New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 25, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1999 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 4 2 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
Piazza c 5 1 3 3
Ventura 3b 4 1 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 3 1 0 0
McRae cf 3 1 2 3
  Agbayani ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Yoshii p 3 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 1 1 2
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 3 2 2 1
Morris 2b 4 0 0 0
Giles cf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Benjamin ss 4 0 1 1
Benson p 2 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
New York 000 400 1308111
Pittsburgh 100 000 110360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii  W (5-3) 6.2 5 2 2 2 6
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Benitez   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  L (3-3) 6.2 8 5 5 5 5
  Clontz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Sauerbeck   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
7
6

  E–Ventura (2).  DP–New York 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Piazza (4,off Benson); Ordonez (7,off Benson); Agbayani (2,off Wilkins), Pittsburgh Martin (11,off Yoshii); Giles (10,off Yoshii).  HR–New York Piazza (9,4th inning off Benson 0 on, 1 out); McRae (4,4th inning off Benson 2 on, 1 out); M Franco (2,8th inning off Wilkins 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Martin (3,1st inning off Yoshii 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ordonez (4,off Wilkins).  HBP–Allensworth (1,by Wilkins); Young (3,by Yoshii).  SB–Cedeno 2 (26,2nd base off Benson/Kendall,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall); Martin (5,2nd base off Benitez/Piazza).  CS–Allensworth (1,2nd base by Benson/Kendall).  HBP–Yoshii (4,Young); Wilkins (3,Allensworth).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:58.  A–12,029.
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