San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1970 at Shea Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 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 7, New York Mets 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 2 2 1
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 0
Mays cf 5 3 3 3
McCovey 1b 5 0 0 1
Henderson lf 3 0 2 1
  Taylor pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Dietz c 3 0 1 0
Fuentes 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier ss 4 0 0 1
Puente p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 5 0 0 0
Jones lf 2 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 4 0 2 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 3 0 1 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
Gentry p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 1 0
  Cardwell p 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
San Francisco 100 002 0407102
New York 000 000 010170
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Puente  W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 4 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (3-1) 7.0 5 3 3 1 7
  Cardwell   0.1 3 4 4 0 0
  Koonce   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
2
8

  E–Dietz (7), Lanier (7).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Henderson (8,off Cardwell), New York Garrett (2,off Puente); Jorgensen (2,off Puente).  HR–San Francisco Mays 2 (6,1st inning off Gentry 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Gentry 1 on, 1 out); Bonds (7,8th inning off Cardwell 0 on, 0 out), New York Boswell (2,8th inning off Puente 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hunt (1,off Gentry).  HBP–Hunt (5,by Cardwell).  IBB–Dietz (1,by Koonce).  SB–Agee (6,2nd base off Puente/Dietz).  HBP–Cardwell (1,Hunt).  IBB–Koonce (2,Dietz).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:47.  A–43,109.
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