Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1987 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 2, New York Mets 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 2 0 0 1
Van Slyke rf 4 0 1 1
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla lf 4 0 2 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 3 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph,c 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 1 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 1 1 0
  Easley p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 1 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 2 2 1
McReynolds lf 3 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 2 0 0 1
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 200260
New York 020 000 11x470
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Easley  L (0-1) 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Robinson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
1
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   6.1 5 2 2 4 3
  Walter  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Orosco  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
7

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison (1,off Darling); Bonilla (1,off Darling); Reynolds (1,off Darling); Van Slyke (1,off Walter), New York Strawberry (1,off Easley).  HR–New York Strawberry (2,2nd inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out); McReynolds (1,2nd inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bonds (1,off Darling); Johnson (1,off Easley).  SB–Bonds (1,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:34.  A–20,598.
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