Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1990 at Shea 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, New York Mets 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 5 2 2 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 6 2 3 1
Van Slyke cf 6 3 3 4
Bonilla rf 6 2 3 3
Bonds lf 3 2 1 0
Bream 1b 5 0 1 0
LaValliere c 3 1 0 0
Lind 2b 5 0 3 2
Drabek p 2 0 1 2
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  King ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 45 12 17 12
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1
  O'Malley 3b 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Thornton rf 0 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 1 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 4 1 0 0
Lyons c 4 1 1 2
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Whitehurst p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Machado p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 3 3
Pittsburgh 021 021 13212171
New York 120 000 000332
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (1-0) 5.0 2 3 3 3 0
  Patterson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ruskin   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
4
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (0-1) 4.2 7 5 5 2 5
  Musselman   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Whitehurst   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Ojeda   1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Pena   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Machado   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Innis   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
4
6

  E–Backman (1), Jefferies 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bell 2 (2,off Whitehurst,off Pena); Van Slyke (1,off Pena).  3B–Pittsburgh Backman (1,off Whitehurst).  HR–Pittsburgh Van Slyke 2 (2,5th inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Innis 0 on, 2 out); Bonilla (1,9th inning off Innis 0 on, 2 out), New York Johnson (1,1st inning off Drabek 0 on, 2 out); Lyons (1,2nd inning off Drabek 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bonds (1,by Ojeda); Strawberry (1,by Patterson).  SB–Bell (1,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Miller (1,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere).  CS–McReynolds (1,2nd base by Patterson/LaValliere).  WP–Drabek (1).  HBP–Patterson (1,Strawberry); Ojeda (1,Bonds).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:18.  A–47,919.
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