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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1983 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)
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New York Mets 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bailor 2b 4 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Heep cf 4 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 3 1 1 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
Swan p 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wynne cf 3 1 1 0
Ray 2b 3 1 1 1
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 0
Parker rf 3 0 0 0
Frobel lf 3 1 1 1
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Berra ss 3 0 1 0
Tunnell p 2 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
New York 001 000 000160
Pittsburgh 002 100 00x360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  L (2-6) 6.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gorman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tunnell  W (6-4) 6.0 5 1 1 0 3
  Scurry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Guante  SV (6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 2.  3B–Pittsburgh Ray (4,off Swan).  HR–Pittsburgh Frobel (2,4th inning off Swan 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kingman (1,by Guante).  SF–Madlock (5,off Swan).  SB–Oquendo (6,2nd base off Tunnell/Pena).  CS–Wynne (6,2nd base by Gorman/Ortiz).  HBP–Guante (1,Kingman).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–1:59.  A–12,061.
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