Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
July 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Mets 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 1 2 0
Van Slyke cf 3 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 1
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Bream 1b 3 0 1 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ss 0 0 0 0
Walk p 2 0 0 0
  Destrade ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 2
McReynolds lf 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Sasser c 3 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Pittsburgh 100 000 000160
New York 200 000 00x261
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  L (11-6) 6.0 5 2 2 3 1
  Kipper   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
4
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (11-7) 9.0 6 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
8

  E–Darling (2).  HR–New York Strawberry (27,1st inning off Walk 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Sasser (3,by Walk); Johnson (19,by Kipper).  SB–Bream (5,2nd base off Darling/Sasser); Strawberry (21,2nd base off Walk/LaValliere); McReynolds (15,2nd base off Kipper/LaValliere).  CS–Van Slyke (8,2nd base by Darling/Sasser).  WP–Walk (9).  IBB–Walk (3,Sasser); Kipper (2,Johnson).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:25.  A–46,917.
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