Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
April 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1998 at Shea 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 2 1
Collier ss 4 1 1 0
Martin lf 5 1 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Ward cf 3 0 2 2
Guillen rf 2 0 0 0
Strange 3b 4 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Osik c 2 1 0 0
Cordova p 3 0 0 0
  Garcia 3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 4 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae cf 4 1 3 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 3 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 1
Huskey rf 4 0 0 1
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0
  Ordonez pr 0 0 0 0
Spehr c 1 0 0 0
  Tatum c 2 0 1 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
  Becker ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Pittsburgh 200 100 001480
New York 000 200 000281
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (2-0) 7.0 5 2 2 1 8
  Wilkins   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Christiansen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
12
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 5 3
  Bohanon   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Hudek   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6

  E–Lopez (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Gilkey 2 (2,off Cordova 2); McRae (2,off Cordova).  3B–Pittsburgh Collier (1,off Jones).  HR–Pittsburgh Garcia (1,9th inning off Hudek 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Collier (1,by Jones).  SH–Jones (2,off Cordova).  IBB–Olerud (1,by Cordova).  SB–Womack (1,2nd base off Hudek/Tatum).  CS–Osik (1,2nd base by Jones/Tatum).  WP–Jones (1).  BK–Jones (1).  HBP–Jones (1,Collier).  IBB–Cordova (1,Olerud).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:57.  A–13,528.
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