Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 11, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1990 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, New York Mets 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Redus 1b 4 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 1 0
King 3b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 0 0 0
Prince c 3 0 1 0
Lind 2b 3 0 2 0
Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Roesler p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 1 1 1
Miller cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 2 1
McReynolds lf 3 1 2 1
Marshall 1b 3 0 0 0
Lyons c 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
Viola p 2 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 000060
New York 200 001 00x360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Patterson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Roesler   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Power   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (1-0) 7.2 5 0 0 0 8
  Franco  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
9

  E–None.  2B–New York Miller (1,off Smiley).  HR–New York Jefferies (1,1st inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out); McReynolds (1,6th inning off Roesler 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Smiley (1,off Viola); Viola (1,off Smiley).  CS–Prince (1,2nd base by Viola/Lyons).  SB–Strawberry (1,2nd base off Smiley/Prince).  WP–Franco (1).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:03.  A–16,880.
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