New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
September 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1980 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 2, San Diego Padres 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 2 0 0
Taveras ss 5 0 1 0
Henderson lf 2 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Youngblood rf,3b 4 0 2 1
Maddox 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Trevino c 4 0 0 0
Backman 2b 2 0 0 0
Bomback p 0 0 0 0
  Falcone p 1 0 1 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 1
Mumphrey cf 3 2 1 0
Perkins rf 4 1 2 0
  Winfield rf 0 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 1 2
Evans 2b,3b 3 0 1 1
Fahey c 4 0 1 0
Flannery 3b 3 1 1 0
  Cash 2b 1 0 0 0
Eichelberger p 2 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
New York 100 000 100240
San Diego 102 100 00x481
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback  L (9-6) 3.1 7 4 4 2 0
  Falcone   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Reardon   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  W (4-0) 6.1 4 2 1 7 3
  Lucas  SV (1) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
7
5

  E–Smith (16).  DP–San Diego 1.  3B–San Diego Evans (2,off Bomback).  SH–Bomback (5,off Eichelberger); Eichelberger (2,off Bomback).  SF–Morales (7,off Lucas); Tenace (4,off Bomback).  IBB–Richards (6,by Reardon).  SB–Wilson (1,2nd base off Eichelberger/Fahey); Fahey (2,2nd base off Reardon/Trevino).  IBB–Reardon (12,Richards).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:51.  A–7,137.
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