New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 4, San Francisco Giants 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 2 3 0
Maddox 3b 3 1 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 3 0 0 1
Youngblood 2b 5 0 1 1
Washington rf 3 0 2 1
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Morales cf 4 0 1 0
Benton c 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
Bomback p 1 1 1 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 5 1 2 1
Venable rf 3 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 5 2 4 1
Evans 3b 4 1 2 0
Ivie 1b 4 1 1 1
May c 3 0 0 0
  Minton p 1 0 0 1
Stennett 2b 5 2 2 1
Pettini ss 4 2 4 2
Knepper p 2 0 0 1
  Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  Sadek c 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 8
New York 002 020 000493
San Francisco 021 101 04x9162
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback   4.0 8 4 3 2 2
  Miller  L (0-1) 3.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Hausman   1.0 3 4 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
9
5
4
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   4.1 5 4 1 3 1
  Montefusco  W (4-6) 2.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Minton  SV (17) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
1
5
6

  E–Taveras (23), Youngblood (12), Benton (1), Evans (22), Pettini (3).  DP–San Francisco 2.  PB–Benton (1).  2B–San Francisco Evans (14,off Hausman).  3B–San Francisco Herndon (8,off Bomback); Pettini (1,off Hausman).  SF–Mazzilli (4,off Knepper).  HBP–Washington (1,by Knepper).  SH–Venable (1,off Miller); Pettini (9,off Miller).  IBB–Ivie (2,by Hausman).  SB–Washington 2 (12,2nd base off Knepper/May 2); Pettini 2 (3,Home off Bomback/Benton,2nd base off Bomback/Benton); Knepper (1,2nd base off Bomback/Benton).  CS–Maddox (9,2nd base by Knepper/May); Morales (3,2nd base by Minton/Sadek).  BK–Miller (1).  HBP–Knepper (8,Washington).  IBB–Hausman (7,Ivie).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:05.  A–18,640.
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