Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
August 7, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1991 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 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 0 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 0 1 0
  Wehner 3b 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 1
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Bonds lf 2 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Varsho rf 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Prince c 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Palacios p 0 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Espy lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 1 2 1
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 2
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 1
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Brooks rf 3 1 2 0
  Boston ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 2 2 0
O'Brien c 3 2 1 0
Gooden p 3 0 1 2
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 010141
New York 000 043 00x7111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (10-9) 5.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Palacios   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Heaton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Belinda   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (12-6) 8.0 4 1 1 4 4
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
4

  E–Bonilla (11).  SF–McReynolds (3,off Smith); Magadan (6,off Heaton).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:46.  A–41,542.
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