New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 2009 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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New York Mets 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Cora ss 6 1 2 0
Wright 3b 5 2 1 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 1
  Martinez cf 1 0 0 0
Tatis lf,1b 4 4 3 2
Church cf,rf 6 2 3 2
Evans 1b,lf 6 0 2 1
Santos c 4 0 1 0
Redding p 1 0 0 0
  Misch p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 1 2
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 0 0 0 1
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes ph 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Schneider ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 15 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 5 0 1 1
Wilson ss 3 0 0 1
Young rf 3 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph,2b 2 1 1 0
LaRoche A. 1b 5 2 2 2
Jones lf,rf 5 3 3 2
LaRoche A. 3b 4 1 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 3 2
Vazquez 2b 4 0 2 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Maholm p 2 0 0 0
  Karstens p 0 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 0 0 0
  Meek p 0 0 0 0
  Moss lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
New York 000 242 000 19150
Pittsburgh 032 000 102 08120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Redding   2.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Misch   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dessens   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Stokes   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Feliciano   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Green   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Rodriguez  W(2-2) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
8
8
4
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm   4.1 11 6 6 1 1
  Karstens   1.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Meek   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Jackson   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Chavez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Capps  L(1-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
15
9
9
6
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Castillo-Cora-Evans, Pittsburgh 1. Vazquez-Wilson-Adam LaRoche.  2B–New York Cora (9,off Maholm); Tatis (8,off Jackson); Santos (8,off Jackson), Pittsburgh A. McCutchen (6,off Redding); Jones (1,off Redding); Diaz (6,off Redding).  3B–Pittsburgh Jones (1,off Redding).  HR–New York Tatis (3,6th inning off Karstens 1 on 2 out), Pittsburgh Jones (1,7th inning off Feliciano 0 on 2 out); Adam LaRoche (12,9th inning off Rodriguez 1 on 0 out).  SF–Reed (1,off Karstens); Wilson (2,off Redding).  HBP–Tatis 2 (8,by Maholm,by Capps); A. McCutchen (2,by Redding); Young (3,by Dessens); Diaz (3,by S. Green).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Wilson (2,off Redding).  Team–10.  SB–Cora (7,2nd base off Maholm/Diaz); A. Reyes (1,2nd base off Meek/Diaz); Tatis (3,2nd base off Capps/Diaz).  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Mike Estabrook, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–3:48.  A–14,321.
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