New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1969 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 4 3 3 2
Shamsky lf 2 1 0 0
  Gaspar lf 0 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 3 1
  Weis 2b 0 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 3 0 1 2
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Gentry p 4 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 1 0
Mota lf 4 0 1 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 1 2
  Russell pr 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 1 1 0
Parker 1b 4 0 2 1
Crawford rf 3 1 1 0
Sudakis 3b 4 0 1 0
Haller c 4 0 2 0
  Joshua pr 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 0 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph 1 0 1 1
  Valentine pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
New York 100 102 010580
Los Angeles 000 001 0034110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  W (10-11) 8.1 8 3 3 2 4
  Taylor   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  McGraw  SV (10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (15-13) 7.0 6 4 4 3 7
  Moeller   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–New York Swoboda (10,off Sutton), Los Angeles Davis (16,off Gentry).  HR–New York Clendenon 2 (11,1st inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Sutton 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Shamsky (2,by Sutton).  SB–Clendenon (2,2nd base off Moeller/Haller).  CS–Sizemore (4,2nd base by Gentry/Grote).  IBB–Sutton (6,Shamsky).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:32.  A–25,676.
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