New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1987 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 6 1 2 1
  Ojeda p 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Johnson ss,3b 5 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 6 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 7 1 1 1
Magadan 3b 4 1 2 0
  Santana ss 2 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 1 0 0
  Almon ss 1 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 7 1 2 4
Lyons c 7 0 2 0
Fernandez p 3 0 1 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 1 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 56 8 15 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 7 3 3 1
Lind 2b 5 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 6 0 0 1
Bonilla 3b 6 1 1 1
Diaz 1b 2 2 1 1
  Gregg pr 0 1 0 0
  Fermin ss 2 0 0 0
Coles rf 3 1 1 4
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 1 1
  LaValliere c 1 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 2 0 1 0
  Bream ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Bielecki p 2 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph 0 0 0 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds rf 2 0 0 0
  Drummond p 0 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 9 9
New York 101 013 010 001 008151
Pittsburgh 100 014 010 001 01991
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   6.0 5 6 2 2 3
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Ojeda  L (2-5) 4.1 3 2 2 2 4
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.2
9
9
5
6
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   5.0 9 6 6 2 0
  Kipper   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Walk   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Gott   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Drummond   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Smiley  W (5-4) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
15
8
8
6
8

  E–Magadan (3), Bonilla (17).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Dykstra 2 (30,off Bielecki,off Walk); Fernandez (1,off Bielecki); Mazzilli (8,off Walk); Teufel (26,off Drummond).  3B–New York Lyons (1,off Bielecki), Pittsburgh Bonds (9,off Ojeda).  HR–New York Strawberry (38,3rd inning off Bielecki 0 on, 2 out); Johnson (35,5th inning off Bielecki 0 on, 1 out); Teufel (12,6th inning off Bielecki 2 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Bonds (23,1st inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out); Diaz (16,5th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out); Coles (2,6th inning off Fernandez 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Washington (2,off Orosco); Lind (3,off Ojeda).  SF–Van Slyke (3,off Myers).  IBB–Lind (1,by Ojeda).  SB–McReynolds (13,2nd base off Bielecki/Ortiz).  WP–Gott (5), Drummond (1).  IBB–Ojeda (1,Lind).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–4:59.  A–19,122.
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