New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1981 at Candlestick Park. 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

New York Mets 1, San Francisco Giants 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 2 0 0 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 4 1 2 1
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 2 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Flynn ss 3 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Taveras pr 0 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 2 3 2
Evans 3b 4 1 1 1
Herndon lf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 2 0
May c 3 0 1 0
  Sadek pr,c 0 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Pettini ss 0 0 0 0
Ripley p 4 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
New York 000 000 010173
San Francisco 100 002 00x3101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (1-2) 5.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Falcone   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Reardon   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley  W (4-3) 8.0 6 1 1 3 8
  Minton  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
9

  E–Backman (1), Youngblood (3), Stearns (3), Evans (7).  DP–New York 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Youngblood (6,off Ripley), San Francisco Morgan (6,off Lynch); Clark (5,off Lynch).  HR–New York Youngblood (3,8th inning off Ripley 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Clark 2 (5,1st inning off Lynch 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out); Evans (6,6th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–May (1,by Reardon).  SB–Jorgensen (1,2nd base off Ripley/May); Mazzilli 2 (5,2nd base off Ripley/May 2); North (19,2nd base off Lynch/Stearns).  WP–Ripley (4).  IBB–Reardon (4,May).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:41.  A–4,348.
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