New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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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New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 3 0
Backman 2b 5 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 2
Strawberry rf 3 0 1 1
McReynolds lf 3 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Darling p 4 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 1 1 1
Reynolds rf 4 1 1 1
LaValliere c 3 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
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Destrade ph 0 0 0 0
  Dunne pr 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
New York 100 000 2003110
Pittsburgh 000 010 100240
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (12-7) 7.1 4 2 2 1 5
  Myers  SV (17) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  L (11-7) 6.1 7 2 2 3 1
  Rucker   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Kipper   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  PB–LaValliere (3).  2B–New York Hernandez (13,off Walk); Backman (7,off Walk), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (15,off Darling); Bonds (26,off Darling).  3B–New York Dykstra (3,off Walk).  HR–New York Hernandez (6,7th inning off Rucker 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bream (8,5th inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out); Reynolds (5,7th inning off Darling 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Strawberry (7,off Walk).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:41.  A–39,925.
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