Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 22, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 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 9, New York Mets 12

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 6 2 2 0
Brown A. cf 5 2 3 1
Smith lf 4 2 2 2
Young 1b 4 2 2 1
Randa 3b 4 1 1 2
Kendall c 3 0 0 1
Guillen rf 5 0 1 1
Sveum ss 5 0 2 1
Loaiza p 1 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Silva p 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 6 3 4 2
Alfonzo 3b 4 2 2 1
Olerud 1b 5 2 2 3
Hundley c 5 2 2 1
Everett rf 5 1 4 3
Baerga 2b 5 0 1 1
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Kashiwada p 0 0 0 0
Huskey lf 3 1 2 1
Lopez ss 5 1 1 0
Lidle p 2 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 1 0 0 0
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Hardtke 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 18 12
Pittsburgh 000 420 102 09130
New York 013 104 000 312182
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   3.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Silva   2.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Sodowsky   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Christiansen   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Loiselle   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Peters  L (2-1) 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.2
18
12
12
4
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle   4.0 6 6 4 0 2
  Acevedo   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jordan   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  McMichael   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Kashiwada  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
9
7
1
6

  E–Everett (3), Lopez (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Smith 2 (4,off Lidle,off Jordan); A Brown (6,off Lidle); Randa (16,off J Franco), New York Johnson (6,off Loaiza); Alfonzo (13,off Christiansen); Olerud (21,off Christiansen).  HR–New York Hundley (17,2nd inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (1,4th inning off Silva 0 on, 1 out); Everett (8,10th inning off Peters 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Kendall (3,off Lidle); Smith (1,off Acevedo); Huskey (6,off Loaiza).  HBP–Kendall (16,by Lidle); Randa (3,by Lidle); E Brown (5,by Kashiwada); Everett (5,by Loaiza); Ochoa (1,by Christiansen).  SH–Alfonzo (5,off Loaiza).  SB–Young (6,2nd base off J Franco/Hundley).  CS–Johnson (7,2nd base by Loaiza/Kendall).  WP–Lidle (1).  BK–Loaiza (2).  HBP–Loaiza (6,Everett); Christiansen (1,Ochoa); Lidle 2 (2,Kendall,Randa); Kashiwada (2,E Brown).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:28.  A–23,247.
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