New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 5, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1984 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 1 0
Chapman 2b 4 0 1 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 1
Foster lf 5 0 1 2
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Martin rf 3 0 1 0
  Strawberry ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 2 0
Fernandez p 3 0 0 0
  Hodges c 0 0 0 0
  Backman pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wynne cf 5 0 1 0
Lacy rf 2 1 1 1
Morrison 3b 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Distefano pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis lf 4 0 0 0
Berra ss 4 0 0 0
Tudor p 1 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 3 1
New York 001 000 000 2380
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 0131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   8.0 3 1 1 5 2
  Gardner  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
3
1
1
5
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   7.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Robinson  L (1-5) 3.0 2 2 0 2 3
Totals
10.0
8
3
1
4
6

  E–Berra (28).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  HR–Pittsburgh Lacy (9,8th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Wilson (32,2nd base off Tudor/Pena); Strawberry (21,2nd base off Robinson/Pena); Lacy (11,2nd base off Fernandez/Fitzgerald); Wynne (15,2nd base off Fernandez/Fitzgerald).  CS–Distefano (1,2nd base by Fernandez/Fitzgerald).  T–3:00.  A–10,575.
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