New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 22, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1983 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, San Diego Padres 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Heep cf 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 2 3
Hodges c 4 0 1 0
Bailor ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Giles 2b 3 0 1 0
  Diaz p 0 0 0 0
Swan p 2 0 0 0
  Oquendo ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Brown lf 4 1 2 0
Wiggins 1b 2 1 2 0
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 1
Gwynn rf 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 1 1 1
Salazar 3b 3 1 1 1
Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Show p 2 0 1 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 3
New York 020 000 100361
San Diego 111 001 00x491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  L (2-7) 6.1 9 4 4 3 1
  Diaz   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  W (13-8) 7.0 6 3 3 0 5
  DeLeon  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
6

  E–Hodges (10), Salazar (20).  DP–New York 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Wiggins (16,off Swan); Gwynn (8,off Swan); Brown (3,off Swan).  HR–New York Strawberry 2 (19,2nd inning off Show 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Show 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Salazar (8,2nd inning off Swan 0 on, 1 out); Jones (9,6th inning off Swan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Kennedy (8,off Swan).  SB–Brown (12,2nd base off Swan/Hodges); Wiggins 2 (36,3rd base off Swan/Hodges,2nd base off Swan/Hodges).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:10.  A–22,060.
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