San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Shea 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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San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Richards lf 2 1 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 1
Perkins 1b 3 1 2 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 1 0
  Evans 3b 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 1
Eichelberger p 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 3 0 1 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 5 0 0 0
Bailor ss 3 0 2 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0
Kingman lf 3 0 0 0
Stearns 3b 4 1 1 0
Staub 1b 3 1 1 2
Trevino c 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
San Diego 000 013 000480
New York 020 000 000272
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger   3.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Urrea  W (2-0) 5.1 3 0 0 2 2
  Lucas  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (3-2) 7.0 6 4 4 3 6
  Hausman   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
7

  E–Trevino 2 (4).  3B–New York Mazzilli (1,off Eichelberger); Flynn (2,off Urrea).  HR–New York Staub (2,2nd inning off Eichelberger 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Lefebvre (1,off Zachry).  HBP–Smith (3,by Zachry).  SB–Jones (3,2nd base off Zachry/Trevino); Richards (7,2nd base off Hausman/Trevino).  CS–Lefebvre (1,2nd base by Zachry/Trevino).  HBP–Zachry (2,Smith).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:26.  A–7,181.
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