New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1983 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."

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New York Mets 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 0 1
Brooks 3b 5 1 2 3
Strawberry rf 5 1 1 2
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Kingman 1b 3 2 1 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 2 1 0
Giles 2b 4 1 1 0
Oquendo ss 3 2 2 3
Lynch p 3 0 1 2
  Swan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 10 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 3 1 2 1
Ray 2b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 5 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 2 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 0 1
Easler lf 4 1 1 0
Pena c 4 0 1 2
Berra ss 4 0 1 0
Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Tunnell p 1 0 0 0
  Nicosia ph 1 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
New York 040 034 00011101
Pittsburgh 001 003 000490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W (2-1) 5.1 8 4 4 2 0
  Swan  SV (1) 3.2 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  L (1-4) 1.1 3 4 4 2 1
  Tunnell   3.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Winn   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Niemann   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
11
3
4

  E–Wilson (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Foster (3,off Bibby); Brooks (2,off Tunnell), Pittsburgh Berra (6,off Lynch); Parker (7,off Lynch); Easler (3,off Lynch).  3B–New York Brooks (2,off Winn).  HR–New York Strawberry (1,5th inning off Tunnell 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Mazzilli (4,3rd inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hebner (3,off Lynch).  CS–Wilson (4,2nd base by Tunnell/Pena).  SB–Mazzilli (10,2nd base off Swan/Hodges).  WP–Tunnell 2 (4).  BK–Tunnell (1).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:48.  A–1,970.
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