New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1988 at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Backman 2b 2 0 1 0
  Teufel ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Magadan 1b 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 5 1 0 1
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 2 1 1
Elster ss 3 0 1 0
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 2 2
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 1 2 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 1
Reynolds rf 4 0 1 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
  Prince ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 1 1 0
  Rucker p 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York 000 010 130581
Pittsburgh 000 003 000381
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  McClure  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers   1.0 3 0 0 0 2
  McDowell  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.2 6 2 2 2 3
  Rucker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gott  L (5-4) 0.2 1 3 3 3 1
  Robinson   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
4

  E–Carter (7), Drabek (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York McReynolds (21,off Gott), Pittsburgh Drabek (3,off Gooden).  HR–New York Johnson (19,5th inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bonds (19,6th inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Gooden (7,off Drabek).  SB–Van Slyke (17,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  CS–Bonds (8,2nd base by Gooden/Carter).  WP–Drabek (3).  BK–Gott 3 (5).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:12.  A–48,272.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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