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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-06-27 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 18103 · 84°F, night, dry · Wind 9 mph to RF · 2:37

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 6–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 1st. Jason Schmidt earned the win. Dale Sveum went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
PIT	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		6	14

W: Jason Schmidt L: Dave Mlicki SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Williams · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Steve Rippley · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Olerud	3	0	1	0	1	0
Todd Hundley	4	1	1	1	0	2
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	1	0	0	2
Carlos Baerga	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Everett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Lopez	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Mlicki	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Hardtke	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Bieser	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	3	0	0	0
Jermaine Allensworth	5	1	3	0	0	0
Al Martin	5	1	1	1	0	1
Kevin Young	3	2	1	2	1	1
Joe Randa	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	4	0	3	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Schmidt	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dale Sveum	3	1	1	2	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Mlicki	4.0	9	1	2
Ricardo Jordan	1.1	3	1	0
Cory Lidle	0.2	0	0	1
Juan Acevedo	1.0	1	0	1
Takashi Kashiwada	1.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	9.0	5	2	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: 43/G4
Edgardo Alfonzo: 63/G6
John Olerud: W
Todd Hundley: 3/G3

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 9/F89D
Jermaine Allensworth: S9/L89S/R4
Al Martin: WP.1-2
Al Martin: T8/F78XD/R4.2-H
Kevin Young: HR/F7D.3-H
Joe Randa: T9/F89D/R45
Jason Kendall: D67/G6.3-H
Jose Guillen: 43/G4.2-3
Kevin Polcovich: 63/G6

Top 2

Bernard Gilkey: 9/F89M
Carlos Baerga: 43/G4
Carl Everett: K

Bot 2

Jason Schmidt: K
Tony Womack: S9/G34/R6
Jermaine Allensworth: 46(1)/FO/G4/R3.B-1
Al Martin: K

Top 3

Luis Lopez: K
Dave Mlicki: K
Lance Johnson: W
Edgardo Alfonzo: S8/G4/R4.1-3
John Olerud: 41/G3

Bot 3

Kevin Young: W
Dale Sveum: HR/F9D.1-H
Jason Kendall: 43/G34D
Jose Guillen: E6/TH/G6/R3.B-1
Kevin Polcovich: D7/G5L/R6.1-3
Jason Schmidt: 53/G5S
Tony Womack: 53/G5

Top 4

Todd Hundley: K
Bernard Gilkey: K
Carlos Baerga: 63/G6MD

Bot 4

Jermaine Allensworth: S5/G56
Al Martin: 43/G4.1-2
Kevin Young: 63/G6
Dale Sveum: 43/G4

Top 5

Carl Everett: E6/G6.B-1
Luis Lopez: 7/F7M/R6
Jason Hardtke: 6/P6D/R4
Lance Johnson: 7/L7M

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: S5/G5L/R3
Jose Guillen: W.1-2
Kevin Polcovich: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L56
Jason Schmidt: 43/G4

Top 6

Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F89M
John Olerud: 63/G6M
Todd Hundley: HR/F8RXD
Bernard Gilkey: S39/G34/R6
Carlos Baerga: 7/F7S

Bot 6

Tony Womack: S9/L89S/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: S8/G6M/R5.1-2
Al Martin: SB3;SB2/R6
Al Martin: 6/L6S
Kevin Young: K
Dale Sveum: 63/G6

Top 7

Carl Everett: 3/G3
Luis Lopez: S9/L89S/R4
Matt Franco: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: S7/G56/R4
Jose Guillen: 4/P4D
Kevin Polcovich: POCS2(134)
Kevin Polcovich: K

Top 8

Lance Johnson: 63/G6
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G56
John Olerud: S9/L89S/R6
Todd Hundley: K

Bot 8

Jason Schmidt: K
Tony Womack: S5/G5S
Jermaine Allensworth: 7/F7LM
Al Martin: SB2/R6
Al Martin: 31/G3

Top 9

Bernard Gilkey: K
Steve Bieser: K
Carl Everett: 43/G4