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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1989 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 3 2
Jefferies 2b 5 2 3 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1
Magadan 1b 4 0 1 2
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Sasser c 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 5 0 1 0
Ojeda p 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redus rf 3 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
King 1b 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 1 2 0
Bilardello c 2 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph,c 1 0 0 0
Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 1 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 1
  Madden pr 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
New York 230 000 0016121
Pittsburgh 000 000 010160
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (3-6) 9.0 6 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (0-3) 1.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Garcia   5.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Heaton   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Robinson   1.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
7
6

  E–Sasser (2).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Bilardello (2).  2B–New York Wilson (4,off Fisher); Jefferies (15,off Garcia), Pittsburgh Quinones (8,off Ojeda).  HR–New York Dykstra (2,2nd inning off Fisher 1 on, 0 out); Johnson (15,9th inning off Robinson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Sasser 2 (3,by Fisher,by Robinson); Wilson (2,by Garcia).  SB–Jefferies (5,2nd base off Fisher/Bilardello); Strawberry (9,2nd base off Robinson/Ortiz); Van Slyke (7,2nd base off Ojeda/Sasser).  CS–Dykstra (1,2nd base by Garcia/Bilardello); Quinones (2,2nd base by Ojeda/Sasser).  IBB–Fisher (3,Sasser); Garcia (1,Wilson); Robinson (5,Sasser).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:37.  A–37,716.
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