rd inning off Harris 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bailor (3,off D Robinson).  SF–Staub (2,off D Robinson); Madlock (3,off Harris).  HBP–Taveras (2,by Scurry).  SB–Brooks (8,2nd base off D Robinson/Nicosia); Mazzilli (15,2nd base off Scurry/Pena).  CS–Mazzilli (6,Home by Scurry/Pena).  HBP–Scurry (3,Taveras).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:36.  A–7,089.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook