New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1981 at Jack Murphy 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 6, San Diego Padres 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 0 0
Stearns 1b 5 2 3 0
Mazzilli cf 3 1 2 2
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Youngblood rf 3 0 2 2
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Trevino c 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 0 1 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Bailor ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 32 6 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 1 1
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Richards lf 4 2 3 3
Kennedy c 3 0 1 1
Perkins 1b 4 1 2 1
Lefebvre rf 4 2 2 1
Salazar 3b 3 0 1 0
  Evans 3b 1 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 2 2 0
Curtis p 0 0 0 1
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 2 1 1 1
Totals 33 10 14 9
New York 300 001 101692
San Diego 004 100 05x10141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   6.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Falcone  L (1-1) 1.2 5 5 2 0 0
  Hausman   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
7
1
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   5.1 7 4 3 2 2
  Urrea   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Lucas  W (3-3) 2.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
3
3

  E–Trevino (6), Flynn (1), Jones (2).  DP–New York 1, San Diego 2.  2B–New York Kingman (4,off Curtis), San Diego Bonilla (6,off Scott); Perkins (9,off Falcone).  3B–New York Flynn (4,off Lucas), San Diego Richards (4,off Scott).  SF–Youngblood (1,off Curtis); Mazzilli (2,off Lucas); Curtis (1,off Scott).  HBP–Trevino (1,by Urrea); Bonilla (2,by Scott).  SH–Curtis (1,off Scott); Kennedy (1,off Falcone).  SB–Stearns (1,2nd base off Curtis/Kennedy); Smith (9,2nd base off Scott/Trevino).  CS–Richards (3,2nd base by Scott/Trevino).  BK–Falcone (1).  HBP–Scott (1,Bonilla); Urrea (2,Trevino).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:34.  A–11,147.
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