San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The San Francisco Giants 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

San Francisco Giants 9, New York Mets 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
May c 5 1 1 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 0
  Davis rf 1 0 0 0
Herndon lf 5 2 4 2
Evans 3b 5 1 1 1
Martin cf 5 0 2 1
Stennett 2b 4 2 1 1
Smith ss 4 1 1 2
Griffin p 3 1 2 2
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 13 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 5 0 3 0
Taveras ss 4 1 0 0
Mazzilli cf 5 1 2 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 1
Staub 1b 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 1 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 2 1
Trevino c 4 1 2 1
Flynn 2b 4 1 2 2
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 2
Totals 38 7 13 7
San Francisco 001 260 0009130
New York 000 000 0077132
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (2-2) 7.0 4 0 0 1 4
  Moffitt   1.1 7 6 6 1 1
  Breining   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Minton  SV (5) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (0-4) 4.0 8 6 5 0 0
  Roberts   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Miller   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Reardon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
0
4

  E–Staub (2), Brooks (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Trevino (1).  2B–San Francisco Herndon 2 (7,off Jones,off Reardon); Clark (3,off Jones); Evans (4,off Roberts), New York Youngblood 2 (4,off Griffin,off Moffitt); Trevino (1,off Moffitt).  3B–San Francisco Herndon (2,off Jones), New York Flynn (3,off Moffitt).  HR–San Francisco Griffin (1,3rd inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out); Smith (1,5th inning off Miller 1 on, 1 out), New York Jorgensen (2,9th inning off Moffitt 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Youngblood (2,2nd base by Griffin/May).  BK–Griffin (1).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:43.  A–6,031.
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