San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1970 at Shea Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 14

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf,cf 5 1 2 1
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
  Heise 2b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
  Whitaker lf 1 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 5 1 3 2
Henderson lf,rf 5 1 2 2
Dietz c 2 1 0 0
Fuentes 3b 4 0 2 0
Lanier ss 4 0 0 0
Robertson p 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Reberger p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Davenport ph 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 2 1 2
Harrelson ss 6 2 3 2
Marshall lf 6 1 3 4
Shamsky rf 5 2 3 3
  Swoboda rf 1 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 5 1 2 0
Clendenon 1b 5 1 2 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 0 1 0 0
  Foy ph,3b 0 1 0 0
Dyer c 3 1 0 0
Koosman p 4 2 1 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 14 15 13
San Francisco 103 001 0005100
New York 031 082 00x14150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   2.2 3 4 4 7 1
  Linzy  L (2-1) 1.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Bryant   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Reberger   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  McMahon   2.0 2 2 2 2 2
  McCormick   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
14
14
11
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (1-2) 7.1 10 5 5 4 5
  Taylor  SV (5) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
6

  E–None.  PB–Dietz (8).  2B–San Francisco Bonds (6,off Koosman); McCovey (6,off Koosman); Henderson (9,off Koosman), New York Shamsky (6,off Linzy).  HR–San Francisco Henderson (4,3rd inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out), New York Shamsky (1,3rd inning off Robertson 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Agee (7,2nd base off Robertson/Dietz).  CS–Boswell (1,2nd base by Robertson/Dietz).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:09.  A–41,655.
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