San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 17, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1969 at Shea 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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San Diego Padres 2, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Arcia 2b,lf 4 0 2 0
Hriniak c 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 1 1 0
Ferrara lf 4 0 2 0
  Sipin pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Stahl 1b 4 0 3 1
Murrell cf 3 0 1 0
Spiezio 3b 3 0 1 1
Dean ss 3 0 0 0
  Pena ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Kirby p 2 0 1 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 11 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 0 0
Pfeil 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
Shamsky rf 3 0 0 0
  Gaspar rf 0 0 0 0
Garrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 2 0
  Weis pr 0 1 0 0
  Clendenon 1b 1 0 0 0
Grote c 2 1 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 2 2
Cardwell p 1 0 0 0
  Martin ph 0 0 0 1
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3
San Diego 000 000 0202110
New York 000 000 30x352
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  L (3-16) 6.0 4 3 3 4 7
  Ross   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  W (5-9) 7.0 8 0 0 3 3
  Koonce   0.0 2 2 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (12) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
0
3
3

  E–Kranepool (6), Clendenon (8).  DP–New York 4.  2B–San Diego Stahl (6,off Cardwell).  3B–New York Harrelson (4,off Kirby).  SH–Arcia (1,off Cardwell); Murrell (1,off Taylor); Cardwell (1,off Kirby); Shamsky (1,off Ross).  IBB–Spiezio (3,by Cardwell).  SF–Martin (2,off Ross).  SB–Arcia (8,2nd base off Cardwell/Grote).  CS–Spiezio (2,2nd base by Cardwell/Grote).  WP–Cardwell (6).  IBB–Cardwell (9,Spiezio).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:37.  A–35,711.
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