Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
September 17, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1981 at Shea 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

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 1 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 4 0 2 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 0
Moreland c 3 1 0 0
Maddox cf 4 1 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 2
Trillo 2b 2 0 0 1
Noles p 3 0 0 0
  Reed J. p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 1 0 0 0
  Reed R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor 2b 2 0 0 0
  Flynn pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Giles 2b 0 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Staub 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 2 1 0 0
Howard rf 2 1 0 0
Gardenhire ss 2 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 1 2
  Taveras ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Philadelphia 020 100 000360
New York 000 000 020243
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Noles  W (1-2) 7.0 3 0 0 0 6
  Reed J.   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Lyle   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Reed R.  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (4-9) 6.0 6 3 1 3 1
  Searage   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Marshall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
3
2

  E–Brooks 2 (20), Scott (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1, New York 1.  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (12,off Scott).  SF–Trillo (3,off Scott).  IBB–Trillo (3,by Scott).  HBP–Bailor (1,by Noles).  SB–Schmidt (12,2nd base off Scott/Stearns).  HBP–Noles (2,Bailor).  IBB–Scott (1,Trillo).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:19.  A–5,501.
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