New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 18, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 1
Magadan 1b 4 0 2 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
  Carr cf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Sasser rf 3 1 2 1
Boston cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
Viola p 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
  Simons p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 4 1 1 1
  Espy lf,cf 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 5 2 3 0
Van Slyke cf 3 2 1 2
  Varsho lf 0 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 2 2 3
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
McClendon 1b 3 1 0 0
Wehner 3b 4 1 1 1
Slaught c 4 0 3 2
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Drabek p 3 0 0 0
  Merced ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
New York 100 000 100260
Pittsburgh 004 500 00x9110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (12-10) 3.2 9 8 8 3 7
  Innis   0.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Simons   3.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Burke   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
4
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (12-11) 7.0 5 2 2 0 4
  Landrum   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
4

  E–None.  2B–New York Cerone (11,off Drabek), Pittsburgh Bell 2 (23,off Viola 2); Bonilla (33,off Viola); Wehner (5,off Innis); Slaught (10,off Innis).  HR–New York Elster (5,1st inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out); Sasser (4,7th inning off Drabek 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Redus (5,3rd inning off Viola 0 on, 0 out); Van Slyke (13,3rd inning off Viola 1 on, 0 out); Bonilla (15,4th inning off Viola 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Lind (7,by Innis).  CS–Sasser (1,2nd base by Drabek/Slaught).  SB–Slaught (1,2nd base off Viola/Cerone).  IBB–Innis (6,Lind).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:27.  A–36,014.
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