Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
May 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 1, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Blanks 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 3 1 2 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Asselstine lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Benedict c 4 0 1 1
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruiz 3b 1 0 0 0
Matula p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 1 2 0
Jorgensen rf 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 2 1
Youngblood cf,rf 3 1 0 0
Stearns c 2 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 2 1
Burris p 3 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Atlanta 000 000 001170
New York 000 100 10x260
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula  L (3-3) 7.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  W (3-3) 8.2 7 1 1 2 8
  Allen  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Benedict (3,off Burris), New York Taveras (7,off Matula).  IBB–Maddox (2,by Matula).  CS–Blanks (2,2nd base by Burris/Stearns); Taveras (3,2nd base by Matula/Benedict).  IBB–Matula (4,Maddox).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:08.  A–7,864.
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