Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1988 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, New York Mets 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Coles rf 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 0 1 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 2 0
  Gonzalez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0
Backman 2b 4 2 2 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 2 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 2 2 5
Carter c 4 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 1 3 1
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 9 12 9
Pittsburgh 000 000 000070
New York 000 004 05x9121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (5-5) 7.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Rucker   1.0 6 5 5 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (8-4) 9.0 7 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
3

  E–Johnson (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Strawberry (15,off Drabek); Backman (3,off Rucker); Magadan (4,off Rucker); Carter (7,off Rucker).  3B–New York Darling (1,off Rucker).  HR–New York McReynolds (8,6th inning off Drabek 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Darling (5,off Drabek).  IBB–Strawberry (10,by Drabek).  CS–Johnson (4,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere).  IBB–Drabek (3,Strawberry).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:34.  A–45,225.
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