National League
                          Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets
                       24-Sep-1997 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (78-81)                  New York Mets 7 (86-73)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Tony Womack 2b.............  5  2  0  0       Carlos Mendoza cf..........  3  1  1  1
Turner Ward cf.............  5  1  1  1       Shawn Gilbert 3b...........  3  0  0  0
Mark Smith lf..............  3  1  0  0        Bernard Gilkey ph.........  0  1  0  1
 Adrian Brown pr...........  0  0  0  0        Ricardo Jordan p..........  0  0  0  0
Kevin Young 1b.............  5  1  1  0        Rey Ordonez ss............  1  0  0  0
Joe Randa 3b...............  5  0  4  2       John Olerud 1b.............  4  1  2  5
 Jermaine Allensworth pr...  0  0  0  0        Roberto Petagine ph/1b....  1  0  0  0
Shawon Dunston ss..........  5  0  1  1       Butch Huskey lf............  4  0  1  0
Jose Guillen rf............  3  0  1  1       Alex Ochoa rf..............  4  0  1  0
Jason Kendall c............  2  0  0  0       Jason Hardtke 2b...........  3  1  1  0
Steve Cooke p..............  2  0  0  0       Luis Lopez ss/3b...........  3  0  1  0
 Chris Peters p............  0  0  0  0       Alberto Castillo c.........  2  2  1  0
 Freddy Garcia ph..........  1  0  0  0       Dave Mlicki p..............  0  0  0  0
 Clint Sodowsky p..........  0  0  0  0        Edgardo Alfonzo ph........  1  0  0  0
 Ricardo Rincon p..........  0  0  0  0        Joe Crawford p............  1  0  0  0
 Dale Sveum ph.............  1  0  0  0        Brian McRae ph............  0  1  0  0
                                               Matt Franco 3b............  1  0  0  0
                                               Mel Rojas p...............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 37  5  8  5       Totals..................... 31  7  8  7

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Pittsburgh Pirates.. 001 000 022 -  5  8  0
New York Mets....... 000 016 00X -  7  8  2
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E - Ordonez; Olerud. DP - Pirates 1. LOB - Pirates 10; Mets 8. HR - Olerud(21). HBP
- Mendoza 2; Gilkey. SF - Guillen. SB - Womack. CS - Huskey.

Pittsburgh Pirates             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Steve Cooke  L.............   5.2  5  5  5  5  7   0  0  2  0   21 28   4  5
Chris Peters ..............   0.1  1  2  2  0  0   0  0  1  0    2  3   0  1
Clint Sodowsky ............   1.0  2  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  5   2  0
Ricardo Rincon ............   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  1

New York Mets                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Dave Mlicki ...............   2.0  2  0  0  1  4   0  0  0  0    8  9   1  1
Joe Crawford  W............   4.0  1  1  0  1  4   0  0  0  0   14 15   3  5
Ricardo Jordan ............   1.1  3  2  2  2  2   0  0  0  0    7  9   0  2
Mel Rojas  S...............   1.2  2  2  1  0  2   1  0  0  0    8  9   2  2

WP - Rojas. HBP - by Cooke (Mendoza); by Cooke (Mendoza); by Peters (Gilkey).

Strikeouts - Womack; Ward; Smith; Young 3; Dunston; Guillen; Cooke 2; Garcia; Sveum;
Gilbert 2; Olerud; Petagine; Huskey; Hardtke; Lopez; Crawford; MFranco. Walks -
Smith 2; Kendall 2; Hardtke; Lopez; Castillo 2; McRae.

Umpires - HP: Ed Montague  1B: Wally Bell  2B: C.B. Bucknor  3B: Tom Hallion
Start: 19:44   Time: 2:56   Attendance: 13,195

Game: 0924

National League
Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets - Play-by-Play
24-Sep-1997 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

Pittsburgh Pirates starters: 5/2b Womack; 12/cf Ward; 25/lf Smith; 29/1b Young; 16/3b Randa; 3/ss Dunston; 11/rf Guillen; 18/c Kendall; 26/p Cooke
New York Mets starters: 6/cf Mendoza; 12/3b Gilbert; 5/1b Olerud; 42/lf Huskey; 22/rf Ochoa; 19/2b Hardtke; 17/ss Lopez; 30/c Castillo; 38/p Mlicki

