New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hahn cf 3 0 2 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Jorgensen lf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 0
Grote c 3 0 2 0
Koosman p 1 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 8 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Clines cf 2 2 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Stargell lf 2 2 1 2
  Davalillo pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 2
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 1 1
Alley ss 4 0 0 0
Ellis p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
New York 000 000 000080
Pittsburgh 012 020 10x671
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (3-5) 7.0 7 6 5 3 4
  McAndrew   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (11-3) 9.0 8 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
4
3

  E–Stargell (1).  DP–New York 1, Pittsburgh 3.  PB–Grote (3).  2B–New York Hahn (3,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Sanguillen (16,off Koosman).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (25,5th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Koosman (4,off Ellis).  HBP–Stargell (2,by McAndrew).  IBB–Hebner (1,by McAndrew).  WP–Koosman (2).  HBP–McAndrew (1,Stargell).  IBB–McAndrew (3,Hebner).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:05.  A–19,751.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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