San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
May 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
Richards lf 4 2 2 1
Kennedy c 4 1 3 1
Perkins 1b 4 0 2 2
Lefebvre rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 0 1 0
Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 4 2 4 3
Bailor ss 3 1 1 1
Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0
Kingman lf 2 1 0 1
  Wilson lf 0 0 0 0
Stearns 1b 4 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 3 0 1 1
Trevino c 3 1 1 1
Flynn 2b 4 1 2 0
Scott p 2 1 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
San Diego 000 200 200492
New York 003 100 30x7100
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   3.2 8 4 4 5 1
  Littlefield   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lollar  L (1-2) 2.0 2 3 3 3 2
  Urrea   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
8
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (1-2) 7.0 8 4 4 0 2
  Allen  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
3

  E–Bonilla (3), Littlefield (1).  DP–San Diego 1, New York 2.  2B–San Diego Jones (7,off Scott); Richards (2,off Scott); Kennedy (4,off Scott); Perkins (4,off Scott), New York Bailor (2,off Curtis).  HR–New York Youngblood (1,7th inning off Lollar 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Bailor (1,off Lollar).  SF–Brooks (1,off Curtis).  IBB–Kingman (1,by Lollar).  CS–Kennedy (1,2nd base by Scott/Trevino).  IBB–Lollar (3,Kingman).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:31.  A–26,392.
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