Pittsburgh Pirates 1st - Womack flied out to cf. Ward grounded out to p. Smith struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 1st - Mendoza singled to center field. Gilbert struck out swinging. Olerud grounded out to 1b unassisted; Mendoza advanced to second. Huskey grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd - Young struck out swinging. Randa singled to right field. Dunston struck out swinging. Guillen singled to right field; Randa advanced to third. Kendall walked; Guillen advanced to second. Cooke struck out looking. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

New York Mets 2nd - Ochoa grounded out to 2b. Hardtke struck out swinging. Lopez walked. Castillo singled to left center; Lopez advanced to third. Alfonzo pinch hit for Mlicki. Alfonzo reached on a fielder's choice; Castillo out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3rd - Crawford to p for Alfonzo. Womack reached on an error by 1b. Ward grounded out to p; Womack advanced to second. Womack stole third. Smith walked. Young struck out swinging. Randa singled to center field, RBI; Smith advanced to second; Womack scored, unearned. Dunston flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

New York Mets 3rd - Mendoza flied out to cf. Gilbert flied out to lf. Olerud struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 4th - Guillen struck out swinging. Kendall flied out to lf. Cooke struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 4th - Huskey singled up the middle. Ochoa flied out to rf. Hardtke walked; Huskey advanced to second. Lopez struck out swinging; Huskey out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 5th - Womack grounded out to p. Ward grounded out to 1b unassisted. Smith grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 5th - Castillo walked. Crawford struck out swinging. Mendoza hit by pitch; Castillo advanced to second. Gilbert struck out looking. Olerud singled to right field, RBI; Mendoza advanced to second; Castillo scored. Huskey struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 6th - Young struck out swinging. Randa grounded out to 2b. Dunston flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 6th - Ochoa singled to center field. Hardtke reached on a fielder's choice; Ochoa out at second ss to 2b. Lopez flied out to cf. Castillo walked; Hardtke advanced to second. McRae pinch hit for Crawford. McRae walked; Castillo advanced to second; Hardtke advanced to third. Mendoza hit by pitch, RBI; McRae advanced to second; Castillo advanced to third; Hardtke scored. Peters to p for Cooke. Gilkey pinch hit for Gilbert. Gilkey hit by pitch, RBI; Mendoza advanced to second; McRae advanced to third; Castillo scored. Olerud homered to right field, 4 RBI; Gilkey scored; Mendoza scored; McRae scored. Huskey grounded out to ss. 6 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 7th - Jordan to p for Gilkey. MFranco to 3b for McRae. Guillen grounded out to ss. Kendall walked. Garcia pinch hit for Peters. Garcia struck out swinging. Womack grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

New York Mets 7th - Sodowsky to p for Garcia. Ochoa flied out to rf. Hardtke singled to second base. Lopez singled up the middle; Hardtke advanced to second. Castillo flied out to rf; Hardtke advanced to third. MFranco struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 8th - Ward struck out swinging. Smith walked. Young singled to left field; Smith advanced to second. Randa singled to first base; Young advanced to second; Smith advanced to third. Dunston singled to third base, RBI; Randa advanced to second; Young advanced to third; Smith scored. Ordonez to ss for Jordan. Lopez to 3b. Rojas to p for MFranco. Guillen flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Young scored. Kendall reached on a fielder's choice; Dunston out at second 3b to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

New York Mets 8th - Rincon to p for Sodowsky. Mendoza popped up to 2b. Ordonez grounded out to 3b. Petagine pinch hit for Olerud. Petagine struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 9th - Petagine to 1b. Sveum pinch hit for Rincon. Sveum struck out looking. Womack struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch. Womack advanced to second on a fielder's choice. Ward singled to right field, RBI; Womack scored. Smith reached on an error by ss; Ward advanced to second. Brown pinch ran for Smith. Young reached on a fielder's choice; Brown out at second 3b to 2b; Ward advanced to third. Randa singled up the middle, RBI; Young advanced to second; Ward scored, unearned. Allensworth pinch ran for Randa. Dunston popped up to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.


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