Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 30, 1981 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 29, 1981
Pirates 10, Mets 0 1981 Regular Season Game 15
April 30, 1981
Pirates 7, Mets 4 Next Game:
May 1, 1981
Padres 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, April 30, 1981

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras 1b
John
Stearns cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Dave
Kingman rf
Joel
Youngblood 3b
Hubie
Brooks c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Randy
Jones

April 30, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, New York Mets 4

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 4 2 2 0 0 1

Tim Foli ss 5 0 1 3 0 0

Dave Parker rf 4 1 1 2 0 1

- Mike Easler rf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Bill Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Dale Berra 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0

Lee Lacy lf 5 1 1 0 0 1

Gary Alexander 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1

- Jason Thompson 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0

Steve Nicosia c 4 1 0 0 1 1

Vance Law 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1

John Candelaria p 3 0 1 2 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .226

- Bob Bailor ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .250

John Stearns 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .231

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .156

Dave Kingman lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229

Joel Youngblood rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .231

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288

Alex Trevino c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .245

Doug Flynn 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .388

Randy Jones p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333

- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .320

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 11 3

New York Mets 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

John Candelaria (W) 8.2 10 4 4 2 3

Kent Tekulve 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

Grant Jackson (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Randy Jones (L,0-3) 5.2 8 7 3 1 2 3.68

Pete Falcone 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1.17

Jeff Reardon 2.0 2 0 0 1 4 7.94

Left on base: Pirates 9, Mets 8
Errors: Alex Trevino (2), Frank Taveras, Bob Bailor, Dave Parker.
WP: Randy Jones.
2B: Dave Kingman (3), John Stearns (1), Joel Youngblood (2), Doug Flynn (7), Hubie Brooks (2), Bob Bailor (1), Bill Madlock, Gary Alexander.
3B: Omar Moreno.
HR: Dave Parker.
HBP: Omar Moreno.
SF: John Candelaria.
SB: Lee Lacy.

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