New York Mets (12) Pittsburgh Pirates (1)

| 1985

Date of Game: Saturday, September 21, 1985
Stadium: Shea Stadium

Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	New York Mets (NL)
Record: 50-96	Record: 90-58
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Attendance: 49,931 Time of Game: 2:51

Game Notes:

Wally Backman - 4 hits

Dwight Gooden - 1st career home run

Best at-bats

Wally Backman 2B in 1st inning (16.88)

Rafael Santana 2B in 1st inning (10.26)

Dwight Gooden HR in 1st inning (9.24)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York Mets	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	x	12	18	1

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Joe Orsulak	cf	23.113	4	1	1	0	0	0	.287	106	145	0	16	18
R.J. Reynolds	lf	26.155	4	0	2	0	0	1	.289	91	188	2	36	11
Johnny Ray	2b	28.204	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267	139	638	5	52	12
Sid Bream	1b	25.049	3	0	0	0	1	0	.184	35	77	4	13	0
Mike Brown	rf	25.267	3	0	1	1	1	0	.296	103	196	7	45	2
Denny Gonzalez	3b	22.061	4	0	0	0	0	1	.226	35	61	4	12	2
Sam Khalifa	ss	21.291	2	0	0	0	0	2	.225	80	80	2	23	2
Steve Kemp	ph	31.045	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	88	1135	2	21	1
Johnnie LeMaster	ss	31.094	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	43	1017	1	7	1
Junior Ortiz	c	25.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	.216	17	137	0	2	0
Larry McWilliams	p	31.223	1	0	1	0	0	0	.139	26	200	0	2	0
Bill Almon	ph	32.304	1	0	0	0	0	0	.281	80	1038	6	27	8
Mike Bielecki	p	26.052	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11	15	0	0	0
Lee Mazzilli	ph	30.180	1	0	0	0	0	0	.274	87	1138	1	8	4
Ray Krawczyk	p	25.348	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	11	0	0	0
Jim Winn	p	25.364	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	25	41	0	0	0
Totals:			31	1	5	1	2	4	.161	973	6117

New York Mets Batting Stats

New York Mets	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mookie Wilson	cf	29.225	4	1	1	0	2	0	.287	79	663	5	22	21
Wally Backman	2b	25.365	6	1	4	3	0	0	.275	132	435	1	37	29
Keith Hernandez	1b	31.336	4	1	1	1	1	1	.292	145	1559	10	83	3
Tom Paciorek	1b	38.323	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	84	1269	1	18	3
Gary Carter	c	31.166	2	1	1	0	2	0	.290	136	1542	29	87	1
Ronn Reynolds	c	26.358	1	0	0	0	0	1	.225	26	52	0	1	0
Darryl Strawberry	rf	23.193	4	0	0	0	1	1	.276	98	366	25	70	24
Danny Heep	lf	28.080	5	1	1	1	0	0	.280	88	467	7	40	2
Howard Johnson	3b	24.296	5	2	3	0	0	0	.242	114	311	10	41	5
Rafael Santana	ss	27.233	4	3	3	2	1	0	.259	141	222	1	26	1
Dwight Gooden	p	20.309	4	2	3	4	0	0	.230	33	64	1	7	0
Rusty Staub	ph	41.173	1	0	1	0	0	0	.279	50	2922	1	8	0
Tom Gorman	p	27.279	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	32	109	0	0	0
Totals:			41	12	18	11	7	3	.439	1158	9981

Game Stats

2B: Wally Backman (20), Howard Johnson (16), Rafael Santana (14)
3B: Howard Johnson (4)
HR: Dwight Gooden (1)
RBIs: Wally Backman 3 (37), Mike Brown (45), Dwight Gooden 4 (7), Danny Heep (40), Keith Hernandez (83), Rafael Santana 2 (26)
SB: Wally Backman (29), Denny Gonzalez (2)
SH: Johnny Ray (4)
GDP: Denny Gonzalez (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Rick Rhoden (L 9-14)	32.128	0.2	5	7	7	2	0	1	4.12	1.46	0	0	0	32	296
Larry McWilliams	31.223	3.1	1	0	0	3	1	0	4.95	1.62	0	0	0	25	204
Mike Bielecki	26.052	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	5.45	1.79	0	0	0	10	14
Ray Krawczyk	25.348	1.2	9	4	4	1	2	0	14.63	3.13	0	0	0	7	11
Jim Winn	25.364	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	1.40	0	0	0	25	41
Pitching Totals:		8	18	12	12	7	3	1			0	0	0	99	566

New York Mets Pitching Stats

New York Mets	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dwight Gooden (W 22-4)	20.309	8	4	1	0	2	4	0	1.56	0.94	0	0	0	33	64
Tom Gorman	27.279	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	1.37	0	0	0	33	111
Pitching Totals:		9	5	1	0	2	4	0			0	0	0	66	175

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Rick Rhoden;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Rhoden 0-0-0; Larry McWilliams 0-0-0; Mike Bielecki 0-0-0; Ray Krawczyk 0-0-0; Jim Winn 0-0-0; Dwight Gooden 0-0-0; Tom Gorman 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Rick Rhoden 9; Larry McWilliams 14; Mike Bielecki 10; Ray Krawczyk 14; Jim Winn 1; Dwight Gooden 31; Tom Gorman 3;
Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 49,931
Umpires: Home: John McSherry 1B Charlie Williams 2B Randy Marsh 3B Bill Williams

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