San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1971 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 5, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 1
Mays cf 3 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 2 2 2
Gallagher 3b 4 0 1 1
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Gibson c 4 0 0 0
Carrithers p 2 1 0 0
  Johnson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 5 0 0 0
Jones lf 5 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 3 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 2 0
Agee cf 4 1 2 1
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 2
Grote c 4 0 0 0
McAndrew p 2 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Singleton ph 0 0 0 0
  Hahn pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 6 3
San Francisco 002 102 000583
New York 000 004 000461
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Carrithers  W (3-2) 5.1 6 4 3 3 4
  Johnson  SV (14) 3.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  L (0-5) 5.1 6 5 4 1 3
  Ryan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Frisella   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
2
5

  E–McCovey (13), Gibson (3), J Johnson (1), Harrelson (13).  2B–San Francisco Henderson (22,off McAndrew); Mays (19,off McAndrew); Bonds (24,off McAndrew), New York Shamsky (6,off Carrithers).  3B–New York Kranepool (4,off Carrithers).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (24,4th inning off McAndrew 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Mays (17,2nd base off McAndrew/Grote); Henderson (11,2nd base off Frisella/Grote); Agee (25,2nd base off Carrithers/Gibson).  WP–McAndrew 2 (5).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:42.  A–42,293.
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