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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

1996-07-29 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 15680 · 72°F, night, dry · Wind 3 mph from CF · 1:59

New York Mets defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–0. New York Mets put up 2 in the 2nd. Pete Harnisch earned the win. Butch Huskey went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
NYN	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1		5	7

W: Pete Harnisch L: Chris Peters SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Layne · 1B: Mark Barron · 2B: Jerry Meals · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jermaine Allensworth	4	1	0	2
Al Martin	3	0	1	0
Jeff King	4	0	0	1
Orlando Merced	4	1	0	1
Mark Johnson	3	1	0	0
Charlie Hayes	3	0	0	0
Jay Bell	3	0	0	2
Angelo Encarnacion	2	1	0	0
Chris Peters	2	0	0	1
Nelson Liriano	1	0	0	0
Mike Kingery	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	0	3	1	0	0
Rey Ordonez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Huskey	3	2	2	2	1	0
Todd Hundley	3	1	0	0	1	0
Alex Ochoa	4	0	0	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	1	1	2	0	0
Tim Bogar	3	1	1	0	0	1
Pete Harnisch	2	0	0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Peters	7.0	6	3	3
Ramon Morel	1.0	1	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Harnisch	9.0	4	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: 43/G4D
Jeff King: K

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: S8/L8RM.BX2(86)
Rey Ordonez: K
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G6

Top 2

Orlando Merced: K
Mark Johnson: S7/L78S/R4
Charlie Hayes: 3/P3
Jay Bell: K23

Bot 2

Butch Huskey: 63/G6
Todd Hundley: W
Alex Ochoa: 63/G6MS.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: HR/L7D.2-H
Tim Bogar: K

Top 3

Angelo Encarnacion: S8/L4MD/R4
Chris Peters: 5/BL25
Jermaine Allensworth: 9/F9M
Al Martin: W.1-2
Jeff King: 43/G4M

Bot 3

Pete Harnisch: K
Lance Johnson: S8/L78S/R6
Rey Ordonez: 36(1)/FO/G3
Bernard Gilkey: 8/L8RXD

Top 4

Orlando Merced: S6/G6/R3
Mark Johnson: 7/F7S
Charlie Hayes: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 4

Butch Huskey: W
Todd Hundley: 9/F9D
Alex Ochoa: 53/G56.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G5L

Top 5

Jay Bell: K
Angelo Encarnacion: 8/F89D
Chris Peters: K

Bot 5

Tim Bogar: 53/G6S
Pete Harnisch: W
Lance Johnson: 36(1)/FO/G34/R1
Rey Ordonez: 53/G5S

Top 6

Jermaine Allensworth: S6/G56/R3
Al Martin: 6/L6/R3
Jeff King: 8/F8LM/R6
Orlando Merced: 7/F7LM

Bot 6

Bernard Gilkey: 63/G6
Butch Huskey: HR/L7LD
Todd Hundley: 63/G56D
Alex Ochoa: 53/G5

Top 7

Mark Johnson: 8/F8RXD
Charlie Hayes: 13/BG15S
Jay Bell: 53/G5

Bot 7

Edgardo Alfonzo: 63/G6
Tim Bogar: D7/L7LS/R6
Pete Harnisch: 43/G4M.2-3
Lance Johnson: S9/L9LS/R46.3-H
Rey Ordonez: SB2/R4U8R5.1-3(E2/TH)
Rey Ordonez: 53/G5

Top 8

Nelson Liriano: 7/F78M
Mike Kingery: 6/P6MD
Jermaine Allensworth: K

Bot 8

Bernard Gilkey: 7/L7LM
Butch Huskey: HR/L8LXD
Todd Hundley: 8/F78M
Alex Ochoa: 43/G4D

Top 9

Al Martin: E6/G6
Jeff King: 9/F89M/R4
Orlando Merced: 16(1)3/GDP/G13