San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 31, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1969 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mason 3b 3 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 2
Hart lf 4 0 0 0
Bonds rf 3 0 1 0
Hiatt c 3 0 1 0
  Marichal pr 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes ss 1 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 0 1 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Barton c 0 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 0 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Garrett 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 1 2 0
Swoboda rf 3 1 1 0
Charles 3b 3 1 2 4
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Gentry p 2 0 1 0
  Gaspar ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
San Francisco 000 200 000250
New York 000 300 01x480
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (7-5) 6.0 6 3 3 3 6
  Herbel   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  W (4-4) 7.0 5 2 2 3 6
  McGraw  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
10

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Hiatt (3,off Gentry).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (2,off Gentry).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (15,4th inning off Gentry 1 on, 1 out), New York Charles (1,4th inning off Perry 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Jones (1,off Herbel).  IBB–Charles (3,by Perry); Kranepool (2,by Herbel).  SB–Bonds (13,2nd base off Gentry/Grote); Grote (2,2nd base off Perry/Hiatt).  IBB–Perry (9,Charles); Herbel (3,Kranepool).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:36.  A–32,178.
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