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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1969 at Candlestick Park. 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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New York Mets 8, San Francisco Giants 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 0 2 1
Pfeil 3b 5 0 1 0
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Jones lf 2 1 1 0
  Gaspar ph,lf 3 1 2 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 1 0
  Kranepool 1b 1 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 2 1 2
Grote c 3 2 1 2
Weis 2b 5 0 1 2
Seaver p 3 0 1 1
Totals 38 8 12 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Henderson rf 4 0 2 0
Hunt 2b 1 0 0 0
  Mason pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 1 0
  Barton c 1 0 0 0
Bonds cf 3 0 0 0
Marshall lf 4 0 1 0
Hiatt c 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Hart ph 1 0 1 0
Lanier ss 4 0 2 0
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
New York 000 530 0008120
San Francisco 000 000 000071
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (19-7) 9.0 7 0 0 3 11
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
11
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (9-8) 3.0 5 5 5 3 1
  Herbel   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Bolin   3.0 4 3 1 2 4
  McMahon   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
6
5
8

  E–Mason (19).  DP–New York 3, San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Swoboda (9,off McCormick).  3B–San Francisco McCovey (2,off Seaver).  HBP–Seaver (2,by Bolin); Hunt (20,by Seaver).  SB–Bonds (37,2nd base off Seaver/Grote).  HBP–Seaver (6,Hunt); Bolin (6,Seaver).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:43.
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