New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 24, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 2002 at PNC Park. 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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New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Perez cf 4 1 1 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 2 1
Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 2 1 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 1
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 1
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b 4 0 1 1
Wilson ss 5 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Giles lf 3 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Rios rf 4 1 3 1
Young 1b 3 1 1 0
Alvarez cf 3 1 2 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 1
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Fogg p 2 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 1 1 1 1
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,cf 1 0 1 2
Totals 35 6 12 6
New York 010 011 000340
Pittsburgh 000 000 24x6121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   6.2 7 2 2 1 3
  Reed   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Guthrie  L (5-3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Weathers   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fogg   5.1 3 3 2 4 0
  Villone   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Beimel   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Lincoln   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck  W (5-4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Williams  SV (45) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
5
2

  E–Giles (6).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Alvarez (1,off Trachsel); Mackowiak (22,off Trachsel).  SH–Ordonez (9,off Fogg).  IBB–Young (2,by Weathers).  CS–Alomar (4,3rd base by Sauerbeck/Kendall).  SB–Reese (12,2nd base off Reed/Piazza); Brown (10,2nd base off Weathers/Piazza).  IBB–Weathers (7,Young).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:09.  A–13,249.
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