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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

1998-04-05 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 18205 · 47°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 13 mph to LF · 2:20

New York Mets defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–0. New York Mets put up 3 in the 1st. Masato Yoshii earned the win. Edgardo Alfonzo went 3-for-5 with 1 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	5
NYN	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		7	13

W: Masato Yoshii L: Jose Silva SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Williams · 1B: Ed Rapuano · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	0	0	2
Jason Kendall	4	1	0	0
Al Martin	4	0	0	2
Kevin Young	3	1	0	0
Jermaine Allensworth	3	2	1	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	1
Freddy Garcia	3	0	0	1
Lou Collier	3	1	0	0
Jose Silva	2	0	0	1
Doug Strange	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Edgardo Alfonzo	5	2	3	2	0	1
Luis Lopez	5	1	3	0	0	0
Bernard Gilkey	3	1	2	0	1	0
John Olerud	4	0	1	0	0	0
Butch Huskey	2	1	1	1	2	0
Rich Becker	2	1	1	0	1	1
Alberto Castillo	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rey Ordonez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Masato Yoshii	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tatum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian McRae	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Silva	6.0	10	3	3
Jeff Tabaka	2.0	3	1	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Masato Yoshii	7.0	3	1	7
Greg McMichael	1.0	0	0	0
Mel Rojas	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: 9/F9M
Jason Kendall: 7/F7M
Al Martin: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Edgardo Alfonzo: S7/L7M
Luis Lopez: SB2
Luis Lopez: S5/G5.2-2
Bernard Gilkey: S5/G5S.2-H(E5/TH)(NR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
John Olerud: 3/G3S.2-3
Butch Huskey: S7/L7S.3-H
Rich Becker: K
Alberto Castillo: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 2

Kevin Young: 4/P4
Jermaine Allensworth: 7/F7M
Jose Guillen: 13/G13

Bot 2

Rey Ordonez: 13/G15
Masato Yoshii: 13/G15
Edgardo Alfonzo: K

Top 3

Freddy Garcia: 8/F8LD
Lou Collier: S8/L8LS
Jose Silva: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 3

Luis Lopez: S8/L8LS
Bernard Gilkey: S7/L7S.1-2
John Olerud: 7/F7M
Butch Huskey: 54(1)3/GDP/G5S

Top 4

Tony Womack: K
Jason Kendall: 7/F7M
Al Martin: K

Bot 4

Rich Becker: W
Alberto Castillo: K
Rey Ordonez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 5

Kevin Young: D7/L7LS
Jermaine Allensworth: W
Jose Guillen: K
Freddy Garcia: 7/F7M
Lou Collier: 8/F8LD

Bot 5

Masato Yoshii: 13/BG15S
Edgardo Alfonzo: S8/L8LS
Luis Lopez: S8/L8LS.1-2
Bernard Gilkey: W.2-3;1-2
John Olerud: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 6

Jose Silva: K
Tony Womack: K
Jason Kendall: 43/G4S

Bot 6

Butch Huskey: W
Rich Becker: S8/L8LS.1-2
Alberto Castillo: 54/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Rey Ordonez: PB.3-H;2-3
Rey Ordonez: S7/L7S.3-H
Masato Yoshii: 34/SH/BG13S.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F9M

Top 7

Al Martin: K
Kevin Young: C/E2/G2L
Jermaine Allensworth: S8/L8LS.1-2
Jose Guillen: 36(1)/FO/G34S.2-3
Freddy Garcia: K

Bot 7

Luis Lopez: 9/F9M
Bernard Gilkey: 8/F8LD
John Olerud: S8/L8RS
Butch Huskey: W.1-2
Jim Tatum: 3/P3SF

Top 8

Lou Collier: 31/G34S
Doug Strange: 8/F8LM
Tony Womack: 8/F8LM

Bot 8

Alberto Castillo: 8/F8LM
Rey Ordonez: 43/G4
Brian McRae: D7/L7LM
Edgardo Alfonzo: HR/F7D.2-H
Luis Lopez: 7/F7M

Top 9

Jason Kendall: S7/L7S
Al Martin: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Kevin Young: 7/F7M
Jermaine Allensworth: S8/L8RS.1-2
Jose Guillen: 13/G15

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Masato Yoshii

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