New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
June 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1980 at Candlestick Park. 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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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
Washington rf 3 1 0 0
Stearns c 3 1 2 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 2 1
  Cardenal ph 0 1 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 0 1
Moreno 3b 4 1 2 3
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 0 0 0 0
Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 5 2 2 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 5 3 4 1
Evans 3b 4 0 1 1
May c 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Strain 2b 3 2 2 1
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 2
Montefusco p 3 1 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 5
New York 001 100 003584
San Francisco 211 201 10x8110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (4-6) 2.0 5 4 4 3 1
  Falcone   5.0 6 4 1 1 5
  Allen   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
8
5
4
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  W (3-5) 8.0 7 5 5 3 6
  Holland   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Minton  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
6

  E–Taveras 2 (15), Moreno 2 (2).  DP–New York 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–New York Jorgensen (6,off Montefusco); Moreno (1,off Holland).  3B–San Francisco LeMaster (4,off Burris).  HR–New York Moreno (1,3rd inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Whitfield (4,off Burris).  SF–Strain (1,off Falcone).  IBB–Murray (1,by Falcone).  SB–Taveras (13,2nd base off Montefusco/May); Clark (1,Home off Falcone/Stearns); Evans (10,2nd base off Falcone/Stearns).  WP–Burris 3 (4), Falcone (4).  IBB–Falcone (1,Murray).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:52.  A–5,035.
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