Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
August 11, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 2008 at Shea Stadium. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Mets 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 3 0 0 0
Rivas ss 4 2 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 3 2
Doumit c 4 1 1 2
LaRoche 3b 3 1 0 0
Moss lf 4 0 0 0
Pearce rf 4 0 2 2
Gomez 2b 3 2 0 0
Duke p 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 1 1 1
  Beam p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 5 1 2 0
Evans lf 4 1 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
Wright 3b 5 1 2 3
Beltran cf 5 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 3 1 1 0
Tatis rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Easley 2b 4 0 0 0
Cancel c 4 1 2 1
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Reyes A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Chavez rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 4
Pittsburgh 000 010 303783
New York 301 001 0005110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Duke   6.0 8 5 3 1 3
  Beam   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bautista  W(4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Grabow  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.0 3 1 1 4 3
  Smith   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Feliciano   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Sanchez   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Heilman  L(2-7) 0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Schoeneweis   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Rivas (7), Doumit (5), Andy LaRoche (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rivas-Gomez-Mientkiewicz.  2B–Pittsburgh Pearce (4,off P. Martinez); F. Sanchez (18,off Smith); Mientkiewicz (19,off Feliciano), New York Evans (6,off Duke); Wright (32,off Beam).  HR–New York Wright (23,1st inning off Duke 2 on 0 out); Cancel (1,6th inning off Duke 0 on 0 out).  SH–Duke (4,off P. Martinez); McLouth (4,off Feliciano).  SF–Doumit (3,off Feliciano).  HBP–Pearce (1,by Sanchez); Andy LaRoche (1,by Heilman).  Team LOB–10.  IBB–Delgado (13,by Beam).  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Kevin Causey.  T–3:11.  A–53,534.
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