New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 7, Philadelphia Phillies 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 1
Taveras ss 5 2 3 2
Mazzilli lf 5 0 1 2
Kingman 1b 2 2 0 0
Jorgensen rf 4 0 2 1
Stearns c 4 0 0 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Swan p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 1 1 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Backman 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 1 3 3
Aguayo 2b 5 1 1 1
Matthews lf 2 2 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Davis rf 3 0 2 3
Maddox cf 3 1 1 1
Bowa ss 3 1 1 0
Boone c 3 1 2 1
Espinosa p 1 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 0 1 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 12 9
New York 220 020 010791
Philadelphia 301 210 20x9121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   3.1 7 6 6 3 1
  Lynch  L (1-3) 0.2 3 1 1 2 0
  Swan   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Miller   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Allen   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
8
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   4.1 7 6 6 3 0
  Proly  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lyle   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reed  SV (3) 2.0 1 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
7
4

  E–Taveras (13), Maddox (4).  PB–Stearns (1).  2B–New York Jorgensen 2 (5,off Espinosa 2), Philadelphia Aguayo (1,off Lynch).  3B–New York Taveras (2,off Espinosa), Philadelphia Matthews (3,off Scott); Rose 2 (4,off Scott,off Miller).  HR–New York Wilson (1,1st inning off Espinosa 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jorgensen (2,off Lyle); Espinosa (3,off Scott); Bowa (3,off Miller).  IBB–Brooks (1,by Proly).  SF–Maddox (6,off Scott); Boone (1,off Miller).  SB–Wilson (9,2nd base off Espinosa/Boone); Matthews (6,2nd base off Allen/Stearns).  CS–Bowa (4,2nd base by Scott/Stearns); D Davis (1,2nd base by Swan/Stearns).  WP–Lynch (2), Espinosa (1).  IBB–Proly (2,Brooks).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:05.  A–25,375.
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