Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1986 at Shea 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Mets 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 0 1 0
Belliard 2b 4 0 2 0
Brown rf 4 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 1 2 0
Diaz 1b 3 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 2 1
Almon lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Khalifa ss 4 0 1 0
Walk p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 2 3 0
Backman 2b 2 2 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 2 0 1 0
  Mitchell pr,rf 1 0 1 1
Carter c 3 0 0 1
Heep lf 2 0 0 1
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Ojeda p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 001191
New York 000 102 10x471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  L (2-3) 5.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Clements   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Winn   2.2 2 1 1 4 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
7
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (8-2) 9.0 9 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
5

  E–Almon (7), K Mitchell (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison (6,off Ojeda); T Pena (10,off Ojeda), New York Strawberry (14,off Walk); Hernandez (15,off Walk); K Mitchell (10,off Winn).  3B–New York Dykstra (4,off Walk).  SB–Dykstra (16,2nd base off Winn/T Pena).  CS–Heep (3,2nd base by Winn/T Pena).  BK–Ojeda (1).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:38.
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