New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 16, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 2000 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."

"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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New York Mets 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 0 0 0 0
  Nunnally lf 2 2 1 2
  Mora ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 6 2 3 1
Alfonzo 2b 6 3 2 1
Piazza c 4 3 3 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 3 6
Zeile 1b 5 0 1 1
Payton cf 3 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 2 1 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Agbayani ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 15 12
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 2 1 1
Meares ss 4 1 1 0
Giles rf 4 2 3 4
Vander Wal 1b 3 1 1 0
  Aven ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Cordero lf 5 1 2 2
Morris 2b 4 1 2 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 1
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Young 1b 1 0 0 0
Brown cf 5 0 0 0
Benson p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 1 0 0
  Wilkins p 1 0 0 0
  Sojo 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 9 11 9
New York 321 302 01012153
Pittsburgh 403 002 0009111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   0.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Mahomes  W (1-0) 4.0 6 5 2 4 2
  Wendell   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Cook   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Benitez  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
6
4
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson   2.2 5 6 3 0 1
  Peters  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 3 1
  Wilkins   2.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Sauerbeck   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Christiansen   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
12
9
5
5

  E–Ventura 2 (3), Ordonez (4), Aramis Ramirez (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–New York Piazza 2 (6,off Benson,off Sauerbeck); Zeile (5,off Benson); Alfonzo (4,off Peters); Payton (2,off Wilkins); Ventura (2,off Sauerbeck); Bell (3,off Christiansen), Pittsburgh Giles 2 (4,off Mahomes 2); Vander Wal (3,off Mahomes).  HR–New York Ventura (2,1st inning off Benson 2 on, 2 out); Nunnally (1,2nd inning off Benson 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Giles (4,6th inning off Wendell 0 on, 1 out); Cordero (2,6th inning off Wendell 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Ventura (1,off Wilkins).  HBP–Henderson (1,by Benson); Kendall (2,by Jones Sr).  IBB–Piazza (1,by Peters); Ordonez (2,by Wilkins).  SB–Nunnally (1,2nd base off Peters/Kendall); Kendall (3,2nd base off Mahomes/Piazza).  WP–Peters (1).  HBP–Jones Sr (1,Kendall); Benson (1,Henderson).  IBB–Peters (1,Piazza); Wilkins (1,Ordonez).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–3:41.  A–20,724.
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