San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
June 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1971 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 4, New York Mets 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Mason 2b 4 1 1 0
Gaston cf 4 1 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 0 2 1
Brown rf 3 1 2 2
Murrell lf 3 0 1 1
Spiezio 3b 4 0 1 0
Barton c 4 0 1 0
Arlin p 0 0 0 0
  Coombs p 1 0 0 0
  Bravo ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 3 1 2 0
Marshall rf 2 1 0 0
Kranepool 1b 5 0 1 2
Shamsky lf 5 2 2 1
  Singleton lf 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 3 1
Hahn cf 4 0 0 0
Gentry p 3 0 1 1
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5
San Diego 000 002 0204101
New York 301 010 10x6100
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Arlin  L (2-8) 2.1 5 4 4 5 1
  Coombs   3.2 1 1 0 3 5
  Miller   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
8
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  W (5-4) 7.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Frisella  SV (6) 2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4

  E–Hernandez (13).  DP–San Diego 2, New York 1.  HR–New York Shamsky (3,3rd inning off Arlin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Arlin (2,off Gentry); Marshall (3,off Coombs).  HBP–Murrell (2,by Gentry).  SF–Gentry (1,off Coombs).  SB–Shamsky (1,2nd base off Miller/Barton).  CS–Boswell (1,2nd base by Coombs/Barton).  HBP–Gentry (2,Murrell).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:34.  A–19,734.
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