Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
September 6, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The Atlanta Braves 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

Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 4 0 1 1
Washington rf 5 0 2 0
Linares lf 4 1 1 0
  Butler lf 1 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0
Murphy cf 4 2 3 3
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 0
Benedict c 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 1
Mahler p 2 0 2 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 2 0
Mazzilli lf 3 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 2 0 0 1
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 0 3 0
Flynn 2b 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0
  Gardenhire pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bailor 2b 2 0 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Atlanta 310 000 0105122
New York 100 010 000270
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  W (5-5) 5.2 6 2 1 3 3
  Garber  SV (2) 3.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (1-8) 2.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Leach   2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Boitano   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Searage   3.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
1

  E–Benedict (6), Mahler (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Atlanta Murphy (11,off Jones); Hubbard (9,off Searage), New York Taveras (9,off Mahler).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (8,1st inning off Jones 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Mahler (1,off Jones).  SF–Ramirez (1,off Searage); Brooks (4,off Mahler).  SB–Linares (8,3rd base off Jones/Stearns); Royster (6,2nd base off Jones/Stearns); Wilson (19,2nd base off Mahler/Benedict).  WP–Garber (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:37.  A–19,746.
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