New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 16, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1991 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 0 0 0
Jefferies 3b 3 0 1 0
Brooks rf 3 1 1 1
Johnson ss 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 2 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 1 0
  Boston ph 1 0 0 0
Whitehurst p 2 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 1 1 1
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redus 1b 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 3 1 2 0
Van Slyke cf 3 1 1 3
Bonilla rf 4 0 1 0
Varsho lf 3 1 1 0
King 3b 3 0 1 1
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 0 2 0
Tomlin p 1 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 9 4
New York 000 010 100260
Pittsburgh 000 102 01x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehurst  L (1-1) 6.0 8 3 3 0 1
  Innis   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Schourek   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
0
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin  W (1-0) 7.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Belinda  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Johnson (2,off Belinda), Pittsburgh Varsho (2,off Whitehurst).  3B–Pittsburgh King (1,off Whitehurst).  HR–New York Brooks (3,5th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 2 out); Carreon (1,7th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (1,6th inning off Whitehurst 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Jefferies (1,by Tomlin).  SH–Tomlin (1,off Whitehurst); Bell (3,off Innis).  SF–Van Slyke (2,off Schourek).  SB–Jefferies (3,3rd base off Tomlin/LaValliere).  CS–Herr (1,2nd base by Tomlin/LaValliere).  BK–Tomlin (1).  HBP–Tomlin (1,Jefferies).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:49.  A–16,963.
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