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Mets
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 28, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets, played on June 28, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 28, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 28, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Armando Reynoso |
Home Starting Pitcher | Esteban Loaiza |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 23,711 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jerry Meals 1B: Steve Rippley 2B: Mark Hirschbeck 3B: Charlie Williams |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lance Johnson | Center Fielder |
Edgardo Alfonzo | Third Baseman |
John Olerud | First Baseman |
Todd Hundley | Catcher |
Bernard Gilkey | Left Fielder |
Carlos Baerga | Second Baseman |
Butch Huskey | Right Fielder |
Luis Lopez | Shortstop |
Armando Reynoso | Pitcher |
Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Dale Sveum | Third Baseman |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Mark Smith | Right Fielder |
Kevin Polcovich | Shortstop |
Esteban Loaiza | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 28, 1997
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Loaiza
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. Loaiza
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to first for the out. Alfonzo moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Hundley vs. Loaiza
Hundley is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gilkey vs. Loaiza
Gilkey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Reynoso
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Reynoso
Allensworth strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Reynoso
Martin strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Loaiza
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loaiza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Loaiza
Huskey strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Loaiza
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Reynoso
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Sveum vs. Reynoso
Sveum hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Baerga settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Reynoso
There goes Young. The throw from Reynoso and he is out, Baerga applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Reynoso
Kendall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Reynoso
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reynoso vs. Loaiza
Reynoso hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynoso moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Alfonzo vs. Loaiza
Kendall fires to second and picks off Reynoso for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Loaiza
Alfonzo is hit by the pitch. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Olerud vs. Loaiza
Olerud hits a line drive towards first. Young catches it and throws to second to double up Johnson. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Reynoso
Polcovich hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Loaiza vs. Reynoso
Loaiza bunts towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. Polcovich moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Womack vs. Reynoso
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Polcovich moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Allensworth vs. Reynoso
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Loaiza
Hundley strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Loaiza
Gilkey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Loaiza
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Reynoso
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Reynoso covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Reynoso
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sveum vs. Reynoso
Sveum strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Loaiza
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Loaiza
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reynoso vs. Loaiza
Reynoso strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Reynoso
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Reynoso
Smith hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Polcovich vs. Reynoso
Polcovich hits a popup towards short. Lopez catches it and throws to second to double up Smith. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Loaiza
There goes Johnson. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Johnson steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Alfonzo vs. Loaiza
Alfonzo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Olerud vs. Loaiza
Olerud hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Olerud reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores. Alfonzo moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Hundley vs. Loaiza
Hundley is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Gilkey vs. Loaiza
Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alfonzo scores. Olerud scores. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Baerga vs. Loaiza
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hundley moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Huskey vs. Loaiza
Huskey hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cummings vs. Reynoso
Midre Cummings pinch hits for Esteban Loaiza.
Cummings strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Reynoso
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Reynoso
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Allensworth for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Silva
Jose Silva now pitching.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Reynoso vs. Silva
Reynoso strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Silva
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Silva
There goes Lopez. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Polcovich applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Reynoso
Martin hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Johnson who is chasing the ball. Martin reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Young vs. Reynoso
Young hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Huskey. Young reaches second base with a double. Martin scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sveum vs. Reynoso
Sveum hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Kendall vs. Reynoso
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Acevedo
Juan Acevedo now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Silva
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. Silva
Olerud hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Allensworth. Olerud reaches second base with a double. Alfonzo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Hundley vs. Silva
Hundley is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gilkey vs. Silva
Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Olerud moves to third. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Baerga vs. Silva
Baerga hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Olerud tags and scores. Hundley tags and moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Huskey vs. Silva
Huskey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hundley scores. Gilkey moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Silva
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Lopez reaches third base with a triple. Gilkey scores. Huskey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Acevedo vs. Silva
Acevedo strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Silva
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Acevedo
Lou Collier pinch hits for Kevin Polcovich.
Collier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Acevedo
Keith Osik pinch hits for Jose Silva.
Osik hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Collier moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Womack vs. Acevedo
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. Collier moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Allensworth vs. Acevedo
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Lopez, and towards Baerga, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Collier scores. Womack moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Acevedo
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Womack moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. McMichael
Greg McMichael now pitching.
Young strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching. Lou Collier now playing shortstop.
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Christiansen
Olerud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Christiansen
Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gilkey vs. Christiansen
Gilkey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sveum vs. Franco
John Franco now pitching.
Sveum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Franco
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Franco
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/28/1997 -- New York at Pittsburgh (N) New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Johnson L, cf 5 1 2 0 Womack T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Alfonzo E, 3b 2 2 1 0 Allensworth J, cf 4 0 0 1 Olerud J, 1b 4 2 2 2 Martin A, lf 4 1 2 0 Hundley T, c 2 1 0 0 Young K, 1b 4 1 2 1 Gilkey B, lf 5 1 2 2 Sveum D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Baerga C, 2b 3 0 0 1 Kendall J, c 3 0 1 1 Huskey B, rf 4 1 1 1 Smith M, rf 4 0 1 0 Lopez L, ss 4 0 2 2 Polcovich K, ss 2 0 1 0 Reynoso A, p 3 0 1 0 Collier L, ph-ss 1 1 1 0 Acevedo J, p 1 0 0 0 Loaiza E, p 0 0 0 0 McMichael G, p 0 0 0 0 Cummings M, ph 1 0 0 0 Franco J, p 0 0 0 0 Silva J, p 0 0 0 0 Osik K, ph 1 0 1 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 8 11 8 32 3 9 3 New York 000 003 050 -- 8 Pittsburgh 000 000 210 -- 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Reynoso A (W) 6.2 6 2 2 0 4 Acevedo J 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 McMichael G 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Franco J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Loaiza E (L) 6.0 6 3 3 3 5 Silva J 2.0 5 5 5 2 2 Christiansen J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 2 LOB -- New York 6, Pittsburgh 4 2B -- Smith M, Olerud J 2, Young K 3B -- Martin A, Lopez L SB -- Johnson L CS -- Young K, Lopez L SH -- Loaiza E SF -- Kendall J, Baerga C HBP -- by Loaiza E (Alfonzo E) T -- 2:47 A -- 23711
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