Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Mets 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 2 0
Ray 2b 3 0 0 1
Bream 1b 4 0 2 0
Morrison 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 1 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 1 1 0 0
  Bonilla ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Dunne p 1 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 2 0
Backman 2b 2 1 0 0
  Teufel ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 2 1 1
Carter c 3 0 2 1
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1
Wilson lf 4 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 1
  Almon ss 1 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 001 000 000162
New York 200 001 20x570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne  L (0-1) 6.0 4 3 1 6 1
  Smiley   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
6
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (1-0) 6.2 4 1 1 4 5
  Orosco  SV (11) 2.1 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
8

  E–Morrison (5), Belliard (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (4,off Gooden), New York Strawberry (10,off Dunne); Carter (5,off Smiley).  3B–New York Hernandez (2,off Smiley).  SH–Dunne (1,off Gooden).  SF–Ray (3,off Gooden); Mazzilli (1,off Dunne).  HBP–Bonilla (2,by Orosco).  IBB–Santana (5,by Dunne); Johnson (3,by Dunne).  SB–Reynolds (4,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  CS–Dykstra (3,2nd base by Dunne/LaValliere); Backman (2,2nd base by Dunne/LaValliere).  BK–Dunne (1).  HBP–Orosco (1,Bonilla).  IBB–Dunne 2 (2,Santana,Johnson).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:10.  A–51,402.
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