New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
July 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1983 at Fulton County Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Atlanta Braves 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bailor 2b,3b 5 0 2 1
Wilson cf 5 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 5 0 2 0
Ashford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Giles 2b 1 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 5 0 1 0
Ortiz c 4 2 2 0
Lynch p 1 0 1 0
  Heep ph 1 1 1 0
  Diaz p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 13 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 3 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 1 2 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 1
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen lf 4 0 0 0
Royster 2b 2 1 1 0
Benedict c 2 0 1 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 1
New York 001 010 0103131
Atlanta 001 100 000290
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W (7-4) 7.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Diaz   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sisk  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.1 9 2 2 4 4
  Forster   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Moore  L (2-2) 2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
4
7

  E–Ortiz (4).  DP–New York 3, Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Butler (10,off Lynch); Horner (19,off Lynch); Chambliss (19,off Diaz).  SH–Lynch 2 (8,off Niekro 2); Benedict (4,off Lynch).  SB–Strawberry (10,2nd base off Moore/Benedict); Butler (26,2nd base off Lynch/Ortiz).  CS–Washington (6,2nd base by Lynch/Ortiz).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:57.  A–22,188.
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