Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
September 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Mets 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 4 1 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 0 2 0
Bonilla rf 3 0 0 1
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Smiley p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 3b 3 1 1 0
Miller cf 4 1 2 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 2 2
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Cone p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Pittsburgh 001 000 000–130
New York 200 000 00x–250
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (8-9) 8.0 5 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
1
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (12-8) 9.0 3 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
8
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (21,off Cone), New York Magadan (22,off Smiley); Jefferies (38,off Smiley).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:11.  A–48,375.
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