New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 11, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1989 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 2 1
Jefferies 2b 5 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 5 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 5 1 1 0
Elster ss 5 1 2 1
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 6 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 0 0
Lind 2b 4 2 3 0
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 5 0 2 2
Wilson rf 4 0 2 2
Bream 1b 4 0 1 0
Ortiz c 5 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Medvin p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 11 4
New York 000 030 000 00360
Pittsburgh 100 010 001 014110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   5.0 7 2 2 5 0
  Fernandez   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Myers  L (0-1) 2.2 3 2 2 1 4
Totals
10.2
11
4
4
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   7.1 5 3 3 4 1
  Medvin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Kipper   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Robinson  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
6
3
3
5
3

  E–None.  2B–New York Magadan (1,off Drabek), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (3,off Ojeda); Lind (1,off Fernandez).  SH–Ojeda 2 (2,off Drabek 2); Drabek (1,off Ojeda).  SF–Bonilla (1,off Ojeda); Wilson (1,off Myers).  SB–Strawberry (3,2nd base off Drabek/Ortiz); Lind (2,2nd base off Myers/Carter).  CS–Strawberry (1,3rd base by Medvin/Ortiz); Bream (2,2nd base by Ojeda/Carter).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:23.  A–42,910.
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