New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1985 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."

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New York Mets 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 2 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 1
Hurdle c 4 0 1 0
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Darling pr 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
  Lezcano ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 2 0
Madlock 3b 4 2 2 2
Pena c 4 1 2 1
Wynne cf 4 1 2 0
Khalifa ss 4 1 2 2
Rhoden p 4 0 1 1
Totals 36 7 13 7
New York 000 000 010191
Pittsburgh 020 020 03x7131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (10-6) 5.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Gorman   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sisk   2.0 4 3 3 4 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
7
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (7-13) 9.0 9 1 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
9
1
0
1
7

  E–Lynch (2), Orsulak (5).  2B–New York Hernandez (27,off Rhoden); Dykstra (6,off Rhoden), Pittsburgh Kemp (11,off Lynch); Rhoden (3,off Lynch); Thompson 2 (15,off Lynch,off Sisk); Pena (15,off Lynch).  HR–Pittsburgh Madlock (7,5th inning off Lynch 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Khalifa (4,off Lynch).  SF–Orsulak (2,off Lynch).  SB–Orsulak (7,2nd base off Gorman/Hurdle).  T–2:47.  A–9,289.
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