San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
May 17, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1983 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins cf 4 0 2 0
Richards lf 5 1 2 1
Bonilla 2b 5 0 2 1
Garvey 1b 5 2 2 1
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Flannery 3b 2 0 0 0
  Salazar ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Lollar p 1 1 0 0
  Couchee p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Gwosdz ph 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 2 3 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 2 3
Foster lf 3 0 0 1
Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Giles 2b 2 0 1 1
Hodges c 3 0 0 1
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 1 1 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
San Diego 001 110 0104111
New York 200 030 10x680
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (1-3) 4.1 7 5 5 2 6
  Couchee   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Lucas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sosa   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Thurmond   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (3-2) 6.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Orosco   2.2 3 1 1 3 2
  Sisk  SV (3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
5

  E–Salazar (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Diego Richards (4,off Seaver); Garvey (9,off Orosco), New York Strawberry (2,off Lollar); Brooks (3,off Lollar).  3B–San Diego Richards (2,off Seaver), New York Brooks (3,off Lollar).  HR–San Diego Garvey (7,4th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), New York Strawberry (2,5th inning off Lollar 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Foster (1,off Sosa).  HBP–Oquendo (1,by Thurmond).  SB–Giles 2 (7,2nd base off Couchee/Kennedy,2nd base off Thurmond/Kennedy); Wilson 2 (14,2nd base off Sosa/Kennedy,3rd base off Sosa/Kennedy); Brooks (2,2nd base off Sosa/Kennedy).  CS–Giles (4,Home by Thurmond/Kennedy).  HBP–Thurmond (1,Oquendo).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:12.  A–7,550.
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