New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 27, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Backman 2b 4 2 2 0
  Knight ph 1 0 1 0
  Gardenhire pr 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 4 0
Carter c 5 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 2
Heep lf 2 0 1 2
  Paciorek ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 0
Santana ss 4 1 2 1
Lynch p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Beane ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Christensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Latham p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 1 1
  Dykstra pr 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak cf 5 2 4 2
Reynolds lf 5 1 1 0
Ray 2b 3 0 0 1
Bream 1b 4 1 1 1
Brown rf 2 1 0 0
Pena c 3 2 1 1
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 0
Khalifa ss 2 1 0 2
Rhoden p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1
  McWilliams p 1 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 1 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8
New York 203 000 0207142
Pittsburgh 116 000 00x890
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   2.0 3 2 1 1 1
  Gorman   0.1 3 3 2 0 0
  Gardner  L (0-2) 0.1 1 3 0 2 1
  Niemann   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Leach   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Latham   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  McDowell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
3
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden   3.0 6 5 5 1 2
  McWilliams  W (6-8) 4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Guante   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Clements   0.1 3 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
6

  E–Carter (7), Johnson (16).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Backman (22,off Rhoden); Carter (16,off Rhoden); Hernandez (31,off McWilliams); Johnson (17,off Guante); Santana (16,off Guante).  3B–Pittsburgh Orsulak (5,off McDowell).  HR–New York Strawberry (26,3rd inning off Rhoden 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Khalifa (4,off Lynch).  SB–Orsulak (21,2nd base off Lynch/Carter); Ray (13,2nd base off Latham/Carter).  T–2:58.  A–4,843.
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