Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 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 2, New York Mets 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 2 3 0
Brown A. cf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 4 0 1 2
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Sveum ss 4 0 1 0
  Polcovich pr 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 2 0
Osik c 3 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown E. lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bieser lf 3 0 1 0
  Olerud ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b,ss 4 1 1 2
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 2 1 2 1
Huskey rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 0 0
Franco 1b 3 0 0 0
Lopez ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ochoa rf 0 0 0 0
Mlicki p 2 0 0 0
  Hardtke ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 001 000 010280
New York 010 000 02x360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   7.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Wilkins  L (5-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  W (4-5) 8.0 6 2 2 1 7
  McMichael  SV (3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
8

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Smith (2,off Mlicki); Guillen 2 (13,off Mlicki,off McMichael).  3B–New York Everett (2,off Schmidt).  HR–New York Hundley (16,2nd inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out); Alfonzo (5,8th inning off Wilkins 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Hundley (9,by Schmidt).  SB–Womack 3 (27,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley 2,3rd base off Mlicki/Hundley); M Johnson (1,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley); Hardtke (1,2nd base off Wilkins/Osik).  CS–Bieser (3,2nd base by Schmidt/Osik).  IBB–Schmidt (2,Hundley).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:36.  A–32,908.
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