New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 2, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1990 at Three Rivers 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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New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reed cf 5 1 1 0
Magadan 1b 5 0 1 1
Tabler rf 5 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 2 3 1
O'Malley 3b 2 0 0 0
Jelic lf 2 0 0 0
  Hughes ph,lf 2 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
  Hundley c 1 0 1 0
Baez ss 4 0 2 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Torve ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 0 1 0
  Belliard 2b 2 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 1 2 1
  Garcia pr,ss 1 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 0
Bonilla rf 5 1 2 2
  Carter rf 0 0 0 0
Reynolds lf 2 2 1 0
Bream 1b 3 1 2 2
  Martinez 1b 1 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 1 1
  Slaught c 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 2 1 1 1
  King 3b 2 0 0 0
Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum p 1 1 0 0
  Patterson p 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Ryal ph 1 0 0 0
  Palacios p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 7
New York 202 000 000492
Pittsburgh 022 221 00x9121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (19-7) 4.1 9 8 6 2 5
  Innis   2.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Schatzeder   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
7
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Smiley   1.0 2 2 0 1 0
  Landrum  W (7-3) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Patterson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Belinda   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Palacios   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
2
6

  E–Bell (22).  2B–New York Reed (2,off Tomlin); Baez (1,off Tomlin); Teufel (10,off Belinda), Pittsburgh Bell (28,off Innis).  HR–New York Teufel (9,1st inning off Tomlin 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Bream (15,5th inning off Gooden 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Innis (1,off Patterson).  WP–Gooden (6).  BK–Tomlin (3).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:58.  A–50,028.
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