Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 23, 1977 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 22, 1977
Pirates 4, Mets 3 1977 Regular Season Game 14
April 23, 1977
Pirates 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
April 27, 1977
Expos 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, April 23, 1977

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli 2b
Mike
Phillips lf
Bruce
Boisclair 1b
Dave
Kingman rf
Ed
Kranepool c
John
Stearns 3b
Roy
Staiger ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Nino
Espinosa

April 23, 1977, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 5

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 4 2 2 0 1 0

Ed Ott c 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Tommy Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Duffy Dyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 3 2 1 0 2 0

Al Oliver lf 5 1 4 2 0 0

Bill Robinson 1b 4 0 0 1 0 2

Rennie Stennett 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1

Phil Garner 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0

Frank Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Bruce Kison p 4 1 1 1 0 1

- Rich Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 2 3 1 1 2 1 .220

Mike Phillips 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .190

Bruce Boisclair lf 4 0 1 3 0 0 .360

Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .291

Ed Kranepool rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333

- Felix Millan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184

John Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .209

Roy Staiger 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .184

Bud Harrelson ss 1 1 0 0 1 1 .118

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Leo Foster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joe Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308

Nino Espinosa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jerry Grote ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 10 0

New York Mets 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bruce Kison 7.2 4 5 5 3 5

Rich Gossage (W) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Nino Espinosa 6.2 8 5 5 3 2 2.79

Bob Apodaca 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 5.40

Ray Sadecki (L,0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 6.00

Errors: John Stearns (2).
WP: Bruce Kison.
2B: Bruce Boisclair (3), Lee Mazzilli (1), Al Oliver, Ed Ott.
3B: Omar Moreno.
HR: Bruce Kison.
Intentional Walks: Dave Parker 2.
SH: Nino Espinosa, Bill Robinson.
SF: Rennie Stennett.
SB: Omar Moreno, Dave Parker, Al Oliver.

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