Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 19, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1997 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 6, New York Mets 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 2 2 0
Randa 3b 3 1 2 0
Smith lf 4 1 2 2
Guillen rf 4 1 1 1
Polcovich ss 2 0 0 0
  Sveum ph,ss 2 1 1 3
Lieber p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 2 0
Gilkey lf 3 1 1 0
  Ochoa rf 2 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 2 2 0
Hundley c 4 2 2 1
Everett rf,lf 3 0 2 3
Baerga 2b 2 1 0 0
  Hardtke 2b 2 0 1 1
Franco M. 3b 2 0 0 0
  Alfonzo ph,3b 2 1 2 1
Lopez ss 4 0 2 1
Clark p 3 0 0 0
  Bieser ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 7
Pittsburgh 010 000 203680
New York 103 002 0017151
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   2.1 7 4 4 0 0
  Peters   3.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Christiansen   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Sodowsky   2.0 3 0 0 2 0
  Rincon  L (2-4) 0.1 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.1
15
7
7
5
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   8.0 5 3 2 1 1
  Franco  W (1-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
1
2

  E–Johnson (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Smith (1,off Clark); Guillen (11,off J Franco), New York Everett 2 (12,off Lieber 2); Alfonzo (12,off Peters); Lopez (2,off Peters).  HR–Pittsburgh Sveum (3,9th inning off J Franco 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Everett (2,by Sodowsky).  SB–Lopez (1,2nd base off Peters/Kendall).  CS–Everett (5,3rd base by Peters/Kendall).  IBB–Sodowsky (2,Everett).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:37.  A–15,492.
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