Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
September 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 4, New York Mets 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
White lf 5 0 1 0
Scott 2b 4 0 1 2
Office rf 5 1 2 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Cromartie 1b 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
  LeFlore pr 0 1 0 0
  Manuel ss 0 0 0 0
Palmer p 3 1 1 0
  Montanez ph 0 0 0 0
  Raines pr 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 4 1 3 0
Mazzilli 1b 3 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 4 0 1 2
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
Benton c 3 0 0 0
Bomback p 2 1 1 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Montreal 000 110 002490
New York 002 000 000273
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (7-4) 8.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Bahnsen  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback   8.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Jackson  L (1-5) 1.0 1 2 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
2
3

  E–Taveras (24), Henderson (6), Benton (2).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal White (5,off Bomback); Office (12,off Bomback); Palmer (2,off Bomback); Cromartie (33,off Bomback).  SH–Parrish (1,off Jackson).  SF–Scott (6,off Jackson).  IBB–Parrish (5,by Bomback); Montanez (10,by Jackson).  SB–LeFlore (92,2nd base off Jackson/Benton).  CS–Parrish (5,2nd base by Bomback/Benton); Wilson (2,2nd base by Palmer/Carter); Taveras (17,2nd base by Palmer/Carter).  WP–Bomback (3).  IBB–Bomback (3,Parrish); Jackson (3,Montanez).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:41.  A–5,832.
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