Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
October 2, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1999 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, New York Mets 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Nunez ss 4 0 2 0
Brown B. rf 3 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
Morris 2b 3 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Hermansen cf 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 0 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown A. cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
  Mora lf 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 0 0 0 0
  Payton pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 3 2 1 1
Piazza c 5 2 1 2
Ventura 3b 4 0 2 1
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 2 1 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 1 2 0
Reed p 3 1 1 2
Totals 32 7 9 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 000032
New York 000 002 05x790
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  L (8-10) 6.0 4 2 0 4 5
  Garcia   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Anderson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Williams   1.0 5 5 5 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
8
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (11-5) 9.0 3 0 0 0 12
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
12

  E–Young (22), Ramirez (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Nunez (8,off Reed), New York Ventura (38,off Cordova); Ordonez (23,off Williams).  HR–New York Piazza (40,8th inning off Williams 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Reed (8,off Cordova).  IBB–Cedeno (3,by Cordova).  IBB–Cordova (6,Cedeno).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Andrew Fletcher, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:58.  A–36,878.
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