San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 11, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1976 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 1, New York Mets 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 5 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 2 1
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 2 0 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 3b 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boisclair cf,lf 2 1 0 0
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 2 1 0 0
  Brown cf 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
Vail rf 4 0 2 2
  Mangual pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Staiger 3b 3 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 3 0 1 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
San Diego 000 010 000170
New York 200 000 00x251
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (6-4) 1.2 1 2 2 5 1
  Johnson   4.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Metzger   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
7
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (12-6) 7.0 7 1 1 2 5
  Lockwood  SV (13) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
9

  E–Boisclair (1).  2B–San Diego Ivie (15,off Matlack), New York Vail (3,off Griffin); Hodges (5,off Metzger).  SH–Hernandez (11,off Matlack).  HBP–Torre (4,by Griffin).  IBB–Phillips (6,by Metzger).  SB–W Davis (12,2nd base off Lockwood/Hodges); Boisclair 2 (9,2nd base off Griffin/Kendall 2); Mangual (22,2nd base off Metzger/Kendall).  CS–Mangual (8,3rd base by Metzger/Kendall).  HBP–Griffin (2,Torre).  IBB–Metzger (8,Phillips).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:40.  A–15,150.
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