Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1989 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 1 0
Lind 2b 5 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 1 1 0
Redus 1b 3 0 1 2
Cangelosi rf 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 0 0
Prince c 2 0 1 0
  Distefano ph 0 0 0 0
  Heaton pr 0 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Magadan 1b 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Jefferies 3b 2 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
Sasser c 2 1 1 0
  Carreon ph 1 1 1 1
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli lf 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 2
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 3
Pittsburgh 200 010 000371
New York 120 000 10x472
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   1.1 4 3 3 3 0
  Kipper  L (0-2) 6.2 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   5.0 5 3 1 4 4
  Aase  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Myers  SV (8) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
1
5
6

  E–Prince (4), Teufel (3), Sasser (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (15,off Fernandez), New York Sasser (3,off Drabek); Jefferies (12,off Kipper).  3B–Pittsburgh Redus (2,off Fernandez).  HR–New York Elster (1,2nd inning off Drabek 1 on, 0 out); Carreon (2,7th inning off Kipper 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Redus (2,off Fernandez).  IBB–Bonilla (5,by Fernandez).  SB–Lind (5,3rd base off Fernandez/Sasser); Bonilla (3,2nd base off Fernandez/Sasser); Van Slyke (6,2nd base off Fernandez/Sasser); Strawberry (8,2nd base off Drabek/Prince); Dykstra (12,2nd base off Kipper/Prince).  CS–Prince (1,2nd base by Fernandez/Sasser).  WP–Fernandez (1).  IBB–Fernandez (1,Bonilla).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:48.  A–47,478.
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