Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
May 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 13

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf,cf 3 1 0 0
Rose 1b 2 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo ph,3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 1
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 2 1
  Vukovich 3b 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 1 0 0 0
  Davis rf 2 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
  Aviles 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 1 1
Ruthven p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,1b 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 3 2 2
Taveras ss 3 2 1 0
Youngblood rf 3 2 3 2
Kingman 1b 3 2 1 4
  Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 4 2 3 2
  Bailor lf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 1 1
  Trevino c 1 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 5 1 3 2
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
  Backman 2b 0 0 0 0
Harris p 3 0 0 0
  Reardon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 15 13
Philadelphia 001 100 100371
New York 440 200 30x13150
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (6-2) 2.0 7 8 8 2 2
  Proly   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Reed   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  McGraw   2.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (1-0) 5.2 6 2 2 3 6
  Reardon  SV (2) 3.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
7

  E–Bowa (2).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Schmidt (8,off Harris), New York Taveras (7,off Ruthven); Mazzilli (5,off R Reed).  3B–New York Wilson (2,off McGraw).  HR–New York Kingman (7,2nd inning off Ruthven 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Smith (3,by Reardon); Youngblood (1,by Ruthven).  SH–Kingman (1,off Ruthven).  SF–Youngblood (3,off McGraw).  SB–Smith (7,2nd base off Reardon/Trevino); Wilson (4,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone).  WP–Harris (1).  HBP–Ruthven (2,Youngblood); Reardon (1,Smith).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:31.  A–20,469.
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