New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 17, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1985 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 2 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph,rf 2 0 1 2
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf,cf 4 1 2 2
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 1 1 0
Fernandez p 4 1 3 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Almon lf 2 0 0 0
  Orsulak lf 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 0 2 1
Madlock 1b 2 2 1 1
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 1 1
Khalifa ss 4 0 0 0
Wynne cf 4 0 0 0
Tunnell p 1 1 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
New York 000 000 4004100
Pittsburgh 100 001 001351
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (5-6) 8.1 4 3 3 4 11
  McDowell  SV (10) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
12
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tunnell  L (1-8) 6.2 7 4 4 1 2
  Scurry   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Guante   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
4

  E–Morrison (4).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Carter (6).  3B–New York Paciorek (1,off Scurry); Fernandez (1,off Guante).  HR–New York Strawberry (17,7th inning off Tunnell 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Madlock (8,1st inning off Fernandez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Almon (3,off Fernandez).  CS–Strawberry (6,2nd base by Tunnell/Pena).  SB–Ray 2 (8,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter 2).  T–2:30.  A–10,200.
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