New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 15, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1985 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
  Chapman ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson cf 5 0 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 1
Carter c 2 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Heep lf 3 0 1 0
  Christensen ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
Gardenhire ss 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Blocker ph 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
Latham p 1 0 0 0
  Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Almon cf 3 1 2 2
  Ray 2b 1 1 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 3 0 1 1
Lezcano lf 4 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Morrison 2b 3 0 1 0
  Wynne cf 1 0 0 0
Foli ss 2 1 0 0
Bielecki p 1 0 0 0
  Candelaria p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
New York 001 000 000190
Pittsburgh 001 200 10x470
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Latham  L (0-1) 3.2 5 3 3 3 2
  Sisk   2.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Gorman   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Lynch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  W (1-0) 6.2 7 1 1 3 4
  Candelaria  SV (2) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
4
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Johnson (1,off Bielecki); Heep (1,off Bielecki); Wilson (3,off Candelaria), Pittsburgh Almon (1,off Latham); Madlock (2,off Latham); Hendrick (1,off Gorman).  IBB–Foli (1,by Latham).  BK–Latham (1).  IBB–Latham (1,Foli).  T–2:38.  A–5,575.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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