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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets

1999-10-03 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 50111 · 70°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph L to R · 3:07

New York Mets defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Armando Benitez earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Armando Benitez L: Greg Hansell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bruce Froemming · 1B: Andy Fletcher · 2B: Mark Hirschbeck · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Abraham Nunez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Brant Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Young	4	0	2	1	0	1
Warren Morris	3	0	0	0	1	0
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chad Hermansen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	2
Kris Benson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dale Sveum	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	2	0	1	0
John Olerud	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mike Piazza	4	0	0	0	0	1
Robin Ventura	4	0	1	0	0	0
Darryl Hamilton	4	0	2	1	0	0
Roger Cedeno	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Orel Hershiser	2	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Agbayani	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Bonilla	1	0	0	0	0	0
Melvin Mora	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Benson	7.0	7	2	3
Jason Christiansen	1.0	0	1	0
Greg Hansell	0.1	2	1	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Orel Hershiser	5.1	2	2	4
Dennis Cook	0.1	0	1	1
Pat Mahomes	0.1	0	0	1
Turk Wendell	2.2	1	0	2
Armando Benitez	0.1	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Martin: W
Abraham Nunez: 53/SH/BG25.1-2
Brant Brown: 53/G5
Kevin Young: SB3
Kevin Young: S8/L8LD.3-H
Warren Morris: 4/L4

Bot 1

Rickey Henderson: 9/F8RD
Edgardo Alfonzo: S6/G6
John Olerud: S9/L4D.1-2
Mike Piazza: 9/L9D
Robin Ventura: 9/F89D

Top 2

Aramis Ramirez: 63/G6
Chad Hermansen: K
Joe Oliver: K

Bot 2

Darryl Hamilton: 6/L6
Roger Cedeno: 3/G34S
Rey Ordonez: 6/P6M

Top 3

Kris Benson: W
Al Martin: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Abraham Nunez: K

Bot 3

Orel Hershiser: K
Rickey Henderson: 8/F8LD
Edgardo Alfonzo: 63/G6MS

Top 4

Brant Brown: 8/F8RM
Kevin Young: 6/P15
Warren Morris: 4/L34D

Bot 4

John Olerud: E3/G34.B-2
Mike Piazza: 9/F9D.2-3
Robin Ventura: 3/L3S
Darryl Hamilton: D7/L5.3-H(UR)
Roger Cedeno: 7/F7M

Top 5

Aramis Ramirez: 4/P34D
Chad Hermansen: K
Joe Oliver: 13/G15S

Bot 5

Rey Ordonez: D8/F8LXD
Orel Hershiser: K+SB3
Rickey Henderson: 6/L6S
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Olerud: SB2
John Olerud: 4/L4

Top 6

Kris Benson: 31/G34
Al Martin: D9/L9M
Abraham Nunez: K
Adrian Brown: W
Kevin Young: K

Bot 6

Mike Piazza: 3/P3SF
Robin Ventura: S5/BG5S
Darryl Hamilton: S8/F8LS.1-2
Roger Cedeno: 9/F9D.2-3
Rey Ordonez: W.1-2
Matt Franco: 5/P5SF

Top 7

Warren Morris: 8/F8RD
Aramis Ramirez: K
Chad Hermansen: 3/P3SF

Bot 7

Rickey Henderson: S9/L9M
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F89D
John Olerud: 7/F7M
Mike Piazza: K

Top 8

Joe Oliver: K
Dale Sveum: 7/F78D
Al Martin: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Robin Ventura: 43/G4
Darryl Hamilton: 6/P6
Benny Agbayani: W
Rey Ordonez: 3/G3

Top 9

Abraham Nunez: 43/G34S
Adrian Brown: 43/G4
Kevin Young: S7/L7M
Warren Morris: SB2
Warren Morris: IW
Aramis Ramirez: K

Bot 9

Bobby Bonilla: 3/G3
Melvin Mora: S9/L9S
Edgardo Alfonzo: S9/L9S.1-3
John Olerud: IW.1-2
Mike Piazza: WP.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Pirates coach Jones ejected by 1B umpire Andy Fletcher
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