New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 19, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 2001 at PNC Park. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 4 1 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 5 0 2 0
Piazza c 5 2 2 1
  Phillips c 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 5 1 1 1
Shinjo lf 4 3 3 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez lf 0 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 4 1 1 3
Payton cf 4 1 2 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 1
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 4 0 1 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hermansen rf 4 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 2 1
Wilson C. c 4 0 2 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Matthews, Jr. cf 4 1 3 0
Meares 2b 4 0 2 1
McKnight p 2 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
New York 001 302 0129150
Pittsburgh 110 000 0002113
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch   1.2 5 2 2 1 1
  Gonzalez  W (3-2) 6.2 6 0 0 0 4
  Martin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McKnight  L (3-4) 6.0 9 6 5 1 2
  Lincoln   2.0 3 1 0 0 1
  Loiselle   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
1
3

  E–Giles (10), C Wilson (3), Young (7).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–New York Shinjo (22,off McKnight); Lawton (9,off Loiselle), Pittsburgh Ramirez (36,off Rusch); Matthews (15,off Rusch); Meares (11,off Rusch).  HR–New York Zeile (9,4th inning off McKnight 2 on, 1 out); Piazza (33,6th inning off McKnight 0 on, 0 out); Ventura (20,9th inning off Loiselle 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Giles (4,by Rusch).  SB–Lawton (8,2nd base off McKnight/C Wilson).  CS–Payton (3,2nd base by McKnight/C Wilson).  WP–Gonzalez (5).  HBP–Rusch (7,Giles).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:51.  A–20,371.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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