New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 17, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1990 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Carreon cf,rf 4 3 3 2
Magadan 1b 5 0 2 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 1
McReynolds lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 0
Marshall rf 3 0 1 0
  Boston pr,cf 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 1
Mercado c 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 0 0 0
  Miller cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 4 0 2 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 0
  Bell ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 2 2 0
Bream 1b 3 0 3 1
  Redus ph,1b 1 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Heaton p 2 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 1 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 1
New York 100 011 100470
Pittsburgh 010 001 1003100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (5-5) 7.0 9 3 3 2 8
  Franco  SV (11) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  L (9-2) 6.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Belinda   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Bair   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
2

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (16,off Gooden); Bream (9,off Gooden).  3B–Pittsburgh Backman (2,off Gooden).  HR–New York Carreon 2 (7,1st inning off Heaton 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Heaton 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Elster (6,off Heaton).  SB–Boston (6,2nd base off Heaton/LaValliere); Bonds (17,2nd base off Gooden/Mercado); Bream (3,2nd base off Gooden/Mercado).  WP–Gooden (2).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:10.  A–35,652.
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