New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1980 at Veteran's Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 2 1
Stearns c 3 1 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 2 0 1 1
Henderson lf 3 0 0 1
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Burris p 3 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 3 0
McBride rf 3 0 0 0
  Vukovich J. 2b 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Aguayo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Vukovich G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York 000 110 010361
Philadelphia 000 000 000051
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  W (2-1) 7.1 4 0 0 5 4
  Allen  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
5
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (2-1) 7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Reed   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
6

  E–Henderson (1), Boone (4).  3B–Philadelphia Rose (1,off Burris).  SH–Allen (1,off Reed).  HBP–Stearns (1,by Reed).  IBB–Youngblood (2,by Reed).  SB–Youngblood (2,2nd base off Carlton/Boone); Taveras (2,3rd base off Reed/Boone); Stearns (1,2nd base off Reed/Boone); Maddox (2,2nd base off Burris/Stearns).  WP–Burris (1).  HBP–Reed (1,Stearns).  IBB–Reed (2,Youngblood).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:31.  A–23,856.
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