Monday September 7, 1981
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, New York Mets 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1981 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Mets         0  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Pirates      0  0  1    2  2  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .284      Moreno cf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .289
Mazzilli lf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .221      Foli ss               4   0   1   2     1   0   .228
Brooks 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .296      Lacy rf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .206      B. Robinson 1b        4   0   1   1     0   1   .265
Jorgensen rf          3   1   0   0     1   2   .221        Montanez ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Hodges c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Pena c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
Taveras ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Berra 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
  Boitano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      G. Alexander lf       1   0   0   0     1   0   .256
  Searage p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Easler lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .295
  Cubbage ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Law 2b                1   0   0   0     1   0   .167
  Bailor pr,ss        1   0   1   0     0   0   .271        Stargell ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .288
Flynn 2b              2   1   1   1     0   0   .217        Perez pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .158
  Stearns ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .262        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Falcone p             1   0   1   1     0   0   .091        Lee p               1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Gardenhire ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Long p                1   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Staub ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .296        Ray ph,2b           2   0   2   0     0   0   .320
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   7   4     3   7             Totals               36   5  11   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  9,935
Left on Base: Mets 4, Pirates 11
DP: Mets 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Flynn
Doubles: Flynn (8), Pena (7), Moreno (12), Foli (9), Ray (4)
Home Runs: Mazzilli (5)
Stolen Bases: Lacy (20), Berra (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (4), Flynn (6)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 3.2   5   3   3   4   1   0  20   3.15
Boitano L(1-1)          1     3   2   2   0   0   0   7   5.68
Searage                 1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.71
Marshall                2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.45
Totals                  8    11   5   5   4   2   0  40

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Long W(1-1)             5     5   4   4   3   3   1  21   8.38
Cruz                    1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   2.76
Lee SV(1)               3     2   0   0   0   1   0  11   1.13
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Jerry Crawford


METS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli
flied out to left; Brooks walked; Kingman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Moreno flied out to center; Foli popped to second;
Lacy popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Pirates 0.

METS 2ND: Jorgensen walked; Hodges singled to left [Jorgensen to
second]; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Jorgensen to third, Hodges to second]; Flynn doubled to left
[Jorgensen scored, Hodges out at home (left to second to
catcher)]; Falcone singled to left [Flynn scored, Falcone out at
second (left to catcher to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson struck out; Pena doubled to left; Berra
flied out to center; G. Alexander walked; Law walked [Pena to
third, G. Alexander to second]; Long popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 2, Pirates 0.

METS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli flied
out to right; Brooks grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Moreno singled to center; Foli walked [Moreno to
second]; Lacy flied out to left [Moreno to third]; B. Robinson
singled to left [Moreno scored, Foli to second]; Pena flied out
to left [Foli to third]; Berra forced B. Robinson (third to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Pirates 1.

METS 4TH: Kingman walked; Jorgensen struck out; Hodges forced
Kingman (shortstop to second); Taveras flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: G. Alexander flied out to left; Law flied out to
center; Long walked; Moreno doubled to center [Long to third];
Foli doubled to left [Long scored, Moreno scored]; BOITANO
REPLACED TAVERAS (PITCHING); GARDENHIRE REPLACED FALCONE
(PLAYING SS); Lacy reached on an error by Flynn [Foli to third];
Lacy stole second; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Pirates 3.

METS 5TH: EASLER REPLACED G. ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); Flynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gardenhire struck out; Wilson
singled to center; Mazzilli homered [Wilson scored]; Brooks was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Pena grounded out (third to first); Berra singled
to left; Berra stole second; Easler grounded out (third to
first) [Berra to third]; STARGELL BATTED FOR LAW; Stargell
singled to first [Berra scored]; PEREZ RAN FOR STARGELL; RAY
BATTED FOR LONG; Ray singled to right [Perez to second]; SEARAGE
REPLACED BOITANO (PITCHING); Moreno singled to left [Perez
scored, Ray to second]; Foli forced Moreno (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Pirates 5.

METS 6TH: CRUZ REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); RAY STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); Kingman was called out on strikes; Jorgensen
struck out; Hodges struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Pirates 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Lacy flied out to left; B. Robinson flied out to
right; Pena struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Pirates 5.

METS 7TH: LEE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR
SEARAGE; Cubbage singled to center; Victor Cruz left with
sore right shoulder; BAILOR RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Flynn out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bailor to second]; STAUB
BATTED FOR GARDENHIRE; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED STAUB (PITCHING); BAILOR STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Berra grounded out (shortstop to first);
Easler flied out to left; Lee singled to center; Ray doubled
[Lee to third]; Moreno flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 4, Pirates 5.

METS 8TH: Mazzilli flied out to center; Brooks grounded out
(second to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 4, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: Foli popped to third; Lacy popped to third;
MONTANEZ BATTED FOR B. ROBINSON; Montanez popped to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Pirates 5.

METS 9TH: MONTANEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Jorgensen
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hodges grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bailor singled to center; STEARNS BATTED FOR FLYNN;
Stearns flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Pirates 5.



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