New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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)
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New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 12

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Stearns c 4 1 2 1
Valentine rf 5 1 1 0
Kingman 1b 3 0 1 1
Mazzilli lf 5 0 1 0
Cubbage 3b 4 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 1
Gardenhire ss 4 0 3 1
Lynch p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Giles ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 4 3 3 0
  Christenson p 1 0 0 0
Rose 1b 2 2 2 1
  Vukovich lf 1 0 0 0
Matthews lf 2 1 1 1
  Gross cf 1 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 2 2 1 1
  Boone c 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 3 1 0 1
  Davis ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Moreland c 3 0 2 3
  Aviles 3b 1 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 2 1
  Aguayo 2b 1 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sandberg ss 0 0 0 0
Noles p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Virgil ph 1 0 0 0
  Unser lf,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 12 9
New York 100 120 0004113
Philadelphia 005 223 00x12121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (4-5) 2.1 4 5 4 4 1
  Leach   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Boitano   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Searage   2.0 3 2 1 0 0
  Jones   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Marshall   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
12
10
6
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Noles   4.2 8 4 3 3 4
  Brusstar   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Christenson  W (4-6) 4.0 3 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
3
10

  E–Valentine (4), Kingman (17), Marshall (1), Bowa (9).  DP–New York 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Gardenhire (1,off Christenson); Kingman (11,off Christenson), Philadelphia D Davis (6,off Jones).  3B–New York Wilson (8,off Noles), Philadelphia Smith (3,off Lynch).  SF–Kingman (2,off Noles).  HBP–Rose (2,by Lynch); Matthews (3,by Boitano); Schmidt (3,by Boitano).  SB–Gardenhire (1,2nd base off Noles/Moreland).  CS–Stearns (2,3rd base by Noles/Moreland).  HBP–Lynch (1,Rose); Boitano 2 (2,Matthews,Schmidt).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:44.  A–20,403.
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