Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
May 24, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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)
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Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blanks 3b 4 1 2 0
Royster 2b 5 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 2 1 0
Matthews rf 4 1 3 4
Asselstine cf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 4 0 0 0
  Benedict c 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 2 0
Alexander p 3 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood cf,rf 5 1 1 0
Taveras ss 5 1 2 1
Mazzilli 1b 5 1 1 0
Jorgensen rf 3 1 2 1
  Stearns ph,c 0 0 0 1
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 1 1 0
  Morales ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 4 0 2 1
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 1
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Atlanta 201 000 010 0491
New York 010 010 020 15100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   7.0 8 4 4 0 6
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Camp  L (0-2) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.2
10
5
5
2
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   5.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Hausman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Reardon   2.0 3 1 1 0 4
  Allen  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
3
8

  E–Blanks (8).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Atlanta Chambliss (10,off Reardon), New York Flynn (5,off Alexander); Youngblood (9,off Alexander); Taveras (8,off Alexander).  HR–Atlanta Matthews (2,1st inning off Zachry 1 on, 2 out), New York Jorgensen (2,2nd inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stearns (1,off Camp).  SF–Stearns (4,off Bradford).  HBP–Maddox (3,by Camp).  IBB–Henderson (1,by Camp).  CS–Royster (4,2nd base by Zachry/Hodges).  HBP–Camp (2,Maddox).  IBB–Camp (3,Henderson).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:02.  A–7,221.
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