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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-07-15 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 12244 · 88°F, night, dry · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:45

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Jason Christiansen earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Carlos Baerga went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jason Christiansen L: Juan Acevedo SV: Rich Loiselle

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

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	1	0	0	1
John Olerud	2	1	0	0	2	0
Todd Hundley	3	1	1	1	1	1
Carl Everett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Baerga	3	1	2	2	1	0
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Mlicki	3	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Mlicki	6.1	6	3	5
Juan Acevedo	1.2	3	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	7.0	6	2	3
Jason Christiansen	1.0	1	1	0
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: 63/G6M
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F89D
John Olerud: W
Todd Hundley: S9/F89XDW/R4.1-H
Carl Everett: 43/G34

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 3/P34S
Jermaine Allensworth: 43/G4
Al Martin: K

Top 2

Carlos Baerga: 31/G4
Butch Huskey: 6/P6D
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6

Bot 2

Kevin Young: W
Dale Sveum: 7/F7LD/R4
Jason Kendall: PB.1-2
Jason Kendall: 9/F9S/R46
Jose Guillen: K

Top 3

Dave Mlicki: DGR/F89XD
Lance Johnson: S7/L6D/R2.2XH(72);B-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F8LXD/R5.2-3
John Olerud: 5/P5D

Bot 3

Kevin Polcovich: S8/L8LS/R46
Jason Schmidt: K+SB2
Tony Womack: 3/G3.2-3
Jermaine Allensworth: S7/L56/R64.3-H
Al Martin: SB2/R6
Al Martin: W
Kevin Young: 9/F9LD

Top 4

Todd Hundley: W
Carl Everett: K
Carlos Baerga: HR/F7LD.1-H
Butch Huskey: 8/F8LD
Rey Ordonez: 7/F78M

Bot 4

Dale Sveum: K
Jason Kendall: S9/L89S/R6
Jose Guillen: 6/L6/LDP.1X1(64)

Top 5

Dave Mlicki: 53/G56
Lance Johnson: T9/L3L/R43
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
John Olerud: 7/F78XD

Bot 5

Kevin Polcovich: 63/G6
Jason Schmidt: 2/P2RF
Tony Womack: S9/G34/R46
Jermaine Allensworth: SB2/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: W+SB3
Al Martin: 43/G34

Top 6

Todd Hundley: K
Carl Everett: 63/G6MS
Carlos Baerga: D9/L9D/R46
Butch Huskey: PB.2-3
Butch Huskey: 4/P4D

Bot 6

Kevin Young: K
Dale Sveum: 63/G4M
Jason Kendall: 9/F89D

Top 7

Rey Ordonez: 9/F9LM
Dave Mlicki: 63/G6
Lance Johnson: 4/P4M

Bot 7

Jose Guillen: S8/G6M/R6
Kevin Polcovich: 94(1)/FO/L89D.B-3
Mark Johnson: D9/L9LS/R4.3-H
Tony Womack: D7/L5D/R4.2-H
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: IW
Kevin Young: SB3
Kevin Young: K

Top 8

Edgardo Alfonzo: S8/G6M/R4
John Olerud: CS2(26)
John Olerud: W
Todd Hundley: 7/L7LD/R64
Carl Everett: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Bot 8

Dale Sveum: DGR/L7D
Jason Kendall: HP
Jose Guillen: 15(2)/FO/BG15S.1-2
Kevin Polcovich: 46(1)/FO/G4/R3.2-3
Turner Ward: S7/L7M/R6.3-H;1-2
Tony Womack: 5/P15

Top 9

Carlos Baerga: W
Butch Huskey: K
Matt Franco: K
Bernard Gilkey: 64(1)/FO/G56D