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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-07-14 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 12794 · 90°F, night, dry · Wind 13 mph to LF · 2:30

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Ricardo Rincon earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Butch Huskey went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	10
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		5	15

W: Ricardo Rincon L: Greg McMichael SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Jeff Kellogg · 1B: Larry Poncino · 2B: Rich Rieker · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	1	3	0	1	0
Manny Alexander	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	0	0	1	1
Butch Huskey	4	1	2	1	1	0
Todd Pratt	5	1	1	1	0	3
Alex Ochoa	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Lopez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	3	0	1	1	1	0
Rick Reed	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carl Everett	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Baerga	1	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Hundley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	0	1	1	0	2
Turner Ward	4	1	3	1	0	0
Al Martin	4	0	2	0	0	0
Kevin Young	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dale Sveum	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jason Kendall	4	0	2	1	0	0
Mark Smith	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	4	1	2	0	0	0
Steve Cooke	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	1	1	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reed	6.2	9	0	2
Takashi Kashiwada	0.1	2	0	0
Greg McMichael	0.1	3	0	0
Cory Lidle	0.2	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Cooke	7.0	7	2	5
Clint Sodowsky	0.2	3	1	2
Ricardo Rincon	0.1	0	1	0
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: S8/G6M/R6
Manny Alexander: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Bernard Gilkey: E6/TH/G6/R3
Butch Huskey: W.1-2
Todd Pratt: K

Bot 1

Tony Womack: K
Turner Ward: D7/G5L/R6
Al Martin: PO2(E1).2-3
Al Martin: FC3/G3.3XH(32);B-2
Kevin Young: 7/F7S

Top 2

Alex Ochoa: 63/G6
Luis Lopez: 9/F9M
Rey Ordonez: W
Rick Reed: 43/G4M

Bot 2

Dale Sveum: 8/F78M
Jason Kendall: 9/F9M
Mark Smith: S9/G4/R6
Kevin Polcovich: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 3

Lance Johnson: 9/F89XD
Manny Alexander: K
Bernard Gilkey: 63/G6

Bot 3

Steve Cooke: 63/G6M
Tony Womack: 13/G13S
Turner Ward: 3/G3L

Top 4

Butch Huskey: S7/G56/R4
Todd Pratt: 43/G4.1-2
Alex Ochoa: 43/G4S.2-3
Luis Lopez: 53/G5

Bot 4

Al Martin: 8/F89D
Kevin Young: 8/F8LD
Dale Sveum: 53/G5

Top 5

Rey Ordonez: 53/G5
Rick Reed: K
Lance Johnson: S8/L8RS/R4
Manny Alexander: S8/F78S/R4.1-3
Bernard Gilkey: K

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: 9/F9D
Mark Smith: 63/G6
Kevin Polcovich: S5/BG25
Steve Cooke: 53/G5

Top 6

Butch Huskey: 9/F9M
Todd Pratt: HR/F9D
Alex Ochoa: D8/F78D/R4
Luis Lopez: 63/G56D
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6

Bot 6

Tony Womack: K23
Turner Ward: S7/G6/R4
Al Martin: D9/G3L/R42.1-3
Kevin Young: S7/G6/R5.3-H;2-3
Dale Sveum: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 7

Rick Reed: K
Lance Johnson: T9/F9LM/R45
Manny Alexander: 23/SH/BG2R.3-H
Bernard Gilkey: 4/P4MD

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: S7/G56/R6
Mark Smith: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Kevin Polcovich: S7/L56/R6
Jose Guillen: S7/G56/R63.1-3
Tony Womack: S7/P5D/R5.3-H;1-2
Turner Ward: S7/L7S.2-H;1X3(7654)

Top 8

Butch Huskey: HR/F8LXD
Todd Pratt: K
Alex Ochoa: K
Luis Lopez: D8/F89XD/R4
Rey Ordonez: D7/F7D/R4.2-H
Carl Everett: IW
Lance Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Baerga: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 8

Al Martin: D9/F9LM.BX3(965)
Kevin Young: D7/G5L/R6
Dale Sveum: S8/L4MD/R2.2-H;B-2
Jason Kendall: D9/F89D/R6.2-H
Mark Smith: IW
Kevin Polcovich: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 9

Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: 9/F9LM
Todd Pratt: K
Todd Hundley: 8/F8LXD