New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1997 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 2 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 2 1 0 0
Hundley c 3 1 1 1
Everett rf 4 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 1 2 2
  Ochoa pr 0 0 0 0
Huskey lf 4 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
Mlicki p 3 0 1 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 2 1
Allensworth cf 3 0 1 1
Martin lf 2 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
Sveum 3b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Polcovich ss 4 2 1 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 1
  Brown pr 0 1 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 100 200 000370
Pittsburgh 001 000 21x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki   6.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Acevedo  L (1-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   7.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Christiansen  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Loiselle  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  PB–Hundley (5); Kendall (2).  2B–New York Mlicki (2,off Schmidt); Baerga (15,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh M Johnson (9,off Mlicki); Womack (9,off Acevedo); Sveum (13,off Acevedo).  3B–New York Johnson (4,off Schmidt).  HR–New York Baerga (5,4th inning off Schmidt 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kendall (22,by Acevedo).  IBB–Martin (5,by Acevedo).  CS–Alfonzo (5,2nd base by Christiansen/Kendall).  SB–Polcovich (2,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley); Allensworth (9,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley); Womack 3 (36,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley,3rd base off Mlicki/Hundley,3rd base off Acevedo/Hundley).  HBP–Acevedo (2,Kendall).  IBB–Acevedo (1,Martin).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:45.  A–12,244.
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