New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 29, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1997 at Three Rivers 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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New York Mets 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Gilkey lf 5 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 2 1 0
Olerud 1b 5 2 2 4
Hundley c 5 1 1 1
Everett cf 4 2 2 0
Baerga 2b 2 0 0 0
Huskey rf 3 1 1 2
Lopez ss 4 1 3 1
Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Lidle p 1 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 1 1 2
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 1 1
Allensworth cf 5 2 2 0
Martin lf 4 2 2 2
Young 1b 5 3 4 1
Sveum 3b 5 0 3 1
Kendall c 3 0 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 0
Collier ss 4 0 1 1
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Osik c 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 7
New York 010 000 34210121
Pittsburgh 203 001 1018151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   3.0 9 5 5 0 3
  Lidle   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Jordan  W (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  McMichael   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (19) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova   7.0 7 5 4 1 3
  Peters  L (2-2) 0.1 2 3 3 0 0
  Loiselle   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Christiansen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
1
4

  E–Reed (1), Cordova (3).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Gilkey (12,off Cordova); Lopez (3,off Loiselle), Pittsburgh Young (13,off Reed).  HR–New York Huskey (10,7th inning off Cordova 0 on, 2 out); M Franco (3,7th inning off Cordova 1 on, 2 out); Olerud 2 (13,8th inning off Peters 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Loiselle 1 on, 1 out); Hundley (19,8th inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Martin (7,1st inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out); Young (7,7th inning off Jordan 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Baerga (3,off Peters); Cordova (4,off Lidle).  SF–Huskey (7,off Cordova).  HBP–Baerga (2,by Cordova); Everett (6,by Peters).  SB–Kendall (6,2nd base off Jordan/Hundley).  CS–Sveum (2,2nd base by Lidle/Hundley).  HBP–Cordova (7,Baerga); Peters (1,Everett).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:47.  A–26,499.
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