New York Mets vs Montreal Expos
September 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1983 at Stade Olympique. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Montreal Expos 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 1 0
Brooks 3b 5 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 2 3 1
Foster lf 5 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 3 1
Giles 2b 3 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailor 2b 0 0 0 0
Ortiz c 4 0 2 1
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 1
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 1 1 1
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 3 1 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 1 0
Francona rf 4 0 2 1
  White pr 0 0 0 0
Flynn ss 2 1 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
  Mills ph 1 0 1 1
  Little pr 0 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Stenhouse ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Shines ph 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York 000 210 1015101
Montreal 101 100 001463
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (8-13) 8.1 6 4 4 3 4
  Orosco  SV (16) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
6
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (4-9) 6.1 8 4 4 2 4
  Schatzeder   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  James   2.0 1 1 0 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
10

  E–Seaver (4), Oliver (9), Carter (6), James (1).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Raines (27,off Seaver); Francona (6,off Seaver).  3B–New York Strawberry (7,off Smith).  HBP–Oquendo (2,by Smith); Dawson (7,by Seaver).  IBB–Hernandez (12,by James).  SH–Smith (5,off Seaver).  SB–Wilson (44,2nd base off James/Carter); Raines (69,2nd base off Seaver/Ortiz).  HBP–Seaver (4,Dawson); Smith (3,Oquendo).  IBB–James (2,Hernandez).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:05.  A–35,600.
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