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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

1998-04-06 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 13528 · 57°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 9 mph L to R · 2:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Francisco Cordova earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Freddy Garcia went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Francisco Cordova L: Bobby Jones SV: Rich Loiselle

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	2	1	0	1
Lou Collier	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Martin	5	1	1	0	0	2
Kevin Young	4	0	1	0	0	1
Turner Ward	3	0	2	2	1	0
Jose Guillen	2	0	0	0	2	0
Doug Strange	4	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Osik	2	1	0	0	2	0
Francisco Cordova	3	0	0	0	0	1
Freddy Garcia	1	1	1	1	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brian McRae	4	1	3	0	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	1	3	0	0	0
John Olerud	3	0	0	1	1	1
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	1	0	2
Carlos Baerga	4	0	1	0	0	2
Tim Spehr	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tatum	2	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Becker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	7.0	5	1	8
Marc Wilkins	1.0	2	0	2
Jason Christiansen	0.1	0	0	0
Rich Loiselle	0.2	1	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	6.0	5	5	3
Brian Bohanon	2.0	1	0	3
John Hudek	0.2	2	0	0
Dennis Cook	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: 8/F8RM
Lou Collier: HP
Al Martin: S9/L9S.1-3
Kevin Young: S7/L7S.3-3;1-2
Turner Ward: S9/L89S.3-H;2-H;1X3(95);B-2(TH)
Jose Guillen: WP.2-3
Jose Guillen: W
Doug Strange: 4/P4

Bot 1

Edgardo Alfonzo: 43/G4
Brian McRae: K
Bernard Gilkey: D7/L7LS
John Olerud: K

Top 2

Keith Osik: 13/G6MS
Francisco Cordova: K
Tony Womack: 43/G4

Bot 2

Butch Huskey: K
Carlos Baerga: 6/P6
Tim Spehr: K

Top 3

Lou Collier: T9/L9LS
Al Martin: FC1/G13.3XH(1525);B-2(TH)
Kevin Young: K
Turner Ward: W
Jose Guillen: W.2-3;1-2
Doug Strange: 6/P56

Bot 3

Luis Lopez: K
Bobby Jones: 13/G13
Edgardo Alfonzo: 4/P4

Top 4

Keith Osik: W
Francisco Cordova: BK.1-2
Francisco Cordova: 3/G34.2-3
Tony Womack: S8/L8LS.3-H
Lou Collier: 8/F8LM
Al Martin: K

Bot 4

Brian McRae: S9/L9S
Bernard Gilkey: D7/L7S.1-3
John Olerud: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Butch Huskey: 43/G4.3-H
Carlos Baerga: K

Top 5

Kevin Young: 9/F9M
Turner Ward: 8/F8LM
Jose Guillen: 4/P4

Bot 5

Jim Tatum: S5/G5
Luis Lopez: K
Bobby Jones: 24/SH/BG15S.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Doug Strange: 43/G4
Keith Osik: W
Francisco Cordova: CS2(26)
Francisco Cordova: 43/G4

Bot 6

Brian McRae: D9/L9LS
Bernard Gilkey: 63/G6.2-3
John Olerud: IW
Butch Huskey: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 7

Tony Womack: K
Lou Collier: K
Al Martin: K

Bot 7

Carlos Baerga: K
Jim Tatum: 8/F8LM
Luis Lopez: 3/G3

Top 8

Kevin Young: 3/G34
Turner Ward: S9/L4D
Jose Guillen: E6/G6.1-2
Doug Strange: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 8

Rich Becker: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Brian McRae: S9/L9S
Bernard Gilkey: PO1(13)

Top 9

Keith Osik: 9/F9M
Freddy Garcia: HR/F7D
Tony Womack: S7/L7S
Lou Collier: SB2
Lou Collier: 43/G4.2-3
Al Martin: 63/G6

Bot 9

Bernard Gilkey: S7/L78M
John Olerud: 8/F8LM
Butch Huskey: K
Carlos Baerga: S9/L9S.1-3
Matt Franco: K

Notes & reviews

Mets manager Bobby Valentine ejected by 2B umpire Frank Pulli

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