San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
May 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres 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 2, New York Mets 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 2 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 1
Richards lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Lefebvre rf 2 0 1 0
  Stimac ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 2 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 1 1 0
Welsh p 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 1 1 0
  Edwards rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Bailor ss 3 1 0 0
Stearns 1b 4 1 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf 3 2 1 2
Youngblood rf 4 1 2 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 2 0
Trevino c 4 0 2 1
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 2
Lynch p 1 0 1 0
  Falcone p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
San Diego 000 020 000291
New York 303 000 00x6110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  L (1-1) 2.1 7 6 6 2 2
  Littlefield   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Boone   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lollar   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   4.2 9 2 2 0 1
  Falcone  W (1-0) 4.1 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
6

  E–Bonilla (2).  DP–San Diego 1, New York 1.  2B–San Diego Perkins (3,off Lynch), New York Lynch (1,off Welsh).  3B–New York Stearns (1,off Welsh).  HR–New York Kingman (5,1st inning off Welsh 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Jones (4,off Lynch).  SB–Brooks (1,2nd base off Welsh/Kennedy).  CS–Wilson (2,2nd base by Welsh/Kennedy).  BK–Boone (2).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:23.  A–6,276.
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