New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
June 6, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1969 at San Diego Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 1 1 0
Agee cf,rf 5 1 3 1
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 1
Jones lf 5 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 1
Swoboda rf 2 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 1 1
  Otis cf 0 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Weis 2b 4 1 1 0
Gentry p 4 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dean ss 4 1 2 0
Sipin 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 1 0 0
Colbert 1b 3 0 0 0
Ferrara lf 4 0 0 1
Spiezio 3b 3 1 1 1
Gaston cf 4 0 2 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 0 0
  Arcia pr 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 1 0
  Ross p 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
New York 000 102 0115101
San Diego 200 100 000361
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  W (5-4) 8.1 5 3 2 3 8
  Taylor  SV (3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   5.2 6 3 3 0 4
  Ross  L (1-5) 3.0 4 2 2 2 4
  McCool   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8

  E–Kranepool (1), Sipin (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (7,off Niekro); Agee (7,off Ross), San Diego Dean (5,off Gentry).  3B–New York Agee (2,off Niekro).  HR–San Diego Spiezio (3,4th inning off Gentry 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Swoboda (2,by Ross); Kranepool (3,by Ross).  SB–Jones (7,2nd base off Ross/Cannizzaro).  WP–Gentry (3).  IBB–Ross 2 (3,Swoboda,Kranepool).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:34.  A–11,203.
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