Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 1998 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 1, New York Mets 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Ward cf 2 0 1 1
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Strange 3b 4 0 2 0
Collier ss 4 0 1 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Loaiza p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Polcovich ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0
Becker rf 4 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lopez pr 0 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 1 1 0
McRae cf 2 1 1 0
Spehr c 4 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Reed p 2 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1
Pittsburgh 000 100 000181
New York 000 010 001250
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   6.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Dessens   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Peters  L (0-1) 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Wilkins   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
5
2
1
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   7.0 6 1 1 1 3
  McMichael  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
3

  E–Polcovich (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Collier (1,off Reed); Strange (1,off McMichael Jr), New York Spehr (1,off Loaiza).  3B–New York McRae (1,off Loaiza).  SF–Ward (1,off Reed).  SB–McRae 2 (2,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall,3rd base off Loaiza/Kendall).  WP–Wilkins (1).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:50.  A–15,245.
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