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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-06-03 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 17691 · 63°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Mets 3–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Jon Lieber earned the win and Jason Christiansen picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Jon Lieber L: Rick Reed SV: Jason Christiansen

Umpires — HP: Bill Hohn · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Greg Bonin · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	0	1	0
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	0	2
Mike Piazza	4	0	0	1
John Olerud	3	0	0	3
Carlos Baerga	4	2	0	0
Butch Huskey	4	1	0	0
Rich Becker	3	0	0	1
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0	1
Rick Reed	2	1	0	0
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0
Jim Tatum	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jermaine Allensworth	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Martin	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jason Kendall	3	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Young	2	1	0	0	1	2
Doug Strange	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Guillen	2	0	0	0	1	0
Aramis Ramirez	3	0	1	2	0	1
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Lieber	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Womack	1	0	0	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reed	6.0	2	0	5
Greg McMichael	1.0	2	2	1
Mel Rojas	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	8.0	4	1	7
Jason Christiansen	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F89M
Bernard Gilkey: K
Mike Piazza: 63/G6

Bot 1

Jermaine Allensworth: T9/L9LS
Al Martin: 3/G3S.3-H
Jason Kendall: 43/G4
Kevin Young: K

Top 2

John Olerud: K
Carlos Baerga: S7/G56
Butch Huskey: BK.1-2
Butch Huskey: 9/F9LS
Rich Becker: 9/F9D

Bot 2

Doug Strange: 31/G3
Jose Guillen: 63/G6MS
Aramis Ramirez: 63/G56

Top 3

Rey Ordonez: K
Rick Reed: 8/F8RD
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
Bernard Gilkey: 7/F7LD

Bot 3

Kevin Polcovich: 3/P3SF
Jon Lieber: K
Jermaine Allensworth: 63/G6

Top 4

Mike Piazza: K
John Olerud: K
Carlos Baerga: S4/G4
Butch Huskey: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 4

Al Martin: S7/F7S
Jason Kendall: 46(1)3/GDP/G4MS
Kevin Young: K

Top 5

Rich Becker: K
Rey Ordonez: 9/L9M
Rick Reed: S19/G15
Edgardo Alfonzo: 13/G15

Bot 5

Doug Strange: 9/F9S
Jose Guillen: 13/G4MD/AP
Aramis Ramirez: K

Top 6

Bernard Gilkey: K
Mike Piazza: 63/G6
John Olerud: HP
Carlos Baerga: 6/P6

Bot 6

Kevin Polcovich: 9/F89M
Jon Lieber: 63/G6
Jermaine Allensworth: K

Top 7

Butch Huskey: S9/L9S
Rich Becker: 8/F8RD
Rey Ordonez: SB2
Rey Ordonez: 9/F9D.2-3
Matt Franco: 5/P56S

Bot 7

Al Martin: 5/P5SF
Jason Kendall: S8/G4M
Kevin Young: W.1-2
Doug Strange: K
Jose Guillen: W.2-3;1-2
Aramis Ramirez: D7/L7LM.3-H;2-H;1-3
Kevin Polcovich: 63/G6M

Top 8

Edgardo Alfonzo: 4/L4M
Bernard Gilkey: 9/F9LM
Mike Piazza: 43/G4MS

Bot 8

Tony Womack: 3/G34S
Jermaine Allensworth: 6/L6
Turner Ward: 6/P5

Top 9

John Olerud: K
Carlos Baerga: E6/G6
Butch Huskey: 54(1)/FO/G5
Jim Tatum: K

Notes & reviews

Guillen hit an apparent double to right-center but slipped and missed the 1b bag and ruled out on appeal.

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