Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
September 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 5, New York Mets 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 2 0 0
Ward cf 5 1 1 1
Smith lf 3 1 0 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
Young 1b 5 1 1 0
Randa 3b 5 0 4 2
  Allensworth pr 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 5 0 1 1
Guillen rf 3 0 1 1
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
Cooke p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mendoza cf 3 1 1 1
Gilbert 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph 0 1 0 1
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
  Ordonez ss 1 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 2 5
  Petagine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Huskey lf 4 0 1 0
Ochoa rf 4 0 1 0
Hardtke 2b 3 1 1 0
Lopez ss,3b 3 0 1 0
Castillo c 2 2 1 0
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0
  Crawford p 1 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 1 0 0
  Franco 3b 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Pittsburgh 001 000 022580
New York 000 016 00x782
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  L (9-15) 5.2 5 5 5 5 7
  Peters   0.1 1 2 2 0 0
  Sodowsky   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
5
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki   2.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Crawford  W (3-3) 4.0 1 1 0 1 4
  Jordan   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Rojas  SV (15) 1.2 2 2 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
4
12

  E–Ordonez (9), Olerud (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  HR–New York Olerud (21,6th inning off Peters 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Guillen (3,off Rojas).  HBP–Mendoza 2 (2,by Cooke 2); Gilkey (6,by Peters).  SB–Womack (58,3rd base off Crawford/Castillo).  CS–Huskey (5,3rd base by Cooke/Kendall).  WP–Rojas (3).  HBP–Cooke 2 (9,Mendoza 2); Peters (3,Gilkey).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:56.  A–13,195.
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