In the bottom of the first the Pirates had Lee Lacy at third and Johnny Ray at second with two outs and Tony Pena at the dish. He roped a single off Ron Darling to give the Pirates an early 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth the lead was down to one run but the Pirates offense pushed three across the plate. Lacy doubled home Marvell Wynne, Jason Thompson singled home Lacy, and then Pena doubled for his third RBI of the game.
The Mets mounted their retaliation in the seventh. Pirates starter Jose DeLeon walked eight (!) batters in the first six innings but had only allowed two runs. But Rod Scurry gave up a solo blast to Darryl Strawberry to bring New York to within three. In the top of the eighth the Mets scored again, this time on a Denny Gonzalez error that scored Danny Heep. But Pittsburgh picked up two more runs in the bottom of the eighth which was enough to keep them ahead of New York's two runs in the top of the ninth. The Pirates walked 14 total batters but the Mets left most of them stranded.
Winning Pitcher - Jose DeLeon
Losing Pitcher - Ron Darling
Save - Kent Tekulve
Player of the Game - Tony Pena, 2-4, 2B, 3RBI
Game #684 - Houston Astros, 5 @ San Diego Padres, 2
Tony Gwynn and Steve Garvey had to sit this one out due to a minor injury each sustained when they collided into each other the game before. Garvey has now missed more games due to injuries in Statis Pro than he did the real 1984. The big story of the game, though, was Nolan Ryan. He pitched a complete game while striking out ten Padres.
Winning Pitcher - Nolan Ryan
Losing Pitcher - Eric Show
Player of the Game - Nolan Ryan, CG, 10K's, 6H's, 3BB's
Hall of Famers in the Game - Nolan Ryan
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