New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1981 at Veteran's 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

New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Taveras ss 5 2 3 1
Jorgensen rf,lf 4 1 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 1
  Bailor pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Mazzilli lf,1b 3 1 2 1
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0
Harris p 3 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 2 2
Aguayo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 1 0 0
Bowa ss 3 1 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
New York 000 100 0416101
Philadelphia 000 000 020251
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (2-1) 7.0 2 2 2 2 5
  Falcone   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Allen  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (7-3) 8.0 8 5 3 2 6
  McGraw   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
2
7

  E–Brooks (11), Schmidt (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Kingman (6,off Ruthven).  3B–New York Wilson (4,off McGraw).  IBB–Mazzilli (2,by Ruthven).  SB–Taveras 3 (9,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone 2,2nd base off McGraw/Boone).  CS–D Davis (2,2nd base by Harris/Stearns).  WP–Ruthven (3).  IBB–Ruthven (3,Mazzilli).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:27.  A–27,588.
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