New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1988 at Three Rivers 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

New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 2 1 1 0
  Teufel ph,2b 1 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 5 1 2 2
Johnson 3b 5 1 2 1
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 2 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 2
Fernandez p 4 0 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 1 0 0
Diaz 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 1 1 1
Coles rf 4 0 1 1
Van Slyke cf 3 0 0 0
Ortiz c 2 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Destrade ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Bream ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2
New York 010 022 0005101
Pittsburgh 100 000 010230
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (4-6) 8.0 3 2 2 5 4
  McDowell  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (4-6) 5.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Kipper   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Rucker   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
4

  E–Elster (9).  2B–New York Magadan (5,off Fisher).  HR–New York Johnson (13,2nd inning off Fisher 0 on, 1 out); Strawberry (18,5th inning off Fisher 1 on, 2 out); Elster (5,6th inning off Kipper 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bonilla (16,8th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Elster (9,by Fisher).  SB–Strawberry (16,2nd base off Kipper/Ortiz); Lind (7,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter); Ortiz (1,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter).  CS–Dykstra (5,2nd base by Fisher/Ortiz).  IBB–Fisher (4,Elster).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:55.  A–45,011.
